BCS Coaching Fan Survey

Bear Bryant maintained that after a victory the players deserve the credit, and after a loss the coach deserves the blame. Be that as it may, coaches have their hand in everything, from getting those 5-star recruits on campus to turning today's mid-level prospect into tomorrow's 1st round draft choice. They draw up plays in the dirt and make sure their kids walk the line. In short, they are the single biggest architect of any school's program, and despite deserve a share of the cheers as well as the jeers. So here's your chance. Below you will find links to a survey of each of the BCS conferences, where you'll be asked to rank every coach against his conference brethren in the following categories: 1. Recruiting (weight = x2) The life blood of any program. Putting the best team on the field is the best way to give your team the chance to win. If the cupboards are always stocked with Parade All-Americans, it won't be long before all the right breaks come your way and you're knockin on the door. This is purely a subjective ranking, if you wanna take into account the fact that it's harder to recruit at Vandy and Wake than it is as USC and FSU, that's your prerogative. There is no wrong answer. 2. Player Development (weight = x1?) What good is a 5-star recruit if he washes out of the program? Or doesn't qualify? That could have been a roster spot for a hard working 3-star kid who wanted to prove himself. Does the coach have a rep of coaching players up into draft picks or is it a school where Signing Bonuses go to die? Recruits are keenly aware of this, and long term trends can either be a big drag or a nice boost to a recruiting base. 3. Gameday Coaching (weight = x1) Sometimes is doesn't matter who has the better team, someone is just gonna get flat out-coached. Weather it's the perfect opening strategy or masterful halftime adjustments, what's between a coach's ears can make up for a lot of what may be missing between the hash marks. Game planning to fit both your own and your opponent's personnel is key. It's tough to make a career outta always bringing a knife to a gun fight player-wise, but if a team has the edge on the sidelines, it can usually chalk up an extra W or 2 per year. Being on the short end can just as easily mean another couple of L's despite a talented roster. 4. Program Control (weight = x?) Everyone wants to see their school's players on Sportscenter, just not as a mugshot?Still winning is winning, and as long as the championships keep rolling in they can attend all the 'super-special' Dillard's and Foot Locker sales they can stand. This only appears on here in so far as that no program wants the dreaded Death Penalty. If a school gets in enough hot water, it can be a Sword of Damocles that may scare off potential recruits. Below are the preliminary results by conference. (Except for the ACC and Pac-10, they don't have a large enough sample size yet. Keep voting). After that each coach has a letter grade assigned based on his total average score and the number of coaches in that conference. For example, it's tougher to be a unanimous #1 in a conference with 12 coaches than it is one with only 8 coaches. Below that are the vote totals by conference and school. Links are at the very bottom. SECTotalRecruitingDevelopmentCoachingControl Auburn: Tommy Tuberville4.725.553.993.965.13 Georgia: Mark Richt4.973.786.314.746.17 Florida: Urban Meyer5.123.37.054.178.49 Alabama: Nick Saban5.923.477.676.599.13 South Carolina: Steve Suprrier6.076.776.084.047.35 LSU: Les Miles6.094.667.146.447.98 Tennessee: Phillip Fulmer6.685.377.157.468.94 Ole Miss: Houston Nutt7.468.146.537.986.53 Mississippi State: Sylvester Croom7.539.425.78.114.28 Kentucky: Rich Brooks7.639.386.217.924.32 Vanderbilt: Bobby Johnson7.839.916.318.62.54 Arkansas: Bobby Petrino7.968.267.867.987 Big EastTotalRecruitingDevelopmentCoachingControl Rutgers: Greg Schiano2.882.652.953.242.93 South Florida: Jim Leavitt3.723.933.243.15.54 West Virginia: Bill Stewart3.933.654.23.545.02 Cincinnati: Brian Kelly3.954.973.113.084.11 Connecticut: Randy Edsall4.565.673.563.814.64 Pittsburgh: Dave Wannstedt4.582.476.336.284.39 Louisville: Steve Kragthorpe5.415.375.675.464.75 Syracuse: Greg Robinson6.887.296.937.24.47 Big 10TotalRecruitingDevelopmentCoachingControl Ohio State: Jim Tressel3.382.264.382.257.12 Wisconsin: Bret Bielema4.735.414.393.824.8 Illinois: Ron Zook4.772.246.046.637.4 Penn State: Joe Paterno5.835.286.585.356.76 Michigan State: Mark Dantonio5.846.385.355.525.84 Iowa: Kirk Ferentz5.956.654.855.696.96 Michigan: Rich Rodriguez6.084.737.285.718.61 Purdue: Joe Tiller6.747.995.586.585.52 Northwestern: Pat Fitzgerald7.158.826.287.542.35 Indiana: Bill Lynch7.739.26.837.764.5 Minnesota: Tim Brewster7.797.048.459.156.1 Big 12TotalRecruitingDevelopmentCoachingControl Oklahoma: Bob Stoops3.82.234.862.429.63 Missouri: Gary Pinkel4.524.454.244.954.77 Kansas: Mark Mangino5.236.73.324.187.21 Texas: Mack Brown5.32.767.386.117.6 Texas Tech: Mike Leach5.386.244.54.745.84 Colorado: Dan Hawkins5.655.165.826.036.27 Oklahoma State: Mike Gundy7.287.287.097.766.94 Texas A&M: Mike Sherman7.427.128.117.616.18 Nebraska: Bo Pelini7.827.538.138.077.58 Iowa State: Gene Chizik89.337.458.034.33 Baylor: Art Briles8.619.918.38.863.87 Kansas State: Ron Prince8.979.288.89.247.66 GRADING: Ohio State: Jim Tressel A+ Oklahoma: Bob Stoops A+ Rutgers: Greg Schiano A Missouri: Gary Pinkel A Auburn: Tommy Tuberville A- Georgia: Mark Richt A- Florida: Urban Meyer A- Wisconsin: Bret Bielema A- Illinois: Ron Zook A- Kansas: Mark Mangino B+ Texas: Mack Brown B+ Texas Tech: Mike Leach B+ South Florida: Jim Leavitt B+ Colorado: Dan Hawkins B+ West Virginia: Bill Stewart B Alabama: Nick Saban B Cincinnati: Brian Kelly B South Carolina: Steve Suprrier B LSU: Les Miles B Penn State: Joe Paterno B- Michigan State: Mark Dantonio B- Iowa: Kirk Ferentz B- Michigan: Rich Rodriguez B- Tennessee: Phillip Fulmer B- Connecticut: Randy Edsall C+ Pittsburgh: Dave Wannstedt C+ Oklahoma State: Mike Gundy C Purdue: Joe Tiller C Texas A&M: Mike Sherman C Ole Miss: Houston Nutt C Mississippi State: Sylvester Croom C Kentucky: Rich Brooks C Northwestern: Pat Fitzgerald C- Nebraska: Bo Pelini C- Vanderbilt: Bobby Johnson C- Arkansas: Bobby Petrino C- Iowa State: Gene Chizik C- Louisville: Steve Kragthorpe C- Indiana: Bill Lynch D+ Minnesota: Tim Brewster D+ Baylor: Art Briles D+ Kansas State: Ron Prince D Syracuse: Greg Robinson F Voting totals: SEC232 Big East153 Big 12152 Big 10104 ACC72 Pac 1027 Tennessee73 Missouri66 Rutgers51 Auburn45 West Virginia31 LSU26 Ohio State24 Louisville22 Penn State22 Kansas19 Virginia Tech19 Iowa18 Alabama17 Florida16 Nebraska16 Pittsburgh15 Arkansas14 Georgia14 South Florida14 Oklahoma14 Connecticut13 Kansas State13 Clemson12 Vanderbilt11 North Carolina10 Wake Forest10 Texas9 USC9 Purdue8 Oklahoma State8 Boston College8 South Carolina7 Indiana7 Northwestern6 Cincinnati5 Michigan State5 Washington State5 Mississippi State4 Michigan4 Wisconsin4 Duke4 UCLA4 Oregon State4 Kentucky3 Illinois3 Minnesota3 Texas Tech3 Georgia Tech3 Maryland3 Virginia3 Cal3 Ole Miss2 Syracuse2 Colorado2 Miami FL2 North Carolina State2 Baylor1 Texas A&M1 Florida State1 Oregon1 Arizona State1 Washington1 Iowa State0 Arizona0 Stanford0 ACC: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=n_2fYZdmiZb_2b905PFsBmHRMg_3d_3d Big 10: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KjvEtqHsteTXM02I0Wm6xQ_3d_3d Big 12: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZzY2nxPwwJkS937XW869Jw_3d_3d Big East: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=yySsYbPF_2b95p_2fjkOCaa94A_3d_3d Pac 10: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qZmpKLgXayf7wbGDXQPQog_3d_3d SEC: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UXh2rtq4Kyg7vh8mYkMC4Q_3d_3d