Posted by brianxavier on 6/28/2015 4:39:00 PM (view original):
it would be interesting to see everyone's resume… and of course a real fancy way to do this would be to actually look at who has the most titles at D3 over across all worlds… say in the last 10 seasons. I know I can't see all worlds, and of course you may also want to consider how many teams each coach has too so as not to bias the results towards great coaches with many teams (tarvolon, mfnmyers come to mind).
pepwaves and jsajsa are probably the best that I have seen at D3 lately. jdno is also fantastic and has helped me learn D1 - I know he's outstanding but I actually don't think I've gone against him much at D3. I also think tarvolon is really, really good although his luck in Rupp where I play him hasn't been that great.
cool idea to consider and aspire to being one of the best coaches across all worlds…. I definitely consider myself a few notches below the elite guys.
My luck seems to have been concentrated in Wooden and Crum. All eight of my D3 titles have come from those two worlds, and none from my other D3 teams (Dallas/Rupp and Shenandoah/Smith, although I do have a few CG losses between the two). Honestly, after that ridiculous run I had at Maryville, I would say Shenandoah has been my best collection of dominant teams, but they just can't seem to get it done come tourney time. Really going through a down stretch at Maryville right now--capturing the magic from my 103-2 stretch is not going to happen again, but we haven't even been top ten quality in 3-4 seasons now. Just had trouble finding quality recruits in the area lately.
Anyways, I've only run across you (at the D3 level) in Rupp, but based on Millsaps, I'd have you in the elite category. jsajsa is at the top, and I'd probably have you and pepwaves #2 and #3 in some order. I didn't start running into dgravs regularly until a few seasons ago, but he's also put together an elite resume in Smith and Rupp. Actually, looking back at that, I think I might have to move him up to #2. I'm just biased by not having seen him a lot, but the dude just wins. Feel weird voting for myself, but I could maybe slot in at #5. I haven't been dominant outside of that one stretch in Crum, but I can usually be in the mix pretty consistently.
1. jsajsa
2. dgravs
3. pepwaves
4. brianxavier
5. tarvolon
The rest of the coaches are good, but I don't know enough about them to put them over some other coaches who haven't made the list (shaf comes to mind after his recent performance at La Grange in Smith--don't know how his resume is elsewhere)