Satan has benefitted big time from being at schools that are committed to winning at all costs, have significant financial resources, turn a blind eye to che@ting and have rabid fan support.
Funny how his W-L record sucked at MSU (a non-powerhouse without the win-at-all-costs mentality and rabid fan support):
"Beginning in 1995, Saban moderately improved Michigan State's fortunes....From 1995 to 1997, Michigan State finished 6–5–1, 6–6, and 7–5. In comparison, MSU had finished 5–6, 6–6, and 5–6 (prior to NCAA forfeits) in 1992–1994."
That looks like a decidedly mediocre record to me. There's no question that it's easier to win at major powerhouse program like Alabama, LSU or OSU. Winning at an average program is significantly harder. What Bill Snyder did at Kansas State is a heck of a coaching job. He took a perennial doormat and turned them into a serious team in the Conference. That takes coaching genius. Winning at an Alabama or LSU isn't nearly as hard. A lot of the success at those schools is a function of huge built-in advantages: (i) massive football budgets; (ii) highly supportive administrations; (iii) NCAA turning a blind eye (only a handful of schools get this privilege); (iv) tradition of winning; (v) highly developed recruiting pipelines; (vi) fertile recruiting grounds; (vii) great weather; (viii) rabid fan bases; (ix) sold out stadiums (great for recruiting purposes) etc etc.
Winning in college is highly correlated with recruiting success. Recruiting success is highly correlated with bag$. The biggest bags are dropped in the $EC....and they get away with it the most (protected by the NCAA).
Interesting how Satan was AVERAGE at best at an average school and yet succeeded at powerhouse schools. His record at Alabaga is undeniably incredible but that is in part due to a wealth of major advantages afforded by the school. He lost to lowly Louisiana Monroe for goodness sake in 2007. That's embarassing.
His stint with the Dolphins was mediocre at best and many of the players couldn't stand him. They called him "Nick" (instead of coach) just to p_ss him off.
His offense at Alabama was starting to look outdated (3 yards and a cloud of dust) until Tua came along and he was convinced to revamp the offense to keep pace with other high scoring offenses.
I think he's a great CEO, organizer and motivator (of college kids at least) with an incredible support system around him (all the advantages listed above). He's certainly very good from an X's and O's standpoint but most of his success is a result of the massive talent advantage they have and his motivational and organizational skills (as opposed to X's and O's). I also think he's a much better Defensive coach than Offensive coach.
If he's such a legendary X's and O's guy, why was his record so poor at MSU (over an extended period of time) and how could mighty Alabama possibly lose to lowly Louisiana Monroe?
1. Youre an idiot. A really big one, I am afraid.
2. Michigan State was hit with several penalties due to grade tempering and infractions of recruiting rules before Saban arrived. Its almost as if Teams suck when the University that they are playing for has done illegal ****.
3. The next head coach that got a winning record with Michigan State in his entire tenure was Mark Dantonio. The same Mark Dantonio that worked under Saban. Funny how that works. BTW, Dantonio was hired almost a decade after Saban left the program to win a national title.
4. Alabama was hit with several NCAA punishments before Saban arrived. They were also an average football team in the mid 2000s before Saban took over.
5. You forgot the 9-2 record at Toledo that he had. Its almost like you are trying to push a false narrative with incomplete and/or false information.
6. Funny, his offense was outdated, yet he won national championships with it. He also beat spread teams on a pretty regular basis.
7. His stint with the Dolphins was much better compared to the stuff that happened afterwards. 1-15. Half of the staff was fired and Bill Parcells was installed, who is the same hardass.
8. Hm, I wonder why Saban is a better defensive coach vs offensive coach. Its almost as if he has served in the defensive coaching staff during his entire career. Oh wait, he did! He also played DB at Kent State!
9. A head coach needs to be a good motivator and CEO? Whats the next thing you want to tell me, Germany invaded Poland? Grass is green? There is a sun above us that keeps our butt from freezing? You dont say!
10. Its funny how people always say that Saban isnt good in Xs and Os. Reason why New England has won during the early 2000s was in large part to a defense that had coverages designed by Saban and Belichick. Belichick vists him every offseason and they tweak stuff in those coverages. In short: what you are saying is bull****.
Delete this post, because this is among the stupidest posts that I have ever seen on this board. In fact, delete your post and then throw the Keyboard out of the window, along with the computer. Those poor things have been tortured too long.
