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He is one of the most recognizable figures/brands/personalities in all of football. He has held this status for 30+ years now, going back into the 1990's.

He promotes his self. He's good at that.

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he himself is in fact a highly respected celebrity

Nailed that. But is he a highly respect football coach?

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his man has barely coached at all and I can guarantee you that Nick Saban would be AFRAID to be recruiting against him.

Most hilarious thing I'll read in a long time! Saban can flash rings, tout his 3 Heisman players, and show a recruit how many HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS his former players have made in the NFL. Saban can also point out that his OCs and DCs were some of the best in the business.

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Posted by metafour

Member since Feb 2007

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Posted on 11/2/22 at 10:49 pm to greygoose

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Most hilarious thing I'll read in a long time! Saban can flash rings, tout his 3 Heisman players, and show a recruit how many HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS his former players have made in the NFL. Saban can also point out that his OCs and DCs were some of the best in the business.

Deion Sanders is in the NFL Hall of Fame, dawg. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame. He can tout his two fricking Super Bowl Rings. He literally appears in the commercials alongside and opposite Saban, he has already been marketed as his peer even by TV conditioning.

And guess what, he is respected enough and would be able to hire "some of the best" OC's and DC's too.

You think it's funny and yet I can point you to dozens of quotes from elite 2023 recruits who can't stop talking about him, and he hasn't even left Jackson State yet. He hasn't even taken a P5 job yet. What do you think would happen if he was named Auburn's HC? Pandemonium, that's what.

You also shouldn't discount the advantage he would have when entering the living room of any black or inner city family. The guy played for both the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Braves - the likelihood of a recruit's father from the state of Georgia having fond memories if not idolizing him in the 90's is very high. You have Travis Williams performing as an elite recruiter from day one coming out of coaching HS and he was a barely known football player. Jackson would be like that on steroids.

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Posted by ALhunter

Member since Dec 2018

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Posted on 11/3/22 at 11:56 am to greygoose

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Saban can flash rings, tout his 3 Heisman players, and show a recruit how many HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS his former players have made in the NFL. Saban can also point out that his OCs and DCs were some of the best in the business.

Nick Saban can do that to any "normal" coach.

Deion wouldn't be competing on the same metrics - his pitch would be more personal. I suggest watching some of the posted Deion speeches. He's actually pretty impressive and I guarantee he would recruit his arse off at Auburn - mark this post and I'll happily eat crow if he gets hired and doesn't recruit well. Again, I really suggest people watch some of his speeches and the way he connects with players.

Deion would say something like "I've sat in the same chair you're sitting in right now. Nick Saban doesn't care about you. Nick Saban only cares about his football team and himself. Nick Saban doesn't care about your struggles, your family, or your people because he hasn't been there... he hasn't been through what you've been through. I have.
I can get you to the next level because I've done what you're trying to do. I can show you what it takes to build you into the football player and the man you can be. We're about to do something special at Auburn."

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