re: Top Ten SEC coaches of all time

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unlike the Bear, Neyland or Spurrier neither Meyer or Saban fundamentally altered the course of a program

The frick are you talking about? Saban didn't fundamentally alter the course of LSU or Bama?

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Um, no, he didn't.

These were already established, historically good programs, where previous good coaches had already had a lot of success. They just were in down periods (which was why they were in the market for a new coach). I mean, you do understand Alabama would still lead the conference in titles if you vacated Saban's entire career, right?
As for LSU, we had 2 SEC titles in the 80's, went to the Orange another year (when it was a big deal), and had an additional season where we finished top 5. As recently as Dinardo (the guy before Saban), had tied for the SEC West 2 of his last 3 years. Saban fixed things, he didn't build them.

Spurrier built Florida (zero SEC titles before him), and is building South Carolina.