[Husker] Rating the B12 Coaches

[Mark Landin]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Duane Feldman <dlfeldman at ameritech.net> wrote:
> Some I get, others not so much.  OK, Stoops and Brown at the top, but Leach is #3.  He as won at several schools and taken a school who had not been successful in quite a while and made them consistently successful behind the big 2.

I agree with that.

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> Next, why Mangino over Pinkel?  Both come from downtrodden programs, but Pinkel has won 2-3 B12N titles and I don't believe Mangino has more than one (I know I should look this one up but I think he got his only B12N title when ISU folded in a game they should have won easily).

I think Pinkel had a lot more to work with (a little bit better
in-state talent, and more financial commitment from the U for the FB
program). Mangino started in a bigger hole and had fewer tools than
Pinkel, but has achieved nearly as much.

I would go Mangino, then Pinkel, then Gundy.

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