Guess I missed that. BUT anyway that's really sad OC. Guess I could be a HOF coach if Bama ever went crazy and gave me the job. Very hard to lose when you take over winning programs like so many of those "HOFer's" did
Think of ice skating or gymnastics. They include
degree of difficulty in their evaluations of performance. Otherwise you'd get nothing but "one trick ponies" doing the same thing over and over. Howard took on the tough, nowhere jobs at the time. Miami, Louisville, and FAU ALLl had very little before Howard touched their programs. He was magic. BUT magic sometimes takes time.
I've always had more respect for someone, who takes on the challenges that test all of your skills ......versus someone whose is really just a passenger riding on an already built, well oiled machine that has HUGE pre-existing advantages
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My point is greatness can be measured in numerous ways and IMO Howard as a coach easily passes most. If anyone were building a great coach from scratch the end result and definition would be Howard Schellenberger. Only a handful of coaches on that HOF list could have taken on the challenges he faced and even approached his record. He truly embodied that saying that goes something like, "
He can beat you with his .....or he can take yours and beat his"
paraphrase. To me that is truly what greatness is and Howard Schnellenberger was truly great. I often, with regret, wonder how he would have been evaluated at the end of his career had he stayed with us here at Miami dominating for decades with what he built.
Of course, we'll never know... but that's how I'd feel whether I was Miami blind or not.