Select Most Corrupt Coach

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by LonghornCatholic, Jan 26, 2023.

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Most Crooked

Poll closed Feb 10, 2023.
  1. Switzer

    17 vote(s)
    48.6%
  2. Biles

    7 vote(s)
    20.0%
  3. Bowden

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Tressell

    6 vote(s)
    17.1%
  5. Butch

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%
  6. Willie

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Jackie

    16 vote(s)
    45.7%
  8. Neuheisel

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Schnellenberger

    5 vote(s)
    14.3%
  10. Beamer

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Rank them
     
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  2. WJHorn

    WJHorn 25+ Posts

    There are some real scumbags on that list, but can’t believe Jackie Sherrill isn’t one of the voting options…
     
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  3. NRHorn

    NRHorn 2,500+ Posts

    Yeah, when I saw the question, I was looking for his name right off. He got my vote.

    Really- for me
    1 Jackie-
    1a Switzerland
    2 Briles
    3 Jimbo ( because he plays the Alfred E Newman routine .. even now)
    4 All SEC coaches. Past, current, future

    Update
    Auto correct finished Switzer with Switzerland, so I just decided to leave it
     
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  4. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

  5. Horns11

    Horns11 10,000+ Posts

    Tough criteria. Some of those guys are products of their era.
     
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  6. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Tressel deserves his own category because only Schnellenberger and Beamer can come close. The rest are amateurs.

    Now define "Willie". If it is the one that we all know and love, the one banned by the NCAA, the guy that got Clemson, Florida, & Oklahoma State near the death penalty, then he also deserves his own category, if for no other reason than Hart Lee Dykes.

    I would encourage people to put personal bias aside when casting your vote.

    Bobby Bowden was a great guy, who built FSU from nothing to national prominence. Had his home number published. You could call him up and talk football. Famous quote - "If a man is willing to spend his time and his dime to call you, you're not too damn good to talk to him"

    Switzer & Sherrill cheated their asses off but were open and honest about it. Again, no coach ever cared more about his players than Barry.
     
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  7. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Tressel, hands down imo.
     
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  8. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Willie Lyles - unable to add his last name. Added Neuheisel.

    Wouldn’t let me remove Bowden and Butch.
     
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  9. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Add Schnellenberger

    Add Beamer, guy holds a record that will never be broken. Taking a team with 19 (??) players out on bond to the bowl game. Unbelievable worthless piece of ****. If you were ever any public place that his team was together (not on the field), Hells Angels were more polite particularly to women.
     
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  10. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Added. Can also vote for top 3 now.
     
  11. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    I presumed it was Terry Bowden at Auburn.
     
  12. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Maybe you caught them on a bad day.
     
  13. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Terry Bowden, aka, Buster Brown. If you are too young to know about Buster Brown shoes, Terry looks just like the Buster Brown character and is about the same size.
     
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  14. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    BARNEY SWITZER - BIG # 1
    Jackie - serious # 2
    Tressel #3
    Schnellenbeger #4
    Briles # 5
     
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  15. NRHorn

    NRHorn 2,500+ Posts

    I sincerely didn’t know Tressel cheated.
     
  16. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    LHC, seriously, can one vote for more than one AH cheater in your poll?

    Asking for a shy friend!?
     
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  17. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

    Agree. Maybe they're too far away for me have noticed. What did he do worse than the others? All I know he did was NOT report some tattoos for memorabilia.
     
  18. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    The “Sorry Bastard” Switzer is first. I’ll take DKR’s word on Switzer, I believe he said Will Rogers never met Barry Switzer. If we put a “Biggest Scumbag coach” poll on Hornfans, Barry would win that one as well.

    #2. Jackie Sherrill. Second only to Switzer. One of my favorite memories was being in the stands chanting “Poor Jackie” at the end of of the Cotton bowl when Texas ( and Ricky) stomped his paid Miss St team.
     
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  19. Horns11

    Horns11 10,000+ Posts

    Tom Osborne always struck me as sleazy. It was strange that he could have like 200+ players on his team as some sort of special dispensation because "it's Nebraska."

    And the Lawrence Phillips situation alone should have been enough to disqualify Osborne for any position of public trust, let alone U.S. Congressman.
     
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  20. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    I was there too. Pooor Jackie was awesome.
     
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  21. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    LC,

    Which "Willie" are we talking about?
     
  22. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Willie Lyles
     
  23. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Jim Tressell found himself to be the figurehead of the Ohio State scandal involving a Columbus tattoo parlor that was trading tattoos, and allegedly cash and drugs, to players in exchange for equipment and memorabilia. The NCAA investigated what exactly happened at Ohio State, and handed down sanctions.

    Tressell knowingly hid the violations committed by the players from the NCAA, which led to him being forced into resignation. In a report written by Sports Illustrated, Tressell was also accused of rigging drawings at camps, making sure the top prospects would win jerseys and cleats - from Bleacher Report.
     
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  24. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Switzer and Jackie neck and neck.
     
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  25. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    How dirty was Tressel?

    Two thoughts:

    1) The high pressure wash at a Baytown truck stop couldn't clean him up.

    2) Not even an ESPN whitewash could make him presentable.

    I would rather have Schnellenberger or Briles as HC than have Tressel even visit our facilities.
     
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  26. BornOrange0855

    BornOrange0855 250+ Posts

    I don't know diddly about what a coach actually did that was most corrupt other than the few anecdotes I've read over the years. So I can't really say whose corruption topped the list.
    But I've always thought Jackie Sherrill was the sleaziest, not just as a coach, but as human being.
     
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  27. EDT

    EDT 1,000+ Posts

    My 2 cents.
    1. Glad most or all who are on this list that cheated are gone.
    2. It would be interesting to see a list of current cheaters.
    3. I bet there would be a lot of different opinions on current cheaters and their rank on Hornfans.
     
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  28. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    Switzer didn't need to cheat as much as Jackie to win. Jackie did any and everything necessary to get blue chips to go to that place. Quite frankly had the death penalty not been so destructive to the SMU athletic program aggy would have absolutely been the second team to get it. Jackie and aggy deserved it.
     
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  29. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Vol,

    The Aggies were damn close to getting it, and most of the inner circle in Brazos County thought they were there.

    I tease them that God loves them and intervened; what a convenient tornado.
     
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  30. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Sometimes urban renewal takes different firms!
     
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