(Ron Zook pictured standing behind Bill Murray)

Ron Zook gets no respect. But he sure can recruit, ask Urban Meyer what he thinks of Zook’s recruiting abilities. Zook as been catching a lot of heat lately as he rebuilds Illinois. But compare Zook to Ed Orgeron, at least Ron Zook had a winning season at Florida. What has Ed Orgeron done lately? How does he continue to rcruit quality players and still lose games. Better yet, why is he still coaching at Ole Miss? Next year at this time, Ole Miss fans will completely disavow supporting this guy.

Some will never associate the word “Great” with jamming one’s pecker in a tailpipe or blowing one’s ass into five pieces with a firecracker. Certainly, Ed Ogeron doesn’t strike anyone as brilliant when he first appeared on the Ole Miss sideline in 2005. How about the time when he exited the practice field complaining about the importance of getting out of a Port-O-Potty before tipping it on its side. Coach O’s purpose is to provide experience in life lessons. Important things like: Don’t wipe your dick on your girlfriend’s curtains in front of her mom; don’t eat road kill off the road on the way to work; don’t shoot yourself in the crotch with a BB gun to see if it will hurt. The kind of lessons that his Dad never got around to teaching him. There is so much to take away from the misadventures of one man. Here is what Coach O brings to Ole Miss:

Ed Orgeron is a “relentless recruiter” says Pete Boone, the Rainman of SEC Athletic Directors. A Memphis Commercial Appeal sharticle on Orgeron and his staff’s recruiting efforts also insinuates that Orgeron likes to save travel money by sharing a hotel room with is assistant coaches. Good job Ed you big goofball.

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Ed might be bringing in talent, but it is clear he doesn’t know what to do with it. Kinda like having a big weiner and having a premature ejaculation problem at the same time. There is no need to look up fancy stats on wins/losses or numbers of stars per recruiting class on this one. This easily passes the eyeball failure test. If it smells like poo then it probably is poop and we think that Coach Orgeron sucks. But maybe Pete Boone smarter than everyone thinks he is? Is Boone’s plan like an onion? Several layers deep and Orgeron is just one rancid layer?

“Don’t confuse activity with achievement,” that is clearly Ed’s mantra for the loveable losers of Oxford. At Southern Cal, Ed was known as defensive specialist, but the Rebs finished 11th in total defense and for some reason Ole Miss fans and administration seem OK with that because “he recruits real good”. Who can forget that O recruited a player, Jerrell Powe, that could not read or write stating that “reading is for pussies”. Powe has nothing to do with this, I am just mesmerized that O would try to recruit a kid like that.

The challenge, of course, is parlaying a solid year of recruiting into a successful season. Orgeron, who agreed to a two-year contract extension last month after coaching the Rebels to a 7-16 record during his first two seasons, will face greater expectations this fall. Coaches can recruit all they want, but the bottom line is winning.

The bottom line is winning and Batshit Crazy Ed has clearly demonstrated that is what he is about, and that is losing. Improving from 3 wins to 4 wins in his second year is considered a huge success in Oxford.

The Boys at Rival Razz, formerly known as keepmikeshula.com (call me sometime fellas) figured out the correct formula recruiting/coaching formula. The discussion of the Ron Zook/Urban “Herban” Meyer ” game inside the game” has to be what Ole Miss is all about. Hang tough Col Reb, don’t cry it can’t really get any worse:

During his stint as the head coach for the Florida Gators from 2001-2004, Zook stockpiled talent and plugged the necessary players into the Gator program that would allow the next coach (Urban Meyer) to win the 2006 BCS Championship. “Too many people put emphasis on who’s a good coach and who’s not a good coach,” commented a former Zook assistant. “What makes someone a great coach is having Zook work recruiting hard for 2-3 years, losing key games, and getting fired.”