ESPN B1G Player Poll: Which Big Ten coach would you least like to play for?

[knapplc]

I saw this coming up yesterday when I looked at their first poll, Besides your own coach, which Big Ten coach would you like to play for the most?

I was a little worried about today's poll answer, considering Bo's sometimes caustic demeanor. I was pleasantly surprised:

Which Big Ten coach would you least like to play for?


Results

Danny Hope, Purdue -- 4 votes

Bret Bielema, Wisconsin -- 4 votes

Kevin Wilson, Indiana -- 3 votes

Urban Meyer, Ohio State -- 2 votes

Brady Hoke, Michigan -- 2 votes

Kirk Ferentz, Iowa -- 2 votes

Bo Pelini, Nebraska -- 2 votes

Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern -- 1 vote

Bill O'Brien, Penn State -- 1 vote

Tim Beckman, Illinois -- 1 vote

Jerry Kill, Minnesota -- 1 vote

No one/decline to say -- 5 votes

Not sure what to make of Danny Hope being atop this list. Does that reflect the fact that Purdue is pretty bad, or is there something about Hope I don't know? I haven't paid attention to Purdue at all since joining the Big Ten, since they're a non-factor in the Leaders Division and since we don't play them until 2013.

Bo gets a couple of votes, and the pull-quote from one of those two guys was, "He's a screamer." Fair enough critique - Bo's been known to scream a bit.

 

[Excel]

It's not so much Hope as it is Purdue, at least one player's comment seems to indicate as much; ""I really wouldn't want to play there."

 

[Saunders]

Good ole' Bret "I'm a popped collar wearing Douchebag" Bielema tops the list. Not surprising, especially considering that he didn't even garner a vote on the "I'd want to play for him" list.

 

[Excel]

Good ole' Bret "I'm a popped collar wearing Douchebag" Bielema tops the list. Not surprising, especially considering that he didn't even garner a vote on the "I'd want to play for him" list.

I challenge you to find one picture of BB popping his collar. Those windbreakers he wears are meant to be zipped all the way up.

No argument on the Douchebag bit though.

 

[Saunders]

Good ole' Bret "I'm a popped collar wearing Douchebag" Bielema tops the list. Not surprising, especially considering that he didn't even garner a vote on the "I'd want to play for him" list.

I challenge you to find one picture of BB popping his collar. Those windbreakers he wears are meant to be zipped all the way up.

No argument on the Douchebag bit though.

It's an EDSBS bit.

 

[Excel]

Good ole' Bret "I'm a popped collar wearing Douchebag" Bielema tops the list. Not surprising, especially considering that he didn't even garner a vote on the "I'd want to play for him" list.

I challenge you to find one picture of BB popping his collar. Those windbreakers he wears are meant to be zipped all the way up.

No argument on the Douchebag bit though.

It's an EDSBS bit.

Fair enough.

Anyhow I'm surprised Urban is the most attractive coach (to play for) in the B1G. Eight votes to Ferentz's six.

 

[knapplc]

Anyhow I'm surprised Urban is the most attractive coach (to play for) in the B1G. Eight votes to Ferentz's six.

It's an ESPN world, and he's an ESPN darling. And those two national championships probably don't hurt, either.

 

[Comish]

Bo gets a couple of votes, and the pull-quote from one of those two guys was, "He's a screamer." Fair enough critique - Bo's been known to scream a bit.

Funny.......what is seen as a negative in grown men is viewed as a positive in grown women............

 

[Saunders]

Good ole' Bret "I'm a popped collar wearing Douchebag" Bielema tops the list. Not surprising, especially considering that he didn't even garner a vote on the "I'd want to play for him" list.

I challenge you to find one picture of BB popping his collar. Those windbreakers he wears are meant to be zipped all the way up.

No argument on the Douchebag bit though.

It's an EDSBS bit.

Fair enough.

Anyhow I'm surprised Urban is the most attractive coach (to play for) in the B1G. Eight votes to Ferentz's six.

That's because Urban will let you smoke weed in the football facilities, and when you get arrested, he'll get the boosters to bail you out.

 

[In the Deed the Glory]

Pretty sure I would pick Bill O'Brien based upon the reasons for Purdue. They have a better chance than PSU of getting to the B1G Champ Game.

 

[Excel]

Who voted against Fitzgerald? That doesn't makes sense to me. I'd want to play for either him or Dantonio.

 

[NUance]

Player comments

On Ferentz: "He's a Type A personality and I'm a Type B."

On Meyer: "It seems like it's all about him."

On Wilson: "He seems a little animated, to say the least."

On Hope: "I really wouldn't want to play there."

On Pelini: "He's a screamer."

What!!? Well, okay. I guess that's a legitimate gripe. :lol: