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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 2430232, member: 874"]
Nah. You're cherry picking. He pointed out that Marrone has taken losing teams and improved them into winning teams. You don't like him, so you spin it differently. That's cool. We live in a culture where we spin numbers to fit our narratives.

NFL coach #1 -
2-14
                            6-10
                            13-3
                              3-6                                                
Didn't have a career winning record until season 6. Won 3 SB's and is in the HOF.

NFL coach #2 -
3-12
                             9-7
                           10-6
                           14-2
Didn't have a career winning record until season 4. Won 2 SB's and is in the HOF.

NFL coach #3 -
6-10
                             7-9
                             7-9
                           11-5
Didn't have a career winning record until season 9. Has won 5 SB's.

Using your metric would have them as losing coaches at similar points in their career as Marrone currently is. Of course, drawing that conclusion that early in their careers would've been premature and the reality that Marrone has a winning record earlier in his NFL coaching career than any of them, does not mean he is even their equal.

College coach #1 -
4-6-1
                                 2-9
                                 6-5
                                 6-5
Didn't have a career winning record until season 7.
                           
College coach #2 -
4-8
                                 8-5
                                 5-7
                                 8-5
Doug Marrone

College coach #3 -
8-6
                               10-3
                                 4-8
                                 4-8
This dude obviously forgot how to coach in season 3.

Clearly Marrone is better than coach #1, and, even though coach # 3 has a better record by 1 game, he's going the wrong direction, right? Of course not. Everyone on this board knows coach number 1 is coach Mac, and nobody in their right mind is taking Marrone over Babers (#3). One look at this year's recruiting class clears that one up for anyone that had any doubts.

Numbers sure are silly sometimes.
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