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Rank the OC’s under Saban

Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:09 pm
Posted by BigFolks6347
Alabama
Member since Sep 2022
1476 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:09 pm
1. Sarkisian
2. Kiffin
3. Locksley
4. Daboll
5. Mcelwain
6. Nussmier
7. Applewhite
8. Rees
9. BOB
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
6709 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:14 pm to
Sarkisian
Kiffin
McElwain

Really after this point my opinions get more negative

Locksley
Daboll
Nussmeier
O’Brien

Finally, the absolute chumps:

Applewhite
Rees
Posted by biclops
Member since Oct 2011
6155 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:17 pm to
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Rees


I don't think he's as bad as all that. I'd put him above BooB for sure.
Posted by BigFolks6347
Alabama
Member since Sep 2022
1476 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:21 pm to
He’s bad. His offenses sucked here and at Notre Dame.
Posted by UAgrad93
Sylacauga
Member since Oct 2015
1505 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:31 pm to
1. Sark
2. Kiffin
3. McElwain
4. Daboll
5. Locksley
6. Nussmeier
7. Rees
8. Applewhite
9. Buttchin
Posted by MySabanPlease
Member since Sep 2023
240 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:35 pm to
Hard to rank because of who each OC had to work with at QB.
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
1566 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 11:13 pm to
1. Kiffin (because what he did with Blake Sims in 2014 was amazing. Only wish he had chosen to run the ball more against OSU)
2. Sarkisian
3. McElwain
4. Daboll
5. Locksley
6. Rees
7. Nussmeier
8. O’Brien
9. Applewhite
This post was edited on 1/21/24 at 11:14 pm
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
1566 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 11:15 pm to
He isn’t great, but he had his hands full with the options we has at QB this past season.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
13154 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 1:18 am to
Sarkisian: 2020 was perfect
Kiffin: great QB dev, good scheme, bad QB identification
Locksley: did well but offense was too loaded to fail
Daboll: chained to Hurts, wanted Tua
Mcelwain: very solid
Rees: OL and QB issues
BOB: horrific OL, but BY at QB. Bad scheme
Applewhite: wasn’t ready yet
Nussmier: he was a mess
Posted by TizzyT4theUofA
This side of eternity
Member since Jun 2016
10770 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 5:54 am to
1. Sarkisian
2. Kiffin
3. Mcelwain
4. Daboll
5. Rees
6. Locksley
7. Nussmier
8. Applewhite
9. BOB
Posted by BigFolks6347
Alabama
Member since Sep 2022
1476 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 7:11 am to
How do you have Rees over Locksley? Locksley had a high scoring offense and had his starters resting by the 2nd quarter in SEC play.
Posted by CrimsonCrusade
Member since Jan 2014
5331 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 7:22 am to
I don't understand why Daboll is so high. He didn't do anything to develop Hurts and he noticeably regressed. I know it's thought that he wanted to play Tua, but as an NFL guy he should have been used to not getting that much control over the roster. When Hurts came back in the 2018 SECCG under Locksley, he looked massively improved again.

There's a reason Saban so easily let Daboll go.
Posted by FoTownBam
Foley Al
Member since Oct 2023
2284 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 7:33 am to
1. Dark
2. Kiffin
3. Mcelwain
4. Locksley
5. Nudsmier
6. Daboll
7. Reese
8. Applewhite







BOB
Posted by bigpapamac
Mobile, AL
Member since Oct 2007
22421 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 7:38 am to
Sark and Lane are a pretty easy top 2. BOB is far and away the worst.
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
44841 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 7:40 am to
Sark
Lane
McElwain
Locksley
Nussmeier
Daboll
Rees
Applewhite
Did we ever let a fan call a play for charity or something? If so, put them here.






BooB
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
6709 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 8:08 am to
quote:

I don't think he's as bad as all that. I'd put him above BooB for sure.



Bill O'Brien has a good scheme but he's not a good playcaller. Alabama had far too many 3 and out drives for him. His success as a playcaller was all about the "first first down" in a drive. If he could get a possession started, he usually could get the offense into a rhythm. He just struggled with getting a possession started.

Tommy Rees demonstrated no core understanding of the scheme Alabama used or simply did a poor job of apply concepts from his Brian Kelly tutelage to the playbook. There is a reason nobody has gobbled him up as soon as he retired. He has no great reputation for developing quarterbacks and he's a lower end offensive playcaller.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
6709 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 8:09 am to
quote:

I don't understand why Daboll is so high. He didn't do anything to develop Hurts and he noticeably regressed.


I think Daboll had a good scheme but was not much of a QB coach. I believe the scuttlebutt is he advocated for Tua most of the 2017 season because he knew that was his meal ticket.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
27158 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 8:45 am to
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Applewhite: wasn’t ready yet


One thing...completely unfair to him...that handicapped Applewhite was the loss of an All American center, another starting offensive lineman, and Glen Coffee for several games due to the textbook scandal.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
27158 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 8:55 am to
quote:

There's a reason Saban so easily let Daboll go.



Daboll went from being the OC at Alabama to being an NFL OC, which he then parlayed into an NFL head coaching gig and NFL Coach of the Year award. I don't think there was any "letting go" by Saban. He had always been an NFL guy and was probably always going back.
Posted by UsingUpAllTheLetters
Stuck in Transfer Portal
Member since Aug 2011
8662 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 9:16 am to
quote:

1. Sarkisian 2. Kiffin 3. Mcelwain 4. Daboll 5. Rees 6. Locksley 7. Nussmier 8. Applewhite 9. BOB
Perfect
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