re: Meyer: Saban is not the greatest coach ever but he is in the top two or three

I bet Meyer belched uncomfortably and rubbed his chest repeatedly during that interview.

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Saban is a lot like Bear, in that he adapts to the changing of the game and doesn't get stuck trying to do the same thing and expecting results to remain the same. Except for man coverage against running QB's.. lol

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This is going to be the test for Urban and why right now I'd give the edge to Saban.

Both can build a program to championship levels and do it very quickly. The one thing Saban's done that Urban hasn't thus far is to sustain that success for an extended period of time. Nick is entering his 10th season at Bama and 2015 proved that rumors of his demise had been greatly exaggerated. They've entered every November since 2008 still in the national title discussion and won 10 or more games each of those seasons in the most difficult division in college football.

Urban's never been anywhere longer than 6 seasons and his last year at UF was not pretty. For him to be in Saban's league he's got to show the ability to keep it up.

2016 will be a good test. They had 9 players leave early and they play three OOC teams that made bowls this year including a trip to Oklahoma. In conference, they have road trips to Wisky and Sparty. It will be interesting to see how they handle it.

Urban has not shown he can sustain a program after major losses of personnel and coordinators. After Tebows class left and Charlie Strong and Mullen were both gone Urban was bad. He was awful in 2010 in a down east and left because 2011 was looking worse.

Next two years will show what he's made of. His offense was bad this year with no Tom Herman. OSU had a lot of rats jump off the ship. He is lucky only 1 other team in the BIG has the roster and coaching staff that can actually compete. He is in perfect spot to pile up wins and hardware.

saban made meyer quit

Meyer just whooped Saban's arse in the playoffs and won a title.

Bama fans need to calm down and realize there are other great coaches in college football besides Saban.

Meyer probably wants the job when Saban retires.

Saban is not the best, he's not the best at his school.

The comments were made all time.
(No order)
Bryant
Wilkinson
Leahy
Rockne
McKay
Bible


I know this will get blowback from Bama fans but ehh

Bible developed much of the rules and techniques of offense used when he developed the T. But people just look at wins and losses.

Just like Ault who developed the pistol

Great coaches don't always win when developing things

But that doesn't necessarily tell me the greatness of a coach.

There are guys in lower levels who didn't want to move up have more championships but people never mention them.

Keheres owns a win percentage of .929 but never gets mentioned in these discussions. I think he won 45+ games in a row twice.

How can anyone say Saban is not tGOAT CFB coach? 4 titles in 7 years at one school, 2 Heisman winners, in an age with extreme competition, tight scholarship restrictions, yearly mass exodus of transfers and NFL declarations, and in the most talent-laden and toughest conference in the country.