Little Nicky got the perfect storm when his corrupt best friend Emmett became the head of the NCAA.
Saban was mediocre at MSU. He won 1 title at LSU, but the rest of his time there, his teams were not great.
His Dolphins stint was an utter disaster. That’s obviously partly on the Phins organization. But if he’s the “best coach ever”, as many of you profess him to be, he should have done a lot better as the Phins HC.
At Baga, he has had the protection of his buddy Emmett to get away with anything and everything. He has the greatest bag men circuit going (apart from Kirby, who learned from him), an obscene number of resources (from a ton of extra analysts and assistants that are not counted as assistants), and the greatest collection of talent in CFB year after year.
Add to that the refs being in his pocket, and it’s no wonder that they have dominated for so long.
Our Canes always did their thing in spite of the corrupt NCAA, not thanks to it. They changed NCAA rules and named them “The Miami Rules.” They made sure to change the rules regarding scholarships given to players playing a different sport after Butch had found a way to get more talented players after getting hit by almost Death Penalty style sanctions.
Saban is a good coach, but Jimmy Johnson was 100 times the coach. Jimmy was great at the U, and then completely rebuilt a horrible Cowboys franchise in the NFL, and turned them into a dynasty by completely rebuilding the team through the draft.
Sabag is just posturing so when his team gets beat by Georgia, they can still be in the playoff.