🏈 Is Rich Rodriguez a "proven" coach?

[BleedsCrimson35]

I think he's proven himself in the Big East... but thats not the SEC. I still think he'd do good here, but not necessarily "proven".

 

[Guest]

I look at it like this, yes he has proven himself in the Big East. And he's done it with the same type talent as the other Big East teams have.

 

[Guest]

He is as proven as you can be in the Big East. I think he would do fine in the SEC.

 

[rammajamma]

Wasn't he the coach at Tulane when they were undefeated?

 

[Guest]

Wasn't he the coach at Tulane when they were undefeated?

Was he the head coach or OC?

 

[imported_RollTideRandy]

He was OC, Tommy Bowden was HC.

 

[Guest]

He was OC, Tommy Bowden was HC.

That's what I thought. TB hasn't done much without him.

 

[imported_RollTideRandy]

That 1998 Tulane team put up 499 points! :shock:

That's 41.5 points per game! :drk

 

[Ih8Vols]

He's been a head coach since the age of 24.

he's 44 now right??

That's 20 years of head coaching experience and he's still got another 20 to 25 more in him.

He's got a very bright future ahead of him at Bama.

 

[Guest]

He's been a head coach since the age of 24.

he's 44 now right??

That's 20 years of head coaching experience and he's still got another 20 to 25 more in him.

He's got a very bright future ahead of him at Bama.

I agree.

 

[BleedsCrimson35]

Wow I didnt know he'd been a head coach for that long... Thats impressive

 

[Kirk Van de Graaff]

He is a proven coach period, innovative, hard nosed, does it with less talent and well liked. In my mind there is no doubt he is proven.

 

[rollntider]

I think RR is one heck of a coach and would win here no doubt. If we let him get away, I think we need to offer paul Johnson....either one would take the Tide where it belongs.

 

[CrimsonPirate]

Rodriguez has some assistantships interspersed with his head coaching experience. He was OC in '97 and '98 at Tulane under Tommy Bowden. When Bowden left for Clemson, Coach Rod went with him as OC, but only, I think, after he was passed over for the Tulane head coaching job. Chris Scelfo, who was also Bowden assistant at Tulane, got the job, probably because he's a Louisiana boy. Tulane's loss was WVA's gain.

 

[imported_Porter]

I'm late to the party but, yes, definitely proven.

 

[gary funderburk]

If he takes the JOB then yes he is proven. :lol:

If he doesn't take the JOB. nope :?

 

[StuckNMS]

I think counting all of his experience, not just HC, he's proven enough for me. He proved he could coach when they beat the "almighty SEC champions" Georgia Bulldogs last year. If he comes over then welcome, if he stays at his beloved WVU, then good luck to him.

 

[reger60]

It doesn't really matter what he's accomplished to this point. What matters is what he's capable of and what he can do once he gets here. If RR gets the job, I'll pledge my support.

I'll even be nice to his wife. :wink:

 

[Guest]

"Proven" is overrated.

What had Pete Carroll, Bob Stoops, Jim Tressel or Lloyd Carr proven before they got their jobs? That they were good coordinators, could tear up Div I-AA or get fired from two NFL jobs?

 

[Guest]

I'm late to the party but, yes, definitely proven.

Porter says it, I believe it.