saban recruits like a monster what separates him IMO is he identifies whos what so he misses rarely on knowing what a guy will be, thats what hes elite at and hes elite at recruiting. Zook can recruit but no one has the Saban eye as of yet Butch was the same way and it seems Kirby is similar in his recruiting hard tactic $$........but Saban separates himself with evals. I was talking out of my *** with the coaching **** but hes not some mastermind....Im pretty sure he teaches things other coaches know but its his recruiting and evals that trump anything anyone else can do at the college level.