Which coach will be the biggest sucess in year 1?

[OSU8085]

Who will be the most successful (and least?) in year 1 with their new teams?

Some of the bigger names -


spaziani-bc
sarkisian-uw
chizik-auburn
kiffin-ut
mullen- miss state
walker-new mexico stae
english-eastern michigan
snyder-ksu
swinney-clemson
hoke-sdsu
chip kelly-uo
marrone-cuse
christensen-wyoming

I think kelly is set up the best, but sarkisian has the farthest uo to go.

[Hawkeye]

Kelly and Swinney

[OSU8085]

ya those two being two of the only guys to be with their team last year (with a few others like Spaz) seem to be obvious fits for success.

[Wolverine]

Those two because the cover isn't bare really. I can't wait to see what Hoke does at SDSU after what he did for Ball State, but it might take some time.

[OSU8085]

I want to see Walker succeed, he deserved a job a couple years ago

[Chris Raiden]

In year 1, has to be Chip Kelly. He's set up with a potentially tremendous quarterback with experience in Masoli, and a pretty good team built around him with talents like LaGarrette Blount in a solid conference.

Over the long run, Wolve mentioned Hoke, who I like at SDSU, and Sarks at Washington, but the name I'd watch is Swinney at Clemson, who seems to have a team that likes him, a talent rich area to recruit in, and a good head on his shoulders. It'll be a situation to watch.

[OSU8085]

If Hoke succeeds at SDSU, do you think teams like Utah or TCU will fall back or will there just been another good team in the MWC?

[Chris Raiden]

I think it may just turn into another good team in the MWC. That'd be four pretty consistently good programs, and at that point, you're almost starting to look like a potential BCS conference based on the next automatic bid period.

[OSU8085]

Really, I mean if SDSU gets good that just another loss or so for those top 3, I mean they already have to worry about the ever-sleeper Air Force picking them off or the rising UNLV program.

I think if SDSU got good, we'd see one of those teams fall back a littlee, not to the point of awfulness and not out of site of being back in MWC title contention but just far enough out that there wouldn't be 3-4 BCS contenders entering the year. (IE this year with BYU, TCU and maybe Utah eying a spot)

[Hawkeye]

I'll believe UNLV when I see them win 8 games.

Utah was the most complete team the MWC has had though. TCU usually doesn't have the offense to match the defense and BYU vice versa.