SEC Coach of the Year....
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Way too early like Inst said. Stoops would get my vote right now with Mullen coming in a close 2nd. Honestly Orge 3rd right now.
Way to early...
Saban is putting up 70 points a week! No way Orge is ahead of him.
Kentucky is actually good. Everybody else is a distant second to Stoops. It would take a massive flop by UK in the second half of the season to give anybody else a shot.
Disagree. No homerism but most pundits had us as a 6-6 team, 7-5 at best fighting for a bowl game. We have a legitimate chance at 10-2 after having gone 4-8 last year. Mullen has to be in the convo.
They were better than us last year. Shrugs.
I say we let the season play out first but I would say Stoops, Mullen and Saban are the top 3.
“Everybody else is a distant second to Stoops.”
I think you may be underestimating just how awful the Mac/Nuss/Shannon staff was. Mullen looks like a literal rocket scientist to have this team 5-1 after going to Knoxville, Starkville and playing a Top 5 LSU! Stoops is by no damn way running away with anything.
I think you may be underestimating just how awful the Mac/Nuss/Shannon staff was. Mullen looks like a literal rocket scientist to have this team 5-1 after going to Knoxville, Starkville and playing a Top 5 LSU! Stoops is by no damn way running away with anything.
To this point...and I'm not talking future. Orge has been impressive with wins vs Miami and Auburn...althou Auburn has lost a little luster. But Orge losing to us won't look as bad when it all plays out.
It's unfair, but Saban is doing as expected.
It's unfair, but Saban is doing as expected.
Everybody was better than us last year. Except Tennessee.
Ok, look. Let's say you are Joe Arkansas writer guy. You have to vote for SEC coach of the year. You see Mullen, in his first year, take a 4-7 team to 10-2. That's damn impressive. But then you remember that Florida has won 9 or more games 4 of the past 6 years. And then you see Stoops, who is in his 6th year, and took his team to 9-3. Which is the first time Kentucky has won 9 games in 35 years. And they also broke the 31 year UF win streak.
So who do you vote for? Stoops first, and Mullen second.
Seems obvious to me.
I think UF would have to have at least 2 more wins than UK to put Mullen on equal footing.
But essentially Mullen is getting discounted because of the name on the helmet even though our roster is closer to a typical UK team than it is a typical Florida team. We’ve also won only 4 games twice in the last five years. And there’s holes all over the roster. We have talent in spots, but man for man UK probably has a better roster than we do. Throw in that this is Stoops’ 6th year and he’s had time to build up to a result Mullen will pass in one year and the argument becomes much more unclear.
I wouldn’t argue with you having Stoops 1. What I’m saying is it’s a lot closer than you’re making it out to be.
3 week’s ago there were people all over this Board saying we sucked...
Now we have people predicting we could win the East...
Let’s hold off overreacting and see where we are in a month from now...
Now we have people predicting we could win the East...
Let’s hold off overreacting and see where we are in a month from now...
It is definitely all about the name on the helmet. I hadn't thought about it in such a straightforward fashion as you stated it, but that is pretty much my argument.
And I'm not saying it's right, only that it's real.
LOL. He just got out coached by the OgreSmart... he's got the youngest squad in the SEC.
Smart... he's got the youngest squad in the SEC.
Well they played like sh*t today.
Like I said last week. Mullen, Stoops, and Orge at this point. Sure Saban as well but as stated Saban is doing as expected. The other 3 to this point are doing what's not expected. Mullen beat Orge who beat Smart. Stoops best Mullen who beat Orge, who beat Smart.
Still a lot of ball left but those 3 are ahead of where most pundits predicted them.
Still a lot of ball left but those 3 are ahead of where most pundits predicted them.
Have to see how it plays out. My guess would be Mullen gets it if we win the SEC East and Stoops probably if we don't and they end up with a 9-3 or better record. Jimbo could be a sleeper for it possibly if they pull some upsets ahead.
Yep Jimbo still has a chance.
We know for sure the award isn't going to Gus.
I think Orge still has a chance too. His only loss is to one of the top contenders for COY. I think that has to put him in.
Saban has no chance unless everyone else bombs out. It will probably come down to who has the best record between Mullen, Stoops, Ogre and Fisher. Stoops would be the only one that could win it with a worse record than the other guys.
I think an East winning Mullen or a 9-3 Stoops would get it over a 10-2 Ogre.
Probably so. SEC football has been exciting so far. Nobody is guaranteed a win cept Saban and the Tide.
Yes it has. I think Bama is obviously dominant but there appears to be quite a few good teams after them in the SEC. SEC is definetly the best conference in the nation right now.
Whoever wins the SEC East except Kirby gets the award, even though Saban should get it. They are so dominant that you have to recognize Saban.
I rescind my nomination.
We were outplayed and outcoached.
