Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Fantasy Lapides Ranks SEC Coaches

Being down at SEC Media Days, everybody's talking about and predicting how well their teams will do. As the originator of sports-talk radio in Memphis, I naturally found a different angle to cover this event.

Instead of ranking coaches on their coaching ability (which all hack reporters or colunmists do), I'm ranking them on a combination of golf ability, personality, and taste in food. I call it the Fantasy George index.

Top Tier: These fellows are terrific. High marks across all categories.

  • Steve Spurrier: No contest. The old ball coach is the best.
  • Houston Nutt: He's a pisser.
  • Mark Richt: A good guy. You can trust his restaurant recommendations.
  • Rich Brooks: A better golfer than you'd expect. And he knows everybody.
  • Tommy Tuberville: HONORARY - Tommy, you'll be missed.

2nd Tier: Generally good, but some flaw keeps them out of the top group. 

  • Urban Meyer: Good golfer, but not much fun to be around.
  • Gene Chizik: Terrible golfer.
  • Bobby Johnson: Great story teller, but terrible taste in food.

Bottom Tier: Major problems. Frankly, I don't want to be around any of them for more than 5 minutes. 

  • Bobby Petrino: Jerk.
  • Dan Mullen: Bad golfer and terribly boring.
  • Les Miles: Unbearible.
  • Nick Saban: All the bad stuff you've read is true. None of the good stuff is.
  • Lane Kiffin: Terrible in every way. California must have done it to him because I know Monte raised him right.

There you have it folks.

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