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re: Nick Saban vs. Bear Bryant - Who is Better?
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:26 am to LSU_Tigahs66
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:26 am to LSU_Tigahs66
Lets just say two of the greatest ever and call it a tie.
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Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:30 am to HailFreezusOver
quote:Bear Bryant was 5-2 against Vaught and 12-3 against Ole Miss while at Bama.
You realize bear Bryant avoided playing Johnny Vaught at all costs ? He would not play him!
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:31 am to LSU_Tigahs66
Saban, and it's not even close. Bear had 200 scholarship players and wasn't as dominant. Saban is in comparison with Belichik (sp?) right now with regards to levels. My point is, under all the rules and regulations of today, to do what he is doing is ridiculous. And I can't stand the man.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:33 am to LSUalumnBAMAsidewalk
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Neither could win back to back undisputed sec and national titles. When les miles does win undisputed sec and national titles back to back he will be better than both.
This is the weirdest schtick I've ever seen on this board. 97 posts of this statement
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:39 am to jatebe
The scared drunk would not play him.
Avoided him like sobriety and not beating his wife
Avoided him like sobriety and not beating his wife
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:39 am to bayoumuscle21
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Bear had 200 scholarship players and wasn't as dominant
Ok..lol. Bryant had the same amount of Scholarship players as everyone else did in his day. There wasn't some rule that said, " Bryant can have 200 players, everyone else just gets 100".
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:40 am to cmayes56
As far as dominant? He won 13 or 14 SEC Championships and 6 National Titles and was robbed of 2 more.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:41 am to HailFreezusOver
Played him in 64,65,66,67,68,69 and 70
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:41 am to LSU_Tigahs66
It is so hard to compare coaching.
The game has changed so much.
On the one hand, Bryant could recruit many more players.
On the other hand, he was at the mercy of voters to determine championships.
I almost think you cannot really compare college coaches from different eras.
Of this era, I would say Saban is the best.
The game has changed so much.
On the one hand, Bryant could recruit many more players.
On the other hand, he was at the mercy of voters to determine championships.
I almost think you cannot really compare college coaches from different eras.
Of this era, I would say Saban is the best.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:42 am to LSU_Tigahs66
I honestly think Saban's run is more impressive. With all the rules in place that weren't when Bear was the coach and how many more programs field competitive teams every year, Saban having the success he has is much more difficult
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:44 am to cmayes56
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That's 15 playoff appearances. In my opinion, he would have at least 10 NC's
Bryant was a .500 bowl coach. Considering you have to win twice in the playoffs, I give him 4 championships. Less that bama claims he won now.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:45 am to higgs_boson
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On the other hand, he was at the mercy of voters to determine championships.
coaches have always been under the mercy of voters to win championships and still are
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:45 am to LSU_Tigahs66
Who is whose OC? If Mal Moore is Bears OC, and Kiffin is Sabans, then Saban arse rapes Bear.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:47 am to lsufball19
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coaches have always been under the mercy of voters to win championships and still are
While this is true, it is not nearly to the extent it once was.
And I have a feeling it will be going to eight teams in the next ten years.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:50 am to LSU_Tigahs66
All things being equal it's much harder now due to restrictions in place with scholarships and gift ect. Coach Bryant was like a god. BOTH are driven to be successful. Different Era hard to compare. BRYANT didn't haft to deal with the BS saban has to. I guess Saban for what he has accomplished the last 9 yrs.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:54 am to higgs_boson
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While this is true, it is not nearly to the extent it once was.
And I have a feeling it will be going to eight teams in the next ten years.
well, if you think about it, programs during bear's tenure also had the benefit of having two different polls in which they could win a national title as well
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:56 am to LSU_Tigahs66
Great coaches/leaders would be great in any era and under any circumstances and conditions.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:59 am to nc14
It's almost impossible to compare because the landscape of football has changed so much.
The era Bryant coached vs. the era Saban coaches in have a vastly different set of circumstances.
They both were the best coaches of their era.
The era Bryant coached vs. the era Saban coaches in have a vastly different set of circumstances.
They both were the best coaches of their era.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:59 am to Vols&Shaft83
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Saban didn't have Robert Neyland to "Teach him everything he knows" like Bear did.
So your saying great coaches and players have people that taught them things about the game along the way in their career? How freaking observant of you. That doesn't mean they weren't ultimately better than their teachers.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 12:12 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Saban didn't have Robert Neyland to "Teach him everything he knows" like Bear did.
Didn't Royal or someone else teach him the wishbone?
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