re: Chizik: Success, failure, other?

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Yes I am. There was a big talent gap that we had to go through because of Tubbs mailing it in, after Saban started spending that $$. Chiz came in and started reversing the gap, but he was always going to have to weather the storm of Tubb’s last couple of years. Tubbs gets credit for a lot of the talent the 2010 team had, but he also should get blame for what was waiting in the wings, which is not much. Go look at it

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It wasn't ideal but it also wasn't what Hugh Freeze is dealing with... any coaching transition you'd expect the classes to be slightly down at least 1 year probably 2.

2006 - 10ish
2007 - 10ish
2008 - 20ish
2009 - 20ish - this class was the transitional year I believe

So... not perfect but you can't expect the guy to be retiring with top 10 classes. Admittedly this was at the same time that Saban was beginning to hit his stride, so there was a contrast there, but any new coach is going to come in to a roster that needs improvement.