1.  Barnett is energetic and telegenic, something an otherwise solid coach like Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech is not.

2.  A solid coach who believes in him and a varied offense.

3.  Both are solid coaches.

4.  He has established himself as a solid coach.

5.  Jeffries has blossomed into an All-America-caliber player, Davis into a solid coach.

6.  Mora believes Moore is a solid coach.

7.  San Diego General Manager Bobby Beathard knows Shaw well and thinks he is a solid coach.

8.  There are Brown backers who say that Fassel is the first solid offensive coach Brown has played for, so one cannot truly judge the quarterback yet.

9.  Walsh believed he could make solid coaches out of his former players, but that experiment has had mixed results.