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#15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:13 pmby RednBlue11
15. June Jones (career record: 22-36)
June Jones led the Falcons to the playoffs in 1995, in just his second year. But in Week 4 of '96, after Jeff George basically pissed in his coffee,Jones stubbornly clung to the run-and-shoot, an offense that officially died that year, at the hands of Jones and Bobby Hebert. (Augusta Chronicle headline, Dec. 24, 1996: "Falcons Fire Jones, Finally.") Jones would get another head-coaching gig two years later, even though he admitted up front that he didn't want it. "It's not my ambition to be a head coach again," he said after the Chargers fired Kevin Gilbride. But San Diego was stuck with Ryan Leaf and somebody had to be in charge. Jones played out the string and wisely took off to coach Hawaii after that.
http://deadspin.com/the-16-worst-coache ... -512701096
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:53 pmby ponyboy
I'm sorry. I thought you said NFL coach. How many college programs have that?
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:00 pmby RednBlue11
fist brainwashed deatbeat has hit the electric light...how many more of you are gonna come out and get zapped?
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:43 pmby Comet
ponyboy wrote:I'm sorry. I thought you said NFL coach. How many college programs have that?
I don't care if he coached back to back NFL champions if he can't beat Tulane.
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:16 pmby ponyboy
And he beat a favored Fresno State badly. Plus, you've got a Lego for your avatar
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:21 pmby Mustangsabu
Comet wrote:ponyboy wrote:I'm sorry. I thought you said NFL coach. How many college programs have that?
I don't care if he coached back to back NFL champions if he can't beat Tulane.
Get over it already. SMU lost to Tulane last year and obviously you hold June personally responsible. That's fine. He is the head coach. So give him all the credit for beating them in 2011. And 2010. And 2009.
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:09 amby malonish
What was their losing streak going into the games in 2009-11?
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:56 amby Grant Carter
What does it matter that they say he the 15th worst nfl coach of all time. This is college. There are plenty of coaches listed as worse than him on this list that we would all take as the SMU coach in a heartbeat.
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:33 amby SMU89
How many teams have a winning season with a QB that throws 25 int's?
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:17 amby SMUer
You don't get "credit" for beating teams you obviously are better than. Winning programs don't necessarily treat those games as "givens" but they certainly don't backslap and high-five when they win.
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:39 amby couch 'em
It isn't that we lost to teams like Tulane and Rice, it is that the team seemed totally unprepared. Do you really think Jones was fully invested in winning that game? He is better than that
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:46 amby mrydel
I have my issues with Jones, but being a washout in the NFL is not one. Saban did not last long there either and he seems to do ok in the college ranks. Lou Holtz won a national championship after admitting he was not cut out for the NFL with the Jets. This is a non comparable matter although an interesting story.
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:24 amby SMU2007
couch 'em wrote:It isn't that we lost to teams like Tulane and Rice, it is that the team seemed totally unprepared. Do you really think Jones was fully invested in winning that game? He is better than that
Which is a running theme the past 5 years. We look totally unprepared VERY frequently.
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:56 amby HorsePower
Saban stunk in the NFL. Pitino and Calipari stunk in the NBA. Completely meaningless.
And yes, you do get credit for beating teams you should beat, because unless you're Alabama or LSU or something, almost any team can upset another. Stop bashing our coach.
Re: #15 worst NFL Coach of all time
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:55 pmby PonyKai
The list is garbage. It doesn't have one single St. Louis rams coach on it. Spags and Linehan are easily two of the worst five coaches in the history of the NFL and they aren't even on the list. I may have issues with June but he's a lot better than that.