The 4 Way Test--How to tell if you have a good coach

by Free the 16 on Oct 18, 2007 11:53 AM PDT

With apologies to both Rotary and Interact clubs everywhere, I have devised a simple four way test to determine if you have a good coach.

1-Do other schools want him?

Does your coach come up on list after list when a coaching availability comes up? If so, chances are you have a good coach.

2-Would you be pissed if someone else hired your coach?

Consider this a back-up for question number one, as on a rare occasion your coach might make a short list of someone else and you know he isn't qualified for the job.

A good test to prove how well you have it with your current coach is to judge how you would feel if he left. If you would be pissed, then you know you have a good coach.

3-Is he respected by his national peers?

Many coaches can luck out and win a Conference Coach of the Year. In fact, it is speculated that sometimes other coaches in the league will vote for your coach as Conference Coach of the Year just to keep him around for awhile longer(see Lavin, Steve).

The real test is if a national voting body selects your coach as a Coach of the Year, then you have yourself a terrific coach.

If you can answer yes to the three above questions, you are in good shape.

For question four, you want the answer to be no.

4-Do the rivals in your league plead for you to keep your coach?

Do they try to convince you in person to give your coach more time? Attempt to persuade you online that your coach is merely a victim of bad luck and not to be so hasty to fire your guy?

This might be the most damning of tests, as if fans of other teams in your conference want you to stay the course on YOUR site, and yet clown your guy on THEIR site, then you have a coach that sucks.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of BruinsNation's (BN) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of BN's editors.

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#4 has gone on to a whole new level. Dorrell has done so much to kill the program that before last year's game I knew SC fans who wanted us to get rid of KD because they felt bad for us. They wanted a real rivalry back. When your rival feels bad for you that means you've gone about 2 yeasr past #4.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Oct 18, 2007 1:10 PM PDT reply actions

Another analogy

It's like having a friend that is getting fat.
When he starts getting fat, you give him crap about it.
However, when he gets REALLY fat, you stop giving him crap and just feel bad for him.

Under KD, we've become the fat guy.

by bornagainbruin on Oct 18, 2007 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice analogy...

But aren't we the REALLY fat guy?

Proud to be a lifelong Bruin

by omnigeno on Oct 18, 2007 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks

That's what I meant!

by bornagainbruin on Oct 19, 2007 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

One simple question to prove the opposite-

Is his name "Karl Dorrell"?

Then you have a coach that sucks.

by Koach Karl I on Oct 18, 2007 1:59 PM PDT reply actions

#1: and the lizard of Westwood

the true test of how terrible he really was is that he's not had a serious inquiry from a major program.

I think KD will find himself in the same place.

And, for all of the rumors that he was going to jump to the NFL (some of which, it is alleged, he started himself) -- that doesn't seem likely either.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Oct 18, 2007 2:00 PM PDT reply actions

Very true re Lavin

Compare that with running the same test with Howland (while at Pitt, to taking our job):

1-Always on everyone's list when a job was available.

2-Pitt was livid when we hired him. Still upset about it (see all the press right before we played them last year in the NCAAs).

3-Former National Coach of the Year.

4-Even our rivals would love to have him on their sidelines. Other rivals who used to be unchallenged in the conference, whine about him, because they know their time at the top is ending.

by Free the 16 on Oct 18, 2007 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Pure comedy

I still get a smile on my face everytime I think of NC State giving Lavin an offer last year.

Hey, let's email that AD. Maybe we could convince him to steal KD from us!

by bornagainbruin on Oct 18, 2007 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Here's the multiple choice exam.

Your team has the lead at halftime. Does your head coach:

(a) Lose the game by calling conservative plays in the red zone which leave multiple points on the field? (e.g. Washington, 2006)

(b) Lose the game to an over-rated team with far less depth? (e.g. Nut Bowl Classic, 2006)

(c) Lose the game by calling entirely high-risk plays to be run by a walk-on quraterback despite having a strong running game going against a poor rushing defense? (e.g. Notre Dame, 2007)