http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2...e-engineering-a-champion-ohio-state-tcu-ucla/
Interesting Facts:
- "Since the turn of the century, coaches who win big also tend to win fast, often as early as Year 2...if Year 2 didn’t yield a championship, it often served as a catalyst for one in Year 3 or Year 4.
- "The era of the “Five-Year Plan” is long gone: These days, it’s all about riding the momentum of the initial wave. In fact, since 2000, only one coach has claimed his first national title for a school that had employed him for more than four years at that point: Mack Brown, who was in his eighth season at Texas when the Longhorns upset Carroll’s Trojans for the 2005 BCS crown."
- "Even more remarkably, aside from Miles and Miami’s Larry Coker, who inherited one of the most stacked rosters ever assembled in 2001, none of the coaches who won a ring in the same span took over a team that finished in the Top 25 the year before his arrival. Coaches who wind up winning championships go from zero to 100 very quickly, and they don’t take any detours en route to their destination."
Some of these I had no idea about. So in summary, the great coaches typically take over teams that are down in the dumps and win titles within 4 years. So you should know what you have early in a coach. It'll be interesting to track Mac and all the new hires across CFB.
Interesting Facts:
- "Since the turn of the century, coaches who win big also tend to win fast, often as early as Year 2...if Year 2 didn’t yield a championship, it often served as a catalyst for one in Year 3 or Year 4.
- "The era of the “Five-Year Plan” is long gone: These days, it’s all about riding the momentum of the initial wave. In fact, since 2000, only one coach has claimed his first national title for a school that had employed him for more than four years at that point: Mack Brown, who was in his eighth season at Texas when the Longhorns upset Carroll’s Trojans for the 2005 BCS crown."
- "Even more remarkably, aside from Miles and Miami’s Larry Coker, who inherited one of the most stacked rosters ever assembled in 2001, none of the coaches who won a ring in the same span took over a team that finished in the Top 25 the year before his arrival. Coaches who wind up winning championships go from zero to 100 very quickly, and they don’t take any detours en route to their destination."
Some of these I had no idea about. So in summary, the great coaches typically take over teams that are down in the dumps and win titles within 4 years. So you should know what you have early in a coach. It'll be interesting to track Mac and all the new hires across CFB.
