Sports Illustrated: Dorrell One Of Top 5 Worst Coaches

Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated brought the hammer down on Karl Dorrell today with a scathing report on his tenure as coach of our Bruin football team (HT to BruinEd03 at BruinsNation). By gauging “who is doing the least with the most,” Mandel figures Dorrell is currently the 5th worst coach in NCAA div 1. Now even we haven’t gone that far, but we can’t argue with him either. Here is what Mandel has to say:

5) Karl Dorrell, UCLA: Last year’s USC upset was the first sign Dorrell’s Bruins were finally turning the corner — and they promptly followed it up with the Emerald Bowl debacle. On paper, UCLA looks like a BCS contender this year, but Dorrell’s track record doesn’t inspire much confidence.

True dat! Has Dorrell really ever inspired confidence?? Maybe for a brief flicker after the SuC victory. That was when even stalwart supporters in the MSM like J.A. Adande of the LA Times finally felt comfortable to admit publicly that he felt all along that Dorrell was “in over his head” (until the SuC victory proved he had turned the proverbial corner). How right he was … all along. This year Dorrell is losing that base support in the MSM. The pressure is on .. there are no excuses to hide behind. Go Bruins!!

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