ESPN's Power Rankings of Head Coaches

[Smidgeon]

McCarthy came in 4th after Belichick, Tomlin (despite, in my opinion, taking over a successful franchise, not being forced to rebuild independent of a strong team, and being outcoached in the Super Bowl), and Reid. Does this end the debate that M3 is a Top 5 coach?

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/26190/thoughts-on-mike-tomlins-rapid-ascension

[MJZiggy]

If these are true power rankings, then Belichick should be third at best.

[Bretsky]

If these are true power rankings, then Belichick should be third at best.

hate aside, most will rate Hoody at the top

[MJZiggy]

hate aside, most will rate Hoody at the top

These are POWER rankings and his team didn't trend well at the end. Tomlin should be above him for that reason.

[Tarlam!]

I know Hoody's been on top for a long long time, but M3 is #1 for me. I would ask any of the 3 named ahead of him to go into a 6 game, must win, sudden death tournament having the player/quality at position on IR and WIN!

That was some performance. Based on "what have you done for me lately? It's M3.

[Patler]

I know Hoody's been on top for a long long time, but M3 is #1 for me. I would ask any of the 3 named ahead of him to go into a 6 game, must win, sudden death tournament having the player/quality at position on IR and WIN!

That was some performance. Based on "what have you done for me lately? It's M3.

For the same reason, Reid is too high. He has been consistently good, but what "great" performance has he had? He has had very good teams, but about a .500 playoff record. One SB appearance is a plus, but no SB wins.

Looking back at it, for the Packers under MM to continually improve and be playing their best at the very end of the season, while losing more and more players including in the SB itself, was really a masterful performance.

If someone had told me the Packers would play with Bush and Lee as the 2nd and 3rd CBs for over half the game against the Steelers, I would have expected 40 points from Big Ben. MM had the team believing in itself no matter who was lost.

[mraynrand]

That was an amazing job down the stretch by Stubby. The list is reasonable, if you're talking lifetime. Hoody is trending downwards since that Superbowl flush - so is Reid. I assume they're giving him credit for restoring and revitalizing Vick. I would chomp his ankle and rank him 10th.

[MJZiggy]

That was an amazing job down the stretch by Stubby. The list is reasonable, if you're talking lifetime. Hoody is trending downwards since that Superbowl flush - so is Reid. I assume they're giving him credit for restoring and revitalizing Vick. I would chomp his ankle and rank him 10th.

C'mon! Surely you can find something better to chomp on than the ankle!

[mraynrand]

C'mon! Surely you can find something better to chomp on than the ankle!

everything else tastes worse

[Guiness]

everything else tastes worse

Do you wrap up the whole ankle, or just nip the Achilles? I find when chasing from behind, it's easier to take them down with the Achilles alone.

[Pugger]

For the same reason, Reid is too high. He has been consistently good, but what "great" performance has he had? He has had very good teams, but about a .500 playoff record. One SB appearance is a plus, but no SB wins.

Looking back at it, for the Packers under MM to continually improve and be playing their best at the very end of the season, while losing more and more players including in the SB itself, was really a masterful performance.

If someone had told me the Packers would play with Bush and Lee as the 2nd and 3rd CBs for over half the game against the Steelers, I would have expected 40 points from Big Ben. MM had the team believing in itself no matter who was lost.

+1

[Pugger]

That was an amazing job down the stretch by Stubby. The list is reasonable, if you're talking lifetime. Hoody is trending downwards since that Superbowl flush - so is Reid. I assume they're giving him credit for restoring and revitalizing Vick. I would chomp his ankle and rank him 10th.

So this is the real question with these rankings. Are we ranking them for their entire body of work or just for the 2010 season? If it was for the 2010 season then these rankings cannot be taken seriously.

[Fritz]

MM will be a top five head coach until the team's first loss next year.

[Tarlam!]

So this is the real question with these rankings.

My understanding of "power" rankings is that it's an ongoing comparison of a current situation. Like power rankings by NFL Team, Conference or Division.Those are redone every week and based on the most recent week's result and activity. That's why I have a tough time not ranking M3 #1, and as Patler points out, Ried ahead of M3 at all.

[Guiness]

The shine really should be off Hoody after his latest playoff loss to the Jets.

He made some mistakes during the season with respect to player personnel - the loss of Moss did hurt the team, and he looked sorely out game planned during the loss. The Jets had a solution, and he couldn't seem to work around it. They did not lose to an overpowering favorite, quite the opposite they were heavily favored and got outplayed.