April 27, 2007
Sporting News: Dorrell #48 Best Coach In The Nation
Not days after CSTV praised the “incredible job” Dorrell is doing with our football team, Sporting News has to go rain on the parade. SN’s Tom Deinhart, after ranking coaches by conference, came out with his national head coach rankings. Where is Karl Dorrell on his list? #48! Yeah, we know, Deinhart is throwing a little love Dorrell’s way … but really, as we all know, its a stain on our program. How is it that Kansas, Purdue, Wake Forest, South Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas Tech, Louiville, Maryland, Rutgers, among many others have better football coaches than we do at UCLA?!
Deinhart, you might remember, ranked Dorrell the #6 best coach in the Pac-10 a few weeks ago. That’s close to right, but then Tom had this to say about Dorrell:
There’s a buzz around Westwood because of Dorrell, an alum who knows what it takes to win here. Now, he must get his offense and defense both to play well together. Look for new coordinator Jay Norvell to do for the offense what coordinator DeWayne Walker did for the defense last year. This ought to be fun. And it’s because of Dorrell.
Not exactly true Tom, but your ranking speaks a lot more truth than this nice fluff writeup.
