DE's NC teams were JJ's teams.
Is this Al Golden's team?
Golden was not a Good coach, but he brought in quality talent, even though folks dont want to give him credit. Again, Golden wasn't a good coach and he sacrificed talent for scheme.
Dennis was a better coach. He knew how to win with talent, but he was not a great recruiter or developer of talent, epecially on offense. Notice the decline of offensive talent when JJ's guys left.
Golden was a solid program administrator, he really pushed for the changes that brought the program into the 21st century. Frankly, Golden inherited a greasefire, and through being organized helped make it possible for Richt to step in and do well immediately. That said, he was overly loyal to garbage assistants, and that's what eventually sunk him. If Golden would have held on to Fisch(The best hire he ever made), and found a good defensive coordinator that understood how to call an aggressive, speed based hybrid 3-4, he would have been fine. That said, he didn't, and that's why he was run out of town.
Dennis Erickson may have been the best gameday coach Miami has ever seen, he was deadly in regards to adjusting, and his offenses were usually **** good. He was also a **** good judge of coaching talent, his coaching staffs had great talent running through it. The problem with Erickson was that he wasn't a disciplined man, and that lack of discipline was magnified by where he was. You can't be an undisciplined person and succeed long term in Coral Gables. His flaws became evident and as those good coaches moved on, he was unable to keep the train rolling. Eventually the dynasty was going to go down, and Erickson's lack of discipline made it easier for that to happen.
He did win two national championships, and then came back and took an Oregon State team to a BCS bowl game following his disastrous tenure in Seattle. So, the dude obviously has a clue about coaching. He even had some good years in Tempe, I thought he was going to make Arizona State a consistent winner.
