Actually he won't. Many coaches have won many BCS games by big scores. Nobody remembers. Nobody in the HISTORY of college football has lost at home as a 41 point favorite to a team starting their backup QB with a rookie head coach that was arguably one of the 5 worst teams in the country. That was MEMORABLE
What miopic world are you living in? You are blaming the Stanford loss on injuries and not a lack of motivation and inability to make adjustments? Pom Pom knew Booty injured his finger in the 1st half and couldn't throw, yet he leaves him in the game? That is just great coaching right there. Coached himself right out of the BCS Championship.
Carroll is the perfect coach for the USC fan base. He is a cocky, wannabe frat boy who feels he is entitled to win every game. Who will he choke to next?
I truly don't believe that USC wins because of Bozo the Carroll. They win despite him. He is an average game strategist (going for every 4th down vs undermanned opponents does not make one a great coach) and a great frontrunner when it comes to running up the score. But the true measure of a coach is doing more with less. Bozo has done less with more
Agreed, during games Bozo does less with more. But game strategy is only one aspect of being a good coach. He reminds me of all the coaches who are not good stretegists who are good at recruiting and other aspects but fail during the game. The one difference between Pete and these coaches is that he wins, a lot.
There is no denying his record. Can't take that away from him. He clearly can recruit, but as I've said at nauseum: It isn't hard when the school's administration will literally allow him to admit any eligible athlete and the players can get caught receiving benenfits, commit crimes, and there are no reprecussions. It has become a vicious cycle (for lack of a better term). Im not even sure how great a recruiter he is. I think the team recruits itself. Players want a piece of the pie and limelight, they know they will get hooked up and get chicks, and they know they don't even have to start at USC to get an NFL look-see (see Matt Cassell).
Mike Riley is a FAR better coach than Pete Carroll. But it's a bottom line business and people like to believe everything the media feeds them.
IMO Mizzou will beat OU if they do play in the Big XII title game. OU doesn't have a good secondary this year and Mizzou has a much better defense.
Now what would be interesting to see is if say Mizzou, USC, and UF or UGA ran the table, who would be left out? You have to take the SEC rep.....tougher schedule throughout the year, so then do you take Mizzou or USC? Most people might think USC is a no brainer, but I dunno with how strong the Big XII is this year.
And yes I hate him, but Tebow would CRUSH that Trojans D. USC still does not know how to defend dual threat QBs (somehow) and UF probably has more speed than USC. USC's WRs would need big games for them to beat UF.
If you want to give props to Carroll, thats fine, but you did so in a really bad manner.
Maybe you throw around the word great in a different way than I do. But great means elite or very close to it for me.
Beamer may be a great special teams guy, but his teams are always very undisciplined and let's face it - beating Va Tech isnt exactly a milestone accomplishment these days. They lose to East Carolina.
Carr got ran out of Michigan and never beat anyone worth a damn. Carroll didnt exactly do something unprecedented. Carr was like 0-8 vs. OSU, basically 1-8 vs any team worth a shit.
Ferentz is just out-manned/out-talented on the field.
Stoops is a great coach.
Tuberville is a good coach.
Weis? Are you shitting me? Everyone has beaten Weis. What has this guy done in his life without Tom Brady?
Zook? A great coach? Is this a joke?
Sorry to break it to you, but Jim Tressel isnt a great coach either. The only people he has outcoached in his career are Larry Coker, Lloyd Carr, and Mack Brown. 2 of those 3 are jobless, and Mack Brown has never been considered a great coach, only a great recruiter.
To be honest I don't think half of them are great coaches either, but they did get their teams to a high profile game. Kinda being Scarcastic here anyway, with whormoan thinking Carroll is the worst coach out their. He looks for anything he can use to take him down. Fact is he wan't that bad in the NFL either. I've seen alot of coaches with alot morer experience in that league that didn't even measure up to Pete. USC was nothing in last few years before Pete's arrival. You still have to coach great players too.
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