Could Saban win a national championship at South Carolina?

If the adminstration would give him the support...yes.

Yes. South Carolina is a much better program than LSU was when Saban took over in 2000 and he turned them into a powerhouse and national champion. There's no reason why he can't do the same at South Carolina. Also, the SEC East is really down right with UGA, Tennessee and Florida all under-performing well below their standards. There's no reason why he can't go 11-1 or 12-0 with their schedule.

Now that he's established? Yes. If he would've have went there from Michigan State? No.

Not without the built in advantages of coaching at Bama.

Saban's ability to evaluate and accumulate talent has been vastly exaggerated. The reason his recruiting classes rank so high is because of the "Bama Bump"
that recruits get by the services when signed by Saban. The REC has infilitrated the services in order to give the appearance that Alabama has more talent than it
actually does. This helps with preseason rankings and gives them the benefit of the doubt over other non conference teams in the BCS standings. Do you think that USCe gets the benefit of the doubt that Alabama got in 2011 and 2012? Of course not. But if their talent on paper looks better, they might.


At USCe, CNS would not have the refs in his pocket like he does at Bama, nor would he have the scheduling advantages.

One only has to look at the NFL to see the fraud he has built at Bama. When the offensive line is allowed to hold at will, they create giant holes for their running backs to run through. The talent of these backs, and all of Bama's players really, are vastly overrated due to playing weak opponents and having the ref's on their side. This is why all of Saban's players are busts in the NFL.

There is no way that CNS could win a national title at South Carolina.

He'd be pulling in LA, Bama and Carolina recruits,

His dynasty would be unmatched.

Yes

I don't know.

Saban has only won National Championships at programs that have won them before and with programs with more historic football success than SC has had.

His system recruits really well, it's a solid process, but it's added by catch phrases like, "come help us win our 16th National Championship," or "do you see all these rings?"

How much energy would Saban have left after he left Bama though? Would he just be looking for a place with good food, women and golf to spend his twilight years?

SC's next HC in 4-8 years is going to need to be a guy who's gone somewhere that hasn't had a lot of success prior and built that program into a National Title contender.

Absolutely.

The Nick Saban brand speaks for itself these days. Any program that he chooses to go to has instant credibility and will be able to recruit. If you get great players, you'll typically succeed. It's no coincidence that Bama consistently finishes #1 in the recruiting rankings and wins bigger than everyone else.

No