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No way he goes for that. Can you imagine having to deal with Barney Fife in Gordo and Reform every single day, twice a day?Saban offers intriguing response when asked what would entice him to return to coaching
Anytime an accomplished coach steps away from the sidelines with plenty "left in the tank" it invites speculation each off season about a potential return to coaching.Look no further than co
Hey, 79 miles isn't to bad of a drive.....
Dan Marino's townhouse with subterranean control center is available to rent at Old Waverly.Saban offers intriguing response when asked what would entice him to return to coaching
Anytime an accomplished coach steps away from the sidelines with plenty "left in the tank" it invites speculation each off season about a potential return to coaching.Look no further than co
Hey, 79 miles isn't to bad of a drive.....
There is the Gordo speed trap to consider, however.Saban offers intriguing response when asked what would entice him to return to coaching
Anytime an accomplished coach steps away from the sidelines with plenty "left in the tank" it invites speculation each off season about a potential return to coaching.Look no further than co
Hey, 79 miles isn't to bad of a drive.....
Don’t kid yourself. Saban in his prime was a much better coach than anyone in the game today.
It is more correct to say he took advantage of the numerous advantages he had.
Best coach in Bama history. If he was allowed to do what the Bear did there's no telling what his winning % would be.
Uh....do you remember what that program looked like when he took over....with their numerous advantages? Heck, even Croom beat him first year. It's laughable to post sh!+ on Saban.
Curt Cignetti has entered the room.
And who does Cignetti say had a pivotal influence on his career? Hint: he coached for him for 4 years just before his 1st head coaching job.
Same rule applies to Coach O at LSU. And Chiznik. World class winners.
I agree with this except the number of coaches part. He won because he had more talent. And when his competitive advantage went away, he did too.
Pete Carroll won it all in the pros with the shortest QB ever to do it. Saban couldn't win so he had to go back to college because he knew he could out recruit everyone.
Ok, it's clear you hate the guy or at the minimum discount his success down to paying players and that's ok....it's your opinion . Agree to disagree and I'd take him right here right now and pretty confident he'd win 7-8 with this current roster but I could be wrong.
Nah, they were just a few of the ones that cheated effectively. Urban Meyer, Gus Malzahn, Gene Chizik, Mike Richt, Les Miles, Ed Orgeron, Chip Kelly, Bobby Petrino, Jim Harbaugh, Bob Stoops, Art Briles, Jimbo Fisher, etc. all basically cheated as much as Saban did in the same era. All but proably Petrino and Briles were at least in the same ballpark as far as budget. Saban was a very good coach as far as fundamentals on defense and good at running a program and he had the ability to handle the pressure cooker. Urban was just as good or better, but he couldn't maintain it like Saban.
Actually, I am not discounting it as "just paying players". His record is great, but I have at least one very tough question for anyone who is naive enough to think he did it legit. If you concede he paid players, then we are on the same page.
I disagree completely. Maybe I missed Meyer, but my question for you is why did Saban seem to fight so hard to have NIL regulated?
Look I hate Bama as much as the next guy and I surely don't love Saban but I respect what he did. Why didn't all those other Bama coaches do what Saban did? Why didn't his coaching peers at the other blue bloods do what he did....I'm sure you'll agree they handed the cash out too. It's all relative and he didn't leave because he lost his advantage from a $ perspective; he left because the portal. He could no longer put his foot up some 4 or 5 stars arse for not performing without them tapping out and entering the portal and he knew it.
You’re setting an impossible bar to reach. No once could win at Mississippi State like he did at Alabama. But he’d win more than 7-8. Heck, Dan Mullen won 7 per year here. Saban could average 9 here with some playoff appearances.
He also left because he was 70 years old and at the end of his prime years.
The average person has no idea the amount of money Saban got rolling - to his credit. The entire university, Tuscaloosa and the support at the highest levels of the state of Alabama and the SEC. Yes even referees knew he could and would get them fired. And assistant coaches that cheated to win. It was completely and totally an unfair advantage.
He'd win about as much as his first season at Bama, relatively speaking. State can get the credit for waking up the machine and the maniac coach after that humiliating loss.
He would win one every so often. yes good coach but he wouldn’t necessarily beat Cignetti, Ohio State , Georgia, Oregon , ND and the other heavy weights in consecutive years.
Ha. 4 of those coaches have combined for 2 titles. And the 5th and most successful, Saban freaking owned when he was coaching.
Cignetti is literally Saban Jr except he adapted. Saban would do the same had he been 10 years younger.
Don’t be ridiculous. Of course it does. Do you think Georgia wasn’t cheating just as much as Alabama was? Or LSU? Or Ohio St? Or Oregon? Or any on the other big schools?
Of course Saban would have adapted. He adapted his whole career, really more than any coach I’ve ever seen. The Saban who win his last title was a very different coach than the Saban who won his first one.
Difference is Cignetti goes 16-0 without a distinct talent advantage over other top teams and Saban always had a big talent advantage.
Indiana had talent. And a lot more experience than any other team. Get back to me when he wins a half dozen titles.
lol, Indianas talent composite was less than the other top five teams, do some research
