re: I think this is proof that Urban was scared of the SEC gauntlet

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Agree completely. If he can learn to maintain a program he can be on Saban's level IMO, since Saban is just older and has been around longer. He has 2 national titles, and there are how many coaches coaching college football who have 2?

I don't want to say he got "bored" at UF, but maybe complacent is a better way of putting it.

Although I'm not sure he left cause he was scared of Saban; I think the timing just worked out so it is now convenient to say he was scared

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Meyer is an awesome coach, but completely different from Saban. Don't let anyone try to tell you here he isn't because he dominated the SEC. But he relies on his other coaches. Saban is a control freak where as Meyer puts the pieces in place and micro-manages. You saw it in 09. We have the defending champs, 9 starters on offense, 11 on defense returning. A team that dominated the SEC so much the MOV was the highest in modern history. Yet we regressed, and massively on offense. Meyer never made adjustments. Mullen wasn't there, a guy he depended on to do the right thing with the offense. Addazio tried to run a bully run like Muschamp does now from a spread formation with two 170 pound backs. It was clear something was wrong, but Meyer let Addazio do his thing he trust his coaches. Big mistake. Meyer puts the pieces together beautifully, he is a sculptor. But he didn't do a good job of fixing the product when one side clearly wasn't perfected..don't know if that makes sense.