Tiernan;1499844 wrote:OK Here's one for all you honor his ass forever Tresselytes...with the talent he had on those early to mid 2000 teams would they have won more / less / about the same; if
1. Bob Stoops
2. Nick Saban
3. Les Miles
4. Urban (even though that one is kinda unfair because he really wasn't the name he is now during that period)
had been the HC, knowing what you know now about how they manage their staffs, game strategies, sideline motivation & play calling, internal strife management and recruiting? Because any one of those could have been the HC at OSU if Mr. Smoke & Mirrors hadn't blinded everyone with his fucking beter than average statistics.
Once again, we're not claiming he was the best. All we are saying is he was a very good HC.
All you did was list some other great HC's (well I personally don't think that much of Stoops and Miles, but hard to argue with Miles success, Stoops on the other hand has had a trouble in BCS games even though people liked to focus on Tressel in that regard).
Nick Saban is probably the best HC currently with Urban being runner up (until he hopefully reels off a couple of National Championships with OSU).
All you're doing is saying these other very good (at the least) HC's would have won more, less or about the same as another very good head coach. That doesn't mean Tressel was bad. It just means you listed some other good coaches.
Is Eddie George not considered a great RB because Archie Griffin won two Heismans and George only won one? That's basically the gist of the argument you just made.