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re: Spinoff thread, Catholic coaches in the SEC
Posted on 5/31/15 at 5:58 pm to MaroonNation
Posted on 5/31/15 at 5:58 pm to MaroonNation
I don't think anyone "traced" Saban's religion. There was a rather lengthy thing on ESPN in 2005 about Saban and Belichick being Croation.
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Posted on 5/31/15 at 5:59 pm to MaroonNation
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The fact you have traced the lineage of your coach is spooky. Most of Europe is overwhelmingly Catholic. The new world exists mostly because people wanted to chose the way they worship hence people breaking away from Catholicism. Saban being born in West Virginia, on the East Coast, has much more to do with him being Catholic than being Croatian does.
I just googled. Early results are split between Old French and Sephardic Jewish etymology for the name, and the two have absolutely nothing in common. They're not even remotely close on the language trees. So I guess Croatian is as good a possibility as any.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:03 pm to MaroonNation
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The fact you have traced the lineage of your coach is spooky. Most of Europe is overwhelmingly Catholic. The new world exists mostly because people wanted to chose the way they worship hence people breaking away from Catholicism. Saban being born in West Virginia, on the East Coast, has much more to do with him being Catholic than being Croatian does.
This post
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:05 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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There was a rather lengthy thing on ESPN in 2005 about Saban and Belichick being Croation.
It's only been mentioned 1000 fricking times in the past 15 years
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:10 pm to EmperorGout
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This post
I'm not sure what you're laughing at, but my problem with the post is that it's doesn't actually ring true. A significant percentage of early settlers moved here to escape religious persecution. After that, though, groups tended to be escaping political or economic problems. There's a reason why the Irish and Italians are overwhelmingly Catholic, and why Jews tend to practice Judaism (or nothing, depending) and people of north Eurasian descent tend to be Russian/Eastern Orthodox and upper Midwestern Scandinavians tend to be heavily old-school Protestant (Lutheran, Wesleyan, etc.) I honestly have no idea about Croatians -- I can't think of a single person I've met who claimed Croatian descent, though I've known a few Serbians -- but there's no reason to think they aren't typical of later waves of immigrants in this sense.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:14 pm to randomways
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I just googled. Early results are split between Old French and Sephardic Jewish etymology for the name, and the two have absolutely nothing in common.
You could have just googled Nick Saban and saved yourself the trouble
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:20 pm to MaroonNation
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The fact you have traced the lineage of your coach is spooky
I apologize for having a decent memory for irrelevant shite. It is a fault of mine.
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Most of Europe is overwhelmingly Catholic.
Depending on the study, Europe is somewhere between 40-48% Catholic
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The new world exists mostly because people wanted to chose the way they worship hence people breaking away from Catholicism.
The New World exists because of plate tectonics
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Saban being born in West Virginia, on the East Coast, has much more to do with him being Catholic than being Croatian does.
Catholics make up 7% of the West Virginia population so I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:25 pm to EmperorGout
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You could have just googled Nick Saban and saved yourself the trouble
True, but I probably wouldn't have been satisfied. I'm one of those annoying people who get caught up in the larger context. I can't just google "Major exports of Paraguay." I have to find out why these are the major exports and the history behind them and then on to the political turmoil and the major turning points in their government and...
I'm not kidding about the annoying part. I annoy the hell out of myself by doing that.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:27 pm to randomways
It's all good bud, intellectual curiosity is a good thing
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:29 pm to EmperorGout
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The New World exists because of plate tectonics
That is a Eurocentric view. Nobody was around back then so as both were Pangea it is just human elf interest to label one Old and one New.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 6:57 pm to randomways
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True, but I probably wouldn't have been satisfied. I'm one of those annoying people who get caught up in the larger context. I can't just google "Major exports of Paraguay." I have to find out why these are the major exports and the history behind them and then on to the political turmoil and the major turning points in their government and...
I'm not kidding about the annoying part. I annoy the hell out of myself by doing that.
Keep living up to those Vandy stereotypes, bruh
Posted on 5/31/15 at 7:14 pm to Cheese Grits
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He goes to Catholic church and bought a house very close to said church.
Sure. He needs quick access to the confessional.
Maybe a pneumatic tube in his case.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 7:56 pm to Mizz-SEC
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Mizz-SEC
So are any of the Mizzou coaches catholic?
Also, can we have you liver?
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:03 pm to Cheese Grits
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it appears Saban is Catholic
He is. It is my understanding that he attends mass daily.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:09 pm to Cheese Grits
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Catholic coaches in the SEC
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Saban
This post was edited on 5/31/15 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:15 pm to DoreonthePlains
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Keep living up to those Vandy stereotypes, bruh
Just because all Vandy fans are widely known for being interested in the exports of Paraguay, that doesn't mean we're just stereotypes. Take me, for instance: I'm also curious about the imports of Uruguay. I have depths, man.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:28 pm to MaroonNation
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The new world exists mostly because people wanted to chose the way they worship hence people breaking away from Catholicism.
The U.S. was settled primarily by the English--and the English were Anglicans, not Catholic.
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Saban being born in West Virginia, on the East Coast, has much more to do with him being Catholic than being Croatian does.
The East Coast is Southern Baptist, not Catholic. Now, if you go all the way up north to New England, you'll find some Catholics.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:29 pm to randomways
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I have depths, man.
So when it comes to Uruguay are you a beef man or a wool man?
How do you feel about Llamas?
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:31 pm to GeauxToBed
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he attends mass daily.
So does Cal. Is it a coincidence that the coaches who win the most in the SEC go to church daily?
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:33 pm to MaroonNation
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Mullen is Catholic.
Actually, I think he is a life long Episcopalian.
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