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re: Spurrier Unlocked: Saban is a Great Recruiter, Not a Great Coach
Posted on 7/22/14 at 3:45 pm to undecided
Posted on 7/22/14 at 3:45 pm to undecided
Every coach has their own strategy to win and overcome deficiencies. I don't think Saban is an elite or even excellent gameday coach. However, he overcomes this by being the best recruiter and program manager in the nation.
Spurrier is the opposite. Elite gameday coach, but lazy recruiter. Kind of like Petrino at Arkansas.
Spurrier is the opposite. Elite gameday coach, but lazy recruiter. Kind of like Petrino at Arkansas.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 3:47 pm
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 3:55 pm to Monticello
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Every coach has their own strategy to win and overcome deficiencies. I don't think Saban is an elite or even excellent gameday coach. However, he overcomes this by being the best recruiter and program manager in the nation.
Spurrier is the opposite. Elite gameday coach, but lazy recruiter. Kind of like Petrino at Arkansas.
So I guess this is the debate. Do you have to be a combination of both to be considered truly great?
If Spurrier wasn't a lazy recruiter, would have won the SECCG at USCe or more NC's at UF? On the flip side, I don't think Saban could have built UF or USCe into what they've become under Spurrier.
It's an interesting debate
Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:03 pm to Monticello
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I don't think Saban is an elite or even excellent gameday coach. However, he overcomes this by being the best recruiter and program manager in the nation.
That was Bobby Bowden's M.O. at FSU but CNS is better at it than CBB was...
Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:04 pm to Monticello
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Every coach has their own strategy to win and overcome deficiencies. I don't think Saban is an elite or even excellent gameday coach. However, he overcomes this by being the best recruiter and program manager in the nation.
Exactly. Everyone has their deficiencies. But, Saban works hard to make up for them.
What makes Saban so great is the recruiting and the "Process" that he gets everyone to lock into. That is all part of coaching.
No one is perfect. Saban isn't perfect. He is a great coach though. Why we pick at someone to find their one deficiency and then exploit it is beyond me. That is what people do with Miles and it isn't fair. He wins 80% of his games and has been really successful. He will always be compared to Saban, though, and that is the knock on him. Well, so what? Saban left LSU and Miles is still here. I'll take the guy who values you over the guy who doesn't.
As for Saban's problems, he loses a game now and then, but they are always to really good teams. Give the other teams credit too. They are not coached by imbeciles and those other teams want to win as well.
This thread is dumb and Spurrier's analysis of Saban seems kind of petty to me. I'll listen to Steve when has won 4 national championships.
And look, I am as big of Saban/Alabama hater as this board has seen, but let's be honest. He is a GREAT coach. My hatred is purely jealousy.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:17 pm to Monticello
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Every coach has their own strategy to win and overcome deficiencies. I don't think Saban is an elite or even excellent gameday coach. However, he overcomes this by being the best recruiter and program manager in the nation. Spurrier is the opposite. Elite gameday coach, but lazy recruiter. Kind of like Petrino at Arkansas.
Totally agree. You could also throw Tubs, Mullen, and Charlie Strong into the Spurrier category.
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