The Blog has reached 5-0!!!

So, post number fifty, or "fi-ty" if you want, was this week. It has taken a while to get here, but being a student, you know things eventually get done, right?

Nonetheless, in celebration of this occasion, I felt the need for a top ten list.

No, this is not something stupid, but rather entertaining, as I know every sports fan has a favorite one of these.

What is it, you may ask? Coaching rants.

This has been on my mind as my big 5-0 post, but Jim Calhoun made it that much easier to do this topic with his gem from a week ago.

Is it good enough for the list...I don't think so. It may eventually make its way on up, but not as of right now.

Number 10: Herm Edwards has coached his fair share of NFL teams. He knows that the purpose of the game is to win, even though he may not do it much, but he makes it well known to the New York Media that he is in on this clue.

Number 9: Jim Mora has had his fair share of blow-ups, but nothing competes with what may be the most notable coaching rant of the past twenty years. This one is from his years with the Colts, pre-Manning and pre-Dungy, so the playoffs weren't exactly handed to the team at this point.

Number 8: John Chaney is one of the most respected coaches in college basketball...at least before his "Goon" incident, but when he has a problem with one of John Calipari's UMass players, he doesn't wait to take it up with the league the next day, he goes straight to the man himself in the middle of his press conference.

Number 7: Just like Herm Edwards, Dennis Green has made his way around the league. He is often remembered for his time with the Vikings...or that time he found out the Bears were who he thought they were while coaching the Cardinals.

Number 6: Without Dan Hawkins, Boise State would be a lonely little school in Idaho with its only possible distinction being its Smurf Turf. Hawkins took his success at Boise State to land a job at Colorado. At either school though, Hawkins was well aware that he was coaching Division I football, and not intramurals.

Number 5: If anyone knows this rant before they see it, they are well versed in their coaching explosions. Very rarely do you see a women's basketball coach get riled up. Geno and Pat had a little spat a few years ago, but that has no comparison to the explosion Michigan head coach Kevin Borseth had after a Wolverine loss.

Number 4: No coaching rant list is complete without at least one mentioning of Bob Knight. No one coach in the history of the game of basketball has had as many incidents as Knight had, and he can fill a top ten list all by himself. My personal favorite is his Game face rant, but nothing compares to Knight's explanation of his favorite word in the English language. Here's a hint, it rhymes with duck.

Number 3: It is very rare that any minor league baseball coach gets any recognition for work that he may do. Every now and then, one will get a chance in the majors. For Mississippi Braves manager Phillip Wellman, that day in The Show doesn't look to be in his future after his tyrant that would have made Lou Pinella give a standing ovation.

Number 2: This is often number one on many lists, but I just don't think it deserves my top spot. Hal McRae was none too pleased after a Kansas City Royals game in 1993 when a reported asked him a stupid question. Now, Nick Saban can berate the media pretty well, but he has yet to throw papers or a telephone at a reporter.

Number 1: This rant is hardly a year old, but very few can even attempt to compare to it. Most of the rants have come after stupid questions or out of frustration after a loss, but this coach actually won the game before he went on his historical rant. The rant was actually over an article attacking a kid for "doing the right thing." One thing is certain after Mike Gundy's soapbox moment: He's a man, he's 40.