Tyrone Willingham

[brady_44]

What is everyone's opinion on Tyron Willingham? Is he a good coach, bad coach, or middle of the road? I personally think he is a good coach and wasn't given the time needed at Notre Dame, and that he will do well over time with Washington. What are your thoughts?

[Go-Pac]

Tyrone is a good coach. Anyone who can win coaching Stanford has to be good. People simply don't have the patience anymore to let a coach build a program. With ticket prices so high, obnoxious athletic budget, and crazier coaching salaries, I can't blame them. Sorry if I sound like a homer, but Rich Brooks took something like 15 years to build a moribund Oregon program into a winner. You will never ever see that again in today's day and age. Before I hear any crazy comments about Brooks, yeah Kentucky sucks and he will probably be fired at the end of the year.

[Autzen Powers]

I like him, too. I think we will see the Huskies become a really good team next year. I also think that this year, Stanford might be riding on a little residual success that he brought to the team. I'm excited to see what he'll do for Washington, should they keep him around.

[CARDINALsinner]

Originally Posted by Autzen Powers

I like him, too. I think we will see the Huskies become a really good team next year. I also think that this year, Stanford might be riding on a little residual success that he brought to the team. I'm excited to see what he'll do for Washington, should they keep him around.

I have to disagree. I think Stanford's success has more to do with Harris than Ty's "residual success" (and I'm a Ty fan, since he was our coach back when I was a student there). After all, Teevens inherited the same players from Ty, and we all know what he did... squander 3 seasons.

[Autzen Powers]

that's a valid point. I guess I'd just like to think some success came from Willingham - I like him and think he didn't get a fair shake at Notre Dame.

[azcatsfan8120]

Originally Posted by brady_44

What is everyone's opinion on Tyron Willingham? Is he a good coach, bad coach, or middle of the road? I personally think he is a good coach and wasn't given the time needed at Notre Dame, and that he will do well over time with Washington. What are your thoughts?

I think that tyron is a good coach and i too also think that he wasnt given the time he needed to rebuild at notre dame, i also think that a big part of charlie's success at notre dame is because of tyron, so i too expect to see washington as one of the top teams in the pac very soon

[Autzen Powers]

so maybe it's actually Notre Dame who is riding on Willingham's success?