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re: Who are your football program’s Top 5 winningest coaches?
Posted on 1/15/24 at 11:47 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 1/15/24 at 11:47 am to RollTide1987
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Let’s brag about them
No, let's don't.
Paul Bryant and Nick Saban were great HC's; however, they weren't very good at coaching bowl games.
Bryant was 15-14 at Alabama and Nick Saban was a little better at 16-7 in bowl games, 10-4 on NYSix Bowls, and only 3-3 in championship games.
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Posted on 1/15/24 at 12:02 pm to JetDawg
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No, let's don't.
Paul Bryant and Nick Saban were great HC's; however, they weren't very good at coaching bowl games.
Bryant was 15-14 at Alabama and Nick Saban was a little better at 16-7 in bowl games, 10-4 on NYSix Bowls, and only 3-3 in championship games.
Lets be real, bowl games are bigger competition plus teams have a month to gameplan and take away strengths.
I bet most top coaches had a worse bowl record than reg season record.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 12:37 pm to JetDawg
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Paul Bryant and Nick Saban were great HC's; however, they weren't very good at coaching bowl games.
Bryant was 15-14 at Alabama and Nick Saban was a little better at 16-7 in bowl games, 10-4 on NYSix Bowls, and only 3-3 in championship games.
What do you say we do Kirby Smart in SEC championship games next?
Posted on 1/15/24 at 1:00 pm to JetDawg
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however, they weren't very good at coaching bowl games.
Saban was really good in SEC title games…how’s Kirby’s record??
Posted on 1/15/24 at 1:16 pm to JetDawg
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Bryant was 15-14 at Alabama and Nick Saban was a little better at 16-7 in bowl games
I'm not sure I trust your ability to do basic math if you think 16-7 is "a little better" than 15-14 (and Bryant was 15-12-2, not 15-14).
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Nick Saban were great HC's; however, they weren't very good at coaching bowl games.
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16-7 in bowl games, 10-4 on NYSix Bowls, and only 3-3 in championship games.
Your numbers seem to imply that Saban was, in fact, REALLY good in bowl games.
I also note that you are only including the playoff championship games; Saban was in fact 6-3 in title games (7-3 if you include his NC season at LSU).
Saban was 12-4 in bowl games (including CFP title games) since the playoff era started.
If your argument is that having a great record in bowl games trumps overall record, then these two tied for #2 must be AMAZING, GOAT coaches:
Jimbo Fisher
Tom O'Brien
Posted on 1/15/24 at 2:41 pm to JetDawg
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…and only 3-3 in championship games.
Uh, think you forgot the four BCS championship games he won? That’d make him 7-3 in national championship games (6-3 at Bama). He was also 11-1 in SEC Championship games (9-1 at Bama), not to mention, 5-1 head-to-head vs Kirby…
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