Tom Dienhart's top Big Ten West head coach hires the last 40 years (Mason over Kill)

[BleedGopher]

per Dienhart:

MINNESOTA
Glen Mason. Jerry Kill soon may top this list, but let’s go with Mason for now. It would have been fun to have seen what Lou Holtz could have done had he stayed longer than two years (1984-85). Alas, he was lured to save Notre Dame from Gerry Faust in 1986. John Gutekunst (1986-91) was uninspiring and the late Jim Wacker (1992-96) was a disaster. Enter Mason, who resuscitated Kansas before coming to Dinkytown. Hey, if “Mase” could make the Jayhawks a winner, he could do the same for the Gophers, right? Yep. Powered by a physical rushing attack, Mason went 64-57 (32-48 in the Big Ten) from 1997-2006 with seven bowls in 10 years. He went 10-3 in 2003 and twice went 5-3 in the Big Ten. Mason was fired after capping a 6-7 season in 2006 by blowing a 31-point third-quarter lead to Texas Tech in the Insight Bowl. Minnesota turned to Tim Brewster and … well … you know the rest.

http://btn.com/2015/08/05/tom-dienharts-top-big-ten-west-head-coach-hires-the-last-40-years/

Go Gophers!!

 

[Kuato Lives!]

I like how it's fair to Deinhart to compare a coach who had 10 years with a team to one who is only entering his 5th.

 

[nsmike]

Typical Dienhart analysis, about an inch deep, I predict he'll regret this by the end of the year.

 

[Iceland12]

per Dienhart:

MINNESOTA
Glen Mason. Jerry Kill soon may top this list, but let’s go with Mason for now. It would have been fun to have seen what Lou Holtz could have done had he stayed longer than two years (1984-85). Alas, he was lured to save Notre Dame from Gerry Faust in 1986. John Gutekunst (1986-91) was uninspiring and the late Jim Wacker (1992-96) was a disaster. Enter Mason, who resuscitated Kansas before coming to Dinkytown. Hey, if “Mase” could make the Jayhawks a winner, he could do the same for the Gophers, right? Yep. Powered by a physical rushing attack, Mason went 64-57 (32-48 in the Big Ten) from 1997-2006 with seven bowls in 10 years. He went 10-3 in 2003 and twice went 5-3 in the Big Ten. Mason was fired after capping a 6-7 season in 2006 by blowing a 31-point third-quarter lead to Texas Tech in the Insight Bowl. Minnesota turned to Tim Brewster and … well … you know the rest.

http://btn.com/2015/08/05/tom-dienharts-top-big-ten-west-head-coach-hires-the-last-40-years/

Go Gophers!!

Seems reasonable.

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

I like how it's fair to Deinhart to compare a coach who had 10 years with a team to one who is only entering his 5th.

Read the first sentence, he qualifies his selection by acknowledging exactly what you are saying.

 

[Schnauzer]

Mason vs Kill? I wonder if this thread will reach two pages?

 

[Kuato Lives!]

Read the first sentence, he qualifies his selection by acknowledging exactly what you are saying.

A better comparison would be to compare the first 4 years.

 

[Nokomis]

Seems muddled to call it ranking the best hires and then base it on coaching success. My mind first went to who was the best hire when they were hired. Mason was definitely the best hire, coming from Kansas and turning down the Georgia job. Heck, Wacker was a good hire at the time, coming from TCU with a few NCs in DII.

 

[Killjoy]

Seems muddled to call it ranking the best hires and then base it on coaching success. My mind first went to who was the best hire when they were hired. Mason was definitely the best hire, coming from Kansas and turning down the Georgia job. Heck, Wacker was a good hire at the time, coming from TCU with a few NCs in DII.


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