Three Ohio Coaches Among Top Ten Most Hated
ESPN has released a list of "College Football's Most Hated Coaches." While Steve Spurrier ranks #1, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer all made the cut, as well (along with Rich Rodriguez).
The article is by Mark Schlabach, and appears to be wholly unscientific. But I can't argue with most on the list.
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/61644/college-footballs-most-hated-coaches
RR is the only one hated for losing. All the rest are hated by oppsoing fans for winning too much. (Or for being unstable slimeballs like Kiffin and Petrino.)
Sorry, M-dog, but most of those who hate RR hate him because he won so many games at WVU and then left. What's really funny about it is that those are the smartest people among his haters.
When I go out I want my theme song to be Bon Jovi "Blaze of Glory", RR went out to Josh Groban. He needs to work on his entrances and exits. OK maybe who he hires as a DC too but other than that RR was a saint.
I don't hate RichRod... I hate that he was ever hired. I will readily admit that this is all the benefit of 20-20 hindsight. But I still contend that he's a better startegist than coach.
Mlive misses you. Please go back there.
Are there seriously grown ass men who utter the words "Dick Rod" or are you just a middle schooler?
I can tell you there are many juvenile adults out there. Even some who are old are still juvenile.
Sure. Check MLive and RCMB.
Just for clarification purposes: is that supposed to be grown-ass men or grown ass-men? Because I think the second goup probably uses words like "Dick Rod" quite frequently.
A lot of talk about running up the score in there. Is he talking about against teams like EMU and Ball State and other little schools? Personally I don't have a problem with running up the score once you get to the college and pro level, as long as it's not one of those teams doing you a favor by coming to your stadium to fill a spot on the schedule. If you get hammered Wisco/Oregon style you have no one to blame but yourself. Just play better. And I noticed there was no talk of bad feelings towards Tressel or Hayes when they let the school down with their bad behavior. Oh yeah, that's because Ohioans still don't see the problem.
but Gerg...that mothafudga ruined Michigan football
This is a pretty solid list, for the most part. It would be hard to argue with most of these.
One thing I always find strange but ultimately very Ohio is that, although Hayes' career ended when he punched Charlie Bauman in the throat and then proceeded to verbally abuse the officials and then his boss after the game, he was still rewarded with the opportunity to mentor Ohio students until his death. I guess they wanted him to work with others on their throat-punching technique and dry wit.
As an aside, you would also think that, in retrospect, Volunteer fans would be upset with Kiffin's substandard communication skills more than anything. His ability to coach aside, give him a microphone or anything which allows words to be delivered to large audiences and Kiffin is his own worst enemy historically. If only he had taken some Carnegie courses....
he was an old man with severe, untreated diabetes who lost all restraint for a moment and did something unthinkable. He wasn't some monster, it was a tragic show of what happens when you let football control your world and hang on for too long.
I like the rivalry talk as much as anyone, but seriously go to tell Bo that Woody shouldn't have been allowed back to talk to those kids. He even had Woody come up here and lecture our players.
Bo talked about it in passing from time to time in interviews and I think Rosenberg's book some detail on it, but I really can't recall it right now.
At least he didn't leave a problem too big for Greg Mattison to fix!
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Saban.
They have not had ONE coach leave on his own terms since 1950.
Pathetic and speaks volumes about the kind of program they truly are. Especially if you look into the reasons WHY those coaches were fired.
you are talking about a program that in the last year put up a mural of a known cheater. Ohio wonders why nobody outside that state respects them.
Wow that is a great stat. Can't believe I've never heard it before. Really is the program in a nutshell.
Bixler endured a mediocre 4–3–2 season. Bixler resigned and talk of Ohio State being a "graveyard of coaches" became commonplace, a reputation that lingered for decades.[9] Wes Fesler became head coach in 1947 . . . In 1950 Fesler, rumored to be resigning because of pressures associated with the position and abuse of his family by anonymous critics [emphasis mine], returned to coach the Buckeyes, who won six games in a row to move into the top ranking in the AP poll. However the season fell apart as the Buckeyes lost to Michigan during a blizzard, a game that came to be known as the "Snow Bowl". Two weeks later, citing concerns about his health and family, Fesler resigned.I suppose it all depends on what you mean by "his own terms"; would you consider Rommel's death to be on "his own terms?" Speaking of "health and family," this seems to be a refrain for OSU coaches, doesn't it?
there is more to a program than wins and losses and its called class. something ohio knows nothing about. you love a coach that won you a lot of game and is remembered as a asshole,our greatest coach(Yost) is remembered as a legend,a man of character and a teacher. Now tell me which one you would rather have. there is only one right answer.
Well, you are a Buckeye on MGoBlog so whatever you say is wrong.
ohio is proud of their national champioships. Fine. Would Michigan like to have more? Of course. But Michigan fans are proud of the way we run the program and the class of the head coaches we hire. ohio's program and coaches have never had class so the fans don't know anything different. Every coach you hire leaves in shame and you don't care because they won. We expect better from our head coach. Our former coaches are loved by our fans and respected by everyone. I will take Bo over woody and Carr over tress and Hoke over meyer.
Switzer not being #1 illigitimizes this list.
Tressel makes Switzer look like a saint by comparison. And Switzer certainly isn't the pompous asshat that Tressel is.
Disclosure. My lawyer was the person who gave Switzer the ultimatum to resign or be fired.
"But WVU fans literally drove Rodriguez and his family from his native state..."
Figuratively.
No no, three of them drive his car in shifts to Michigan with the entire Rodriguez family in the backseat. It was a touching gesture.