11/21/13

Gary Pinkel’s success at Missouri can be traced to Don James’ advice | College Sports | The Seattle Times

An enjoyable read.  This is a coach who traveled across the country to speak at Don James' memorial service the day after dropping their first game in OT and in primetime (Nick Saban could only put together a cheesy video message after their cupcake win that kicked off at 9:00am west coast time).  I wish more coaches had this mindset as opposed to hearing how they are underrated.  This is exactly why Sarkisian drives me nuts.  They lose to Stanford, and it falls on the overturned catch-incompletion.  Meanwhile, the game was lost on a kick-off return for a TD, 75 yard reception for TD right before half, and the inability to catch the ball on a key third down.  Once again, Dawgs lose to UCLA, and Sarkisian comes out and talks about the botched flag for "hands to the face" on a TD catch, when they fumbled on their first two possessions.  For as much as Don James was around the Husky football program years after stepping down, I wish his coaching style would've worn off.  Sarkisian needs some help as complaining to the media is not working.  The problem starts and ends with the player's performance, and that falls on the coach and no one else.