Steve Addazio vs. Al Golden

Al Golden’s first Miami press conference lasted 49 minutes, during which he never uttered the word “Temple” once.

TU Fact 1:
Temple has seven wins
over schools currently
in the ACC; none while
they were in the ACC

If you make the trip with me to Maryland tomorrow, you will notice the game program says: Temple vs. Maryland.
Very true.
The subtitle, though, should say Steve Addazio vs. Al Golden.
We really don’t know if Steve Addazio is a better coach than Al Golden right now.

TU fact No. 2
Temple is 15-0
with Bernard Pierce
getting 16 carries
or more

However, we could all get a much better handle on that come 4 p.m. tomorrow afternoon.
Bum Phillips, the colorful former coach of the then Houston Oilers, once said:
“The sign of a great coach is that he can take your ‘ums and beat his ‘ums and he can beat his ‘ums with your ‘ums.”
Steve Addazio has a chance to prove that against Maryland.
If Al Golden, with arguably better talent than Temple, can’t beat Maryland with his Miami group and Steve Addazio CAN beat Maryland with, err, lesser talent that could go a long way toward proving once and for all that Steve Addazio is the better game coach than Al Golden.
If not prove conclusively, than it would be a pretty good Exhibit A in any case to be made for Daz vs. Golden.
Many of the Daz fans, me included, were duly impressed with Addazio doing to Villanova what Golden was not able to do _ blow them out. Yet that body of work can be argued to be inconclusive since Villanova was in a rebuilding year.
Add a win over Maryland with a blowout of Villanova and you can make an argument that this is an open-and-shut case.
It might even cause one set of eyebrows at The U to be raised.

2 thoughts on “Steve Addazio vs. Al Golden

  1. I have been on the Addazio band wagon since the season ticket holder party. He had me wanting to strap a helmet on. However, that image took a serious hit with the poor coaching against Penn State. I cant overlook the fact that they quit giving the ball to BP in the 2nd half. I cant overlook the fact that he brought Stewart in. This team is a QB away from being great. The million dollar question is . . . where's Juice? I'd love to see the kid with the "it" factor over Gerardi and Stewart.

  2. me, too. love daz but his rep took a double hit with me this week.first off, his taking Gerardi out with a 10-7 lead reminded me of the Phillies firing Pat Corales when they were leading the NL East. Not good. I really think when Gerardi came back in, he felt he needed to make a play to keep his job and forced two throws that, ironically, lost his job.I've seen four years of Chester and they've been four years of great practices. When he comes in games, not so much greatness. I could see Golden getting fooled by the practices, but not an Addazio who has three prior years of game tape to go on … Ugh. I will be there rooting like heck for Chester to put up a 35-spot today. Chester is my last hope to do two things we have never done:1) Beat an ACC team while in the ACC;2)Go 11-1;This morning we have both possibilities deliciously laying ahead of us.I don't much care about beating crappy MAC teams today. I want this ACC head mounted on my Edberg-Olson Wall.

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