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Ranking the Nick Saban coaching tree

Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:16 am
Posted by Summer of Jimbo
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:16 am
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:20 am to
List is crap. OM fans have told us Pete is a much better coach than Kiffin.
Posted by Shunface
Lafayette County Detention Center
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:24 am to
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List is crap. OM fans have told us Pete is a much better coach than Kiffin.


Rent

Free
Posted by hg
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:25 am to
How can you rank Kirby 2 with 2 titles?
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:25 am to
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Rent Free


Kinda hard not to be so with the way you folks ran your cock holsters here for a few weeks.

We couldn’t escape it.

I will say, I believe reality is now setting in for you. The posts have slowed considerably.
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
18021 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:29 am to
Golding too high
Posted by Shunface
Lafayette County Detention Center
Member since Jan 2013
5442 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:37 am to
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Kinda hard not to be so with the way you folks ran your cock holsters here for a few weeks.


It’s not nice to talk about yourself like this. I’m sure your man loves your cock holster.

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We couldn’t escape it.


You poor baby!

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I will say, I believe reality is now setting in for you.


Tigger wishcasting

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The posts have slowed considerably.


Some of us have been traveling for the playoffs. Some of us are sitting at home posting through it.

Which are you?
Posted by Summer of Jimbo
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 7:23 am to
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How can you rank Kirby 2 with 2 titles?


He’s been coaching for 10 years and it took him 6 to win his first? Cignetti went undefeated and won it in 2.
Posted by FootballFrenzy
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 7:29 am to
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He’s been coaching for 10 years and it took him 6 to win his first? Cignetti went undefeated and won it in 2.

I was going to say that was a good point and add that Smart was recruiting in fertile Southern fields while Cig got people to play in frigging Bloomington, then I remembered NIL.
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 8:21 am
Posted by PistolPete45
Mandeville, LA
Member since Apr 2012
631 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:27 am to
I really can't stand at how coaching trees are quantified, so you're an assistant under a head coach so now you get to tied to them forever.

Like I get if a coach is a long time assistant under them..

Dan Lanning was under Saban for 1 year as a graduate assistant, so his whole career is owed to Saban?
Posted by shinerfan
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Member since Sep 2009
28255 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:03 am to
If you're going to include Jimbo and Sharky you have to include Muschamp and Napier.

And didn't Dabo once coach for Saban? No real issue with leaving him off, though. He's a toad.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
26408 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:05 am to
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Tigger wishcasting


You just lost another player to us today.

Go ahead and tell me how terrible he is and how you're glad he's gone.
Posted by theballguy
Colorado (home) & DC (work)
Member since Oct 2011
34289 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:07 am to
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How can you rank Kirby 2 with 2 titles?



Cignetti's NC is worth more than Kirby's 2.

This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 11:09 am
Posted by Csmims
A sandy beach in paradise
Member since Jan 2019
3465 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:07 am to
Sark and Kiff learned under Pete Carrol.
Posted by theballguy
Colorado (home) & DC (work)
Member since Oct 2011
34289 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:07 am to
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And didn't Dabo once coach for Saban?


No.
Posted by NytroBud
LaFayette
Member since Jun 2009
5792 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:15 am to
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He’s been coaching for 10 years and it took him 6 to win his first? Cignetti went undefeated and won it in 2.



Two years and $30,000,000.00 in NIL
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
33597 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:17 am to
Kinda dumb to have Kirby at #2 but I guess this list is full of recency bias.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
26082 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:17 am to
Kirby is tops.
Posted by ThePoo
Work
Member since Jan 2007
61449 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:18 am to
Seems pretty fair. I will admit that what Cignetti has done at Indiana has been the most impressive job, but I still would have Kirby at 1 until Cignetti shows long term consistency at the major conference level.

Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
3566 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:23 am to
Dabo coached/played under stallings. Coached under dubose. Definitely bama guy but zero ties to saban.
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