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re: Will Nick Saban ever have a losing season?
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:30 am to MrAUTigers
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:30 am to MrAUTigers
Absolutely.
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Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:30 am to abellsujr
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If he does it'll be a Bobby Bowden type situation.
Bobby Bowden admitted that he quit coaching in the early-00s. He became a figurehead. Saban doesn't seem like the kind of guy to quit coaching unless he's retiring.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:31 am to RollTide1987
I think Saban runs 100% or not at all.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:32 am to AUFANATL
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SEC schedules were a different animal back then, as was the style of play. There is far less margin for error today. A good team having an off year can fall hard, see eg, Florida, Auburn etc recently.
This is very true. But when you continuously bring in recruiting classes that are rated #1 by all the top sites, your off years aren't going to be as bad as the off years of other teams.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:32 am to AUFANATL
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SEC schedules were a different animal back then, as was the style of play. There is far less margin for error today. A good team having an off year can fall hard, see eg, Florida, Auburn etc recently.
Failure at the QB position is the common denominator for those programs that fell hard. They failed to recruit a quality QB over a two year period. If it happens to bama this year, that will be the reason.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:33 am to RollTide1987
quote:Lets be honest here. Quit, no. Leave, yes. He has many times.
Saban doesn't seem like the kind of guy to quit coaching unless he's retiring.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:34 am to abellsujr
Alabama is so talented that a hamster on a wheel could direct them to a winning season.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:40 am to RollTide1987
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But when you continuously bring in recruiting classes that are rated #1 by all the top sites, your off years aren't going to be as bad as the off years of other teams.
Tell FSU fans that. They were bringing in top 5 class after top 5 class. Most coaches have the game pass them by....if they stay in it long enough. Bobby Bowden and Mack Brown are living proof of that.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:45 am to Upperaltiger06
So by the basis of which you have set that Alabama is now in decline, which obviously means descending from the too or certain.
One can only assume that Alabama's version of #tDecline is going to a slightly lesser BCS than the national championship.
Man. What a shitty life. #firstworldproblems
Don't know what I was getting at with this post but I just wanted to hear myself talk/see myself type.
One can only assume that Alabama's version of #tDecline is going to a slightly lesser BCS than the national championship.
Man. What a shitty life. #firstworldproblems
Don't know what I was getting at with this post but I just wanted to hear myself talk/see myself type.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:46 am to MrAUTigers
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Tell FSU fans that.
FSU has never recruited as well as Alabama is now. Alabama is in a league of their own as far as modern recruiting is concerned.
And Bobby Bowden admitted he hung it up sometime after the 2000 season and FSU wasn't the same after that.
Mack Brown was a good coach, not a great one. He only won the Big 12 twice despite having only Oklahoma to compete with throughout most of his career there.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:47 am to RollTide1987
Those Texas teams he did have that won the big 12 were dynamite though that's for sure....especially that first one.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:51 am to Draconian Sanctions
If he can continue to recruit at even 80 percent of the level he does now, he will never have a losing season.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:53 am to abellsujr
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Lets be honest here. Quit, no. Leave, yes. He has many times
He never loved you
Posted on 5/11/14 at 11:53 am to FourThreeForty
quote:Saban is a different animal than Mack. He will probably be in the conversation for the best coach in CF history.
especially that first one
This post was edited on 5/11/14 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:08 pm to abellsujr
A better question might be will he ever have a less than double digit win season before retiring?
Do you barners remember when y'all were saying he's never won double digit games two straight years? Well, he's on 6 in a row right now, which is 4 more than auburn has EVER done. (And they've only done that ONE time.)
Do you barners remember when y'all were saying he's never won double digit games two straight years? Well, he's on 6 in a row right now, which is 4 more than auburn has EVER done. (And they've only done that ONE time.)
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:10 pm to RollTide1987
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FSU has never recruited as well as Alabama is now. Alabama is in a league of their own as far as modern recruiting is concerned.
Except at the QB position. Which is the one spot that can lead to a major slip in play.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:14 pm to kudzoo
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A better question might be will he ever have a less than double digit win season before retiring?
The funny part is, you are dead serious.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:16 pm to Irons Puppet
It can indeed. However UA usually puts enough talent on the field to mask an average or even slightly below average QB. All we need are game mangers. Just don't turn the ball over and let the refs do the work.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:18 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I don't see it happening as long as he is at Bama
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:20 pm to Draconian Sanctions
quote:What happens first is...he kicks LSU's arse about a dozen more times, wins 4 or 5 more natties, THEN rides off into the sunset ...The End.
or will he hang em up before the game really starts to pass him by? Every great coach goes through this and with Saban closing in on his mid 60's, the day will come sooner than some may think. Just curious what y'all think happens first.
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