Rider’s 10 Worst Coaches in College Football
One of my main handicapping tools is looking at coaches, particularly bad ones. My guess is the average bettor on the street doesn’t put a lot of stock in coaches. However, fading bad coaches in the right spot can make you a lot of money. I decided to rank my ten worst coaches in college football. These are the guys I trust the least and coaches I try and stay away from if possible. As you will notice, four of these coaches – including the Top 3 – reside in the Big East Conference. On Friday, I will list my rankings of the worst NFL coaches as well. Here is my list of the worst CFB has to offer, starting from No. 10:
10. Les Miles, LSU – Miles probably isn’t the tenth worst coach in the country but I wanted to put him on the list because he is an idiot. People talk about how he “led” LSU to the National Title last year. I would argue that they won it in spite of Miles. Despite having an NFL-caliber squad, LSU dropped two games to inferior teams. I can live with the Kentucky loss. That was a tough SEC battle on the road. But being at home and losing to Arkansas with a spot in the National Championship Game on the line is inexcusable. Then, LSU was on the verge of losing to Tennessee until Erik Ainge hand delivered them the SEC Title. If you watch Miles during the course of a game, he makes a lot of terrible decisions. His team is loaded with talent but sooner or later his luck will run out. Miles staying at LSU is the best thing that ever happened to Michigan.
pregame.com
9/9/08
Magnolia Tribune
