10-01-2014, 02:53 PM
(10-01-2014, 08:15 AM)garvin link Wrote:Teevens won at Maine and then at Dartmouth on his first stay there, which is how he got the Tulane and Stanford jobs. He clearly is not without coaching skills, but they don't translate to larger programs.
Teevens didn't win all that much at Maine and Dartmouth (first go 'round).
He was 13-9 at Maine, 5-7 in conference (2 years).
He was 26-22-2 at Dartmouth, but won the Ivy his last two years.
(Now his overall Dartmouth record is 92-157-2).
He may not be completely without coaching skills, but appeared to have significant gaps in his football acumen. There were all sorts of stories about Stanford not having many basic concepts as part of the offense, though the only one I can remember right now is the lack of a "hot route/receiver" as even a concept. Perhaps this was all made up because the team was losing, but it fit an impression he gave of not being heavy on football knowledge.
Then again, even in the Ivies you need to know the basics. So his moderate success there does seem to throw up some question to the image.
(10-01-2014, 04:43 AM)needle link Wrote:To be fair, Teevens has led Dartmouth to winning seasons three out of the last four years. That's more success than I would have guessed ever possible.
I assume you mean thought possible for Teevens rather than possible for Dartmouth.
It took a long time for Buddy to get to those three winning seasons in four, he went 9-41 his first five seasons back at Dartmouth. Maybe he has become a much better coach now. I rather hope so. While a little grating with his happy-talk, I rather liked the guy outside of my unhappiness with all the losing; and he certainly was more likeable than Wlat.
