He can coach but only to a certain extent. He's not going to beat anyone with a team of average players. He's lost to the likes of UAB and UL Monroe with alot more talent. Coaches known for making things happen with lesser talent gives him all he can handle no matter how much more talent he has. Gus has done it, Freeze done it, Tuberville done it, etc. Unless they are having a garbage year they hung with him with 2,3, and 4 star guys. He didn't look GOAT until he started having #1 classes loaded with 5*s. Even a slight drop off in talent and someone blows him out. That's not the traits of a coach that wins off their coaching abilities.

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Posted by Tornado Alley

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Posted on 5/20/22 at 4:36 pm to Rabern57

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Even a slight drop off in talent and someone blows him out.

I can think of once in Saban's tenure at Alabama when the Tide was blown out.

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That's not the traits of a coach that wins off their coaching abilities.

I think y'all are forgetting his defensive prowess.

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Posted by Tuscaloosa

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Posted on 5/20/22 at 4:36 pm to Rabern57

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He can coach but only to a certain extent. He's not going to beat anyone with a team of average players.

Nick Saban took the only Alabama team in the last 50 years to not have a single player drafted (2007) to a 7-6 record with an OT loss to UGA and last minute loss to National Champion LSU. The next season he went 12-0 in the regular season with a bunch of Mike Shula players and Greg McElroy at QB.