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Why is Nick Saban so good?

Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:12 pm
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
65147 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:12 pm
All one has to do is take a look at the coaching tree he comes from to figure out where he gets his pedigree from.

Nick Saban was an assistant under Don James (won a national championship at Washington) at Rice in the early-70s. Don James was an assistant under Bill Peterson at Florida State during the mid-60s. Bill Peterson served under Paul Dietzel (won a national championship at LSU) in the mid-to-late 50s at Louisiana State. Paul Dietzel served under Bear Bryant (won six national championships at Alabama) while he was at Kentucky. Bear Bryant was an assistant to Frank Thomas (won two national championships at Alabama) in Tuscaloosa. Frank Thomas was an assistant and player under Knute Rockne (won five national championships at Notre Dame) in the 1920s.

So Coach Saban is a direct coaching descendant of some of the best coaches in the history of college football. That's where the magic comes from.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:14 pm to
I guess it skips a generation with Muschamp
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:14 pm to
Did you just thread your own thread?
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
66964 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:15 pm to
Or he was the DC for Bill Belichick, is a workaholic, is able to sell kids on playing at a historical program, and then gets great calls because of said program on top of it all.
Posted by Gnar Cat21
Piña Coladaburg
Member since Sep 2009
16847 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:16 pm to
recruiting and the process
Posted by FightinTiga
Pumpkin Center
Member since Feb 2009
20745 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:16 pm to
Because he's an a-hole
Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
2568 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:16 pm to
Oversigning year after year.
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
19263 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:40 pm to
quote:

Why is Nick Saban so good?


Because he's the spawn of the Devil.
Posted by geaux.home
North Shore
Member since Jan 2012
2666 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

Why is Nick Saban so good?

Because you guys gurgle him oh so good.
Posted by ChexMix
Taste the Deliciousness
Member since Apr 2014
25494 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:45 pm to
Buys the best talent
Posted by TheChiznit
Sugar Hill, GA
Member since Feb 2010
2179 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:59 pm to
Because he has built a brand at Bama and get the best players. If any other coach got the best players they would be in the same boat as him.
Posted by Sancho Panza
La Habaña, Cuba
Member since Sep 2014
8161 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:03 pm to
Best Players, Coaches, Facilities, Refs, et Cetera, money can buy.

Football is too important to leave anything possible to chance.
Posted by Rabern57
Alabama
Member since Jan 2010
13366 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:06 pm to
REC, school that sells itself, weak East schedule, and lucky Breaks when it comes to NC games. You take that away you get Saban pre-bama.
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