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re: Are you really tGOAT coach if you can only win with the very best players
Posted on 9/22/15 at 10:27 am to HottyToddy7
Posted on 9/22/15 at 10:27 am to HottyToddy7
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Hence my post that said he was a great recruiter but lacked some on gameday.
no one is perfect. it's really hard to go through a season unscathed, regardless of how good your players are. but go back and look at Saban's losses at Alabama:
2015: Ole Miss (currently ranked 3rd)
2014: Ole Miss (finished #17), Ohio State (finished #1)
2013: Auburn (finished #2), Oklahoma (finished #6)
2012: Texas A&M (finished #5)
2011: LSU (finished #2)
2010: USC (finished #22), LSU (finished #8), Auburn (finished #1)
2009: no one
2008: Florida (finished #1), Utah (finished #2)
I'm discounting 2007, Saban's first year because none of those players were his.
So the worst loss in Saban's career at Alabama post 2007 was to A south Carolina team, on the road, that finished in the top 25. He's only had two losses to teams that finished outside the top 10. Yes, he has made some bad calls in games, but every coach has at some point in their careers.
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Posted on 9/22/15 at 10:57 am to lsufball19
And that loss to South Carolina in 2010 was just a case of running into a good team that played a near perfect game. Bama didn't play all that badly as I recall but the Cocks would have beaten anyone in the country on that particular day.
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