Best Ever SEC Coach - Input needed from all SEC fans

Unclouded by angst, hurt feelings, and wadded panties, let's objectively and rationally decide who the best SEC coach of all-time was.

Of course, there are only two candidates to choose from and this is where many of you will have a difficult time behaving like adults.

Bryant still permeates the horrid nightmares of many SEC fans who are in their sunset years and almost dead. He scarred many of their lives, especially old and creepy Tennessee fans and backwoods hick auburn fans of yesteryear.

Saban, otoh, has changed the very personalities of modern rival fans of all stripes and turned them into quivering masses of jealous, raving, lunatical degenerates.

Tale of The Tape:

National Championships-

Bryant: 6 (should have been a couple more easy)

Saban: 7 NC's, if you count the one that USC claims.

Total win/loss record while coaching an SEC team

Bryant: 292-69-14 (79.43%)

Saban: 249-45 (84.69%)

SEC Championships:

Bryant: 14

Saban: 11

SEC Coach of The Year:

Bryant: 12

Saban: 5

They were alike in many ways, expect for height.

Both Bryant and Saban were well renown for reviving programs. Taking down on their luck teams, and through hard-nosed determination, getting them back to championship levels or close to it.

Bryant did it at Maryland, Kentucky, A&M, and then at at Bama that had turned into a caricature of its former self.

Saban did it at Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, and then at a wounded and dying Alabama.

Both coaches were well known for taking any advantage of any rule, in any way they could, without actually breaking the rules. Both had new rules written specifically for them because of this.

Both coaches were not afraid to completely overhaul their whole coaching philosophy and learn new ways to compete when necessary to survive.

Bryant went from a passing attack to perfecting the wishbone, as well as any team did, and back again in some form or another.

Saban moved away from total domination with smash mouth, possession control ball, to high school football when the game changed and reached the pinnacle of the sport using both variations.

Bryant was an extrovert and had more friends, many in great positions of power, than most men can dream of having.The respect shown to him from all, big and small, from all walks of life and from rival fans, rival coaches, and all opponents was off the charts.

Among Alabama fans, he was almost a literal deity.

Saban was an introvert and while he had a sense of humor and a great personality if you knew him personally, he was a complete a-hole to many people and had a tendency to speak down to people in many ways. Yet, he too was greatly beloved, but mostly just by Alabama fans. While also highly respected around the football nation, he did not transcend football environs in any meaningful way.

Who was the greatest SEC coach?