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Meyer on the other hand is off the charts but to be fair it has to be a 1000x more appealing as an 18yr old to go to Florida than any other SEC school.

Not me. UF & LSU were my final choices many years ago !

Besides the normal help he gets from Rivals ,
Saban ( and Rivals ) fully understands the hype
that goes w/these rankings. # 1 is important in getting other recruits. It makes Saban seem iresistible.
Several other factors about Saban. He turns programs around but not to the degree he is given credit!
Saban would have never come to LSU or Bama had they not had a lot of talent in place ! Why is Saban being given credit for a # 1 2008 Rivals class when they have already lowered it to a # 2 enrolled classs ( should have been lowered even more according to their own assessments ) ! Also why isn't Saban given the negstive credit for leaving Miles w/only 13 spots available when he went to Miami ? Miles came in and rescued the ranking some by signing 5 star Periloux ( who didn't like Saban ) Saban class would have had a hard time breaking the top 30! His 1st class at Bamma , # 10 in Rivals was about 10 spots higher than any other service.

If you figure all of this in to consideration , Saban is on average a good top 10 recruiter ,
not a great top 5 average recruiter. Unless you believe the hype !