The Balls of Ole Saban

[DTP]

Let's be real, there's nothing in particular Nick Saban does that makes you say "**** that coach is great" besides signing the best recruiting class every year. I'd like to see him run that offense and defense at a mid tier school. He'd get his **** pushed in every week. Everything Bama does on offense and defense is predicated on them having the best possible athletes at every position. There's no innovative scheme behind anything they do, it's literally "our guy is going to beat your guy one on one and there's nothing you can do about it". If anything, Saban has a tendency to be too conservative since his defense will almost always bail him out. I will give him credit for recruiting the best guys every year. They somehow (lol) manage to sign class after class of five star super athletes.

 

[Ivan The Terrible]

Once again Saban proves that when given unlimited resources he is a fantastic coach. Equal playing field (NFL), not so much.

Saban's second go around as NFL HC would probably go leaps and bounds better than his first.

Where Saban was as a HC in 2005 is totally different than where he is in 2018.

It would be a Pete Carroll situation all over again.

Dolphins brass didn’t allow Saban to draft or have a say in the drafting process and that infuriated him and he bounced

 

[Cribby]

Richt did, the problem is that we have ****ing shirrefs and saban has a blue chip backup QB

Pretty sure the situations were a little different , just a tad.

Oh and Shirreffs isn't a true Fr.

 

[Texxcane]

Let's be real, there's nothing in particular Nick Saban does that makes you say "**** that coach is great" besides signing the best recruiting class every year. I'd like to see him run that offense and defense at a mid tier school. He'd get his **** pushed in every week. Everything Bama does on offense and defense is predicated on them having the best possible athletes at every position. There's no innovative scheme behind anything they do, it's literally "our guy is going to beat your guy one on one and there's nothing you can do about it". If anything, Saban has a tendency to be too conservative since his defense will almost always bail him out. I will give him credit for recruiting the best guys every year. They somehow (lol) manage to sign class after class of five star super athletes.

Bro this is spot on

 

[canespr]

Richt did, the problem is that we have ****ing shirrefs and saban has a blue chip backup QB

Pretty sure the situations were a little different , just a tad.

Oh and Shirreffs isn't a true Fr.

he put his backup QB on a spot when the game was still winnable to save the undefeated season and basically secure a spot on the CFP. Problem is shirreffs isnt close to saban's backup Tua. So yeah it was a ballsy move and if we had a good backup qb it would probably have made a difference.

 

[gogeta4]

Once again Saban proves that when given unlimited resources he is a fantastic coach. Equal playing field (NFL), not so much.

Saban's second go around as NFL HC would probably go leaps and bounds better than his first.

Where Saban was as a HC in 2005 is totally different than where he is in 2018.

It would be a Pete Carroll situation all over again.

no it wouldnt.

He would still be the same guy where none of his guys really like him or respect him. Hes respected by these snotty nose 18-20 yr olds who believe he is the person getting them to the league..when saban was here he preyed on weak guys (wright) and others like Junior Seau, Channing Crowder, Taylor laughed at him.

 

[Texxcane]

Once again Saban proves that when given unlimited resources he is a fantastic coach. Equal playing field (NFL), not so much.

Saban's second go around as NFL HC would probably go leaps and bounds better than his first.

Where Saban was as a HC in 2005 is totally different than where he is in 2018.

It would be a Pete Carroll situation all over again.

Good point, and that was my point in wanting butch so bad over Richt. The thing is though people on here do not believe that a coach gets better in time, they think butch would ne the exact same coach as he was in 2000. They don't believe that he could have possibly gotten better from his very first hc gig to now which is just simple minded. We DO know one thing for sure however, he would stack this team with first rounders in a dam hurry, and DL would be insane. Look at that group at UNC, and that's a dam basketball school. One more thing I am sure of with butch, the instinct, when he gets you down he's gonna stomp on ya, ala Jimmy where he got it, MR I am not that sure about that instinct, that was uga fans gripe and they may ne right. You don't develop that its in ya or it ain't and I don't are it. MR is too nice a guy, you gotta have that mean streak man, then your players will start to follow suit

 

[GenericYesMan]

Once again Saban proves that when given unlimited resources he is a fantastic coach. Equal playing field (NFL), not so much.

Saban's second go around as NFL HC would probably go leaps and bounds better than his first.

Where Saban was as a HC in 2005 is totally different than where he is in 2018.

It would be a Pete Carroll situation all over again.

no it wouldnt.

He would still be the same guy where none of his guys really like him or respect him. Hes respected by these snotty nose 18-20 yr olds who believe he is the person getting them to the league..when saban was here he preyed on weak guys (wright) and others like Junior Seau, Channing Crowder, Taylor laughed at him.

You realize that almost every player in the NFL today was in college during this Saban run on titles?

He walks in the door with the reputation now that he didn't carry in 2005. Same thing with Carroll needing to go to USC and prove he was a winner.

And who ******* cares if a coach is liked? Really doesn't seem to matter for Bill Belichick.

 

[deleted19096]

"He's not the best coach he's the best recruiter" lol the bias and sourness in this board never ceases to amaze me.

A few still salty a failing nfl coach who dumped the deadphins for Bama. More salty than a Mortons factory.

 

[DTP]

Once again Saban proves that when given unlimited resources he is a fantastic coach. Equal playing field (NFL), not so much.

Saban's second go around as NFL HC would probably go leaps and bounds better than his first.

Where Saban was as a HC in 2005 is totally different than where he is in 2018.

It would be a Pete Carroll situation all over again.

no it wouldnt.

He would still be the same guy where none of his guys really like him or respect him. Hes respected by these snotty nose 18-20 yr olds who believe he is the person getting them to the league..when saban was here he preyed on weak guys (wright) and others like Junior Seau, Channing Crowder, Taylor laughed at him.

Spot on. To be an NFL coach, you have to be somewhat of a player's coach (ala Pete Carroll). You're dealing with grown men, not teenagers and most of them are paid more than you are. Saban is a hard *** and it's his way or the highway. Veterans don't buy that garbage. He would fail just as hard if he tried to coach in the league again.

It's amazing how great of a coach you can be when you have the best players every year. Miami fans should know this more than anybody. Dennis Erickson won two titles and friggin' Larry Coker won one here. It wasn't because of their masterful coaching acumen.

 

[dukebeeasy305]

How courageous to put in a 5 star QB behind his 5 star OL with 3 5 star RBs and fleet of 5 star WRs. Huge balls.

Hes not the best coach hes the best recruiter, this this this


When he loads up the roster they can bench anyone

C'mon man, you can't deny Saban's coaching ability. His teams are always prepared and it shows.

Better recruiter than coach if he had great coaching ability he'd still be in the NFL or at least have a winning record there

 

[kryptonite]

Putting a freshman in that environment with the season on the line. Would Richt have done that? IDK **** I sure hope he would.

First, I assume you're a troll with your recent join date, low post count, and name featuring "Cane". So I'm not really talking to you, I'm talking to people who believe this nonsense but are actual fans.

Is it possible that all freshmen aren't exactly the same? Why assume that because one freshman or 50 have done something that the one we have would? Does it make even a shred of sense to assume that because saban played a freshman (that he sees in practice every day) and Richt didn't play a freshmen (that he sees every day) that Richt is obviously just afraid? Isn't it at least possible that Perry wasn't prepared to actually help this year and Rosier actually was our best option, as bad as that was at times?

 

[simplycanes]

Jaylene has been a placeholder for two years now. That's been obvious. Yeah he was SEC POY or whatever, but come on, he was never asked to do anything other than get out of his own way, and take what his NFL OL and, RB, WR and TE gave him.

Lost in all of this, is the big picture and a glimpse of why Saban and the culture of Bama is good-- anyone who doesn't eat and breath preparation and winning. That magical little Hawaiian was prepared to play. He was a backup all season, but he knew to identify coverage and look off safeties in the biggest moment they've had since the same game last year. Our starter this season admitted to not watching film at all until he started at Duke. You can't overlook that. Bama is a professional organization, and not just their player's salaries.

And for the record, that little radioactive-haired Bible pounder was thanking Jesus for his victory, but he made two crucial mistakes that should have cost them the game if Kirby Dumb had handed the ball to Sonny, instead he left him at the toll booth. Man to spend all that money on Sonny Michel returning and not get anything back but an L to your former boss.

 

[MizCane]

It was a helluva move but he did exactly what Richt said "wanted to create a spark." They were playing for a National Title and we were playing a conference game. Saban also made the decision at half opposed to 4th QTR.

Basically goes to show Richt did what any good coach would do in a position where your QB just isn't on or creating for your O.

 

[Dwinstitles]

How courageous to put in a 5 star QB behind his 5 star OL with 3 5 star RBs and fleet of 5 star WRs. Huge balls.

Hes not the best coach hes the best recruiter, this this this


When he loads up the roster they can bench anyone

C'mon man, you can't deny Saban's coaching ability. His teams are always prepared and it shows.

Better recruiter than coach if he had great coaching ability he'd still be in the NFL or at least have a winning record there

He will only leave for the Giants job, hope they take a look get him out of college

 

[Dwinstitles]

It was a helluva move but he did exactly what Richt said "wanted to create a spark." They were playing for a National Title and we were playing a conference game. Saban also made the decision at half opposed to 4th QTR.

Basically goes to show Richt did what any good coach would do in a position where your QB just isn't on or creating for your O.

Its easy to make that move when your backup qb is a well known phenom

 

[orange&green84]

How courageous to put in a 5 star QB behind his 5 star OL with 3 5 star RBs and fleet of 5 star WRs. Huge balls.

Underrated post.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

The balls of Ole Saban
...are resting squarely on on OP’s chin.

Three straight days now of non-stop Saban, Bama, UGA, and Kurby slurping.

Don’t you guys ever come up for air.

 

[gruntking]

Can't wait to see the Perry era begin... but lets give the dude some serious calories.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

Let's be honest: the balls of "Ole Saban" are across OP's nose.