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re: Which would you rather?
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:50 pm to GenesChin
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:50 pm to GenesChin
quote:That's revisionist history.
I think you are a little confused, because that team had a ridiculous amount of experience + talent
The 2008 Bama team was loaded with talented and unproven Freshmen and experienced and mediocre holdovers from Shula's subpar recruiting classes. Which is a why they were a consensus preseason pick for 3rd or 4th in the SEC West, and had losing streaks against AU (6), LSU (5) and MSU (2). Most media outlets had them losing 4 or 5 during the regular season.
Don't kid yourself - that team went 12-0 through the sheer force of Saban's will.
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Posted on 5/10/17 at 8:03 am to FearlessFreep
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Don't kid yourself - that team went 12-0 through the sheer force of Saban's will.
It still had 16 players with NFL talent 13 players with the type of talent which garners 1st-3rd round picks. I bet Auburn has never had 13 1st-3rd round picks on our team at any one time in our history. I haven't done the research though.
To offer an example of what that means. Think about how Adams play this season caused others to play at a higher level. He was only a 3rd round pick. Imagine if our D had 5 other picks 1st-3rd round and our O had 6.
This post was edited on 5/10/17 at 8:05 am
Posted on 5/10/17 at 2:53 pm to FearlessFreep
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The 2008 Bama team was loaded with talented and unproven Freshmen
18/22 starters were JR/SR players and 9 of those players were eventually drafted. Not sure what type of revisionist history you are reading
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Checking Scout's rankings, those 13 first-day guys included almost as many guys who were ranked 2* or lower
First, recruiting rankings from pre 2008 were garbage, many players never were evaluated and the talent evaluators were nowhere near as good as they are today.
More importantly though, the NFL drafts talent. Saban's coaching may have refined that talent, but you're a fool if you think those guys were not elite talent if they were first day picks
This post was edited on 5/10/17 at 2:57 pm
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