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Alabama and their Dynasty Period...
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:12 pm
Some buddies and I were talking about football dynasties and I said certainly think Bama has been in one for a while, even though they lost last year.
The facts speak for themselves, Saban is a great Coach who surrounds himself with good coaches and other talented staff.
Bama has invested in great facilities and promoted their school and program the right way.
The most impressive thing to me is his recruiting and the type of players that Saban recruits. He has not fallen into the trap that he must have small speedy linebackers and linemen to defend the spread offenses like others schools and what Chavis got us in to.
Player like Ragland and Beckwith can play anywhere.
This is what was lost on Chavis and his recent recruiting style.
With that said, LSU is on the right track now, not exactly following the Bama model to a "T" but building our own defensive style in recruiting and carving out our own path.
Win or lose 11/7 Bama has been a great program, but we are coming on strong !
Should be a great game like always
The facts speak for themselves, Saban is a great Coach who surrounds himself with good coaches and other talented staff.
Bama has invested in great facilities and promoted their school and program the right way.
The most impressive thing to me is his recruiting and the type of players that Saban recruits. He has not fallen into the trap that he must have small speedy linebackers and linemen to defend the spread offenses like others schools and what Chavis got us in to.
Player like Ragland and Beckwith can play anywhere.
This is what was lost on Chavis and his recent recruiting style.
With that said, LSU is on the right track now, not exactly following the Bama model to a "T" but building our own defensive style in recruiting and carving out our own path.
Win or lose 11/7 Bama has been a great program, but we are coming on strong !
Should be a great game like always
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Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:13 pm to bopper50
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Dynasty Period
gross
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:13 pm to bopper50
2009-TBD
They are still in the midst of a dynasty until they go 3 years without hardware.
They are still in the midst of a dynasty until they go 3 years without hardware.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:13 pm to bopper50
I like how you snuck a chavis dig in there.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:14 pm to bopper50
You're about to get a load of aubie up in here.
This post was edited on 10/30/15 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:27 pm to bopper50
Agree with the OP
But this is make-or-break if Alabama still wants to be considered the top program in the land. If Bama loses to LSU, the dynasty is over, IMO. You can't go 3 years without a national title and still be called a "dynasty"
The thing about Saban is that while he's won a lot of Titles and been amazingly successful, he's never even won consecutive SEC Championships. Since Bear Bryant, here are the coaches who have managed to win consecutive SEC Titles:
4- Spurrier
3- Dooley
3- Dye
2- Fulmer
2- Majors
Because Saban won consecutive National Titles (2011/2012), I think he gets a pass. But it is strange to award the "dynasty" label to a coach and program who can't seem to win the SEC more than just 1 time in a row.
If the dynasty is to continue, they've got to win the SEC and the National Title this year.
But this is make-or-break if Alabama still wants to be considered the top program in the land. If Bama loses to LSU, the dynasty is over, IMO. You can't go 3 years without a national title and still be called a "dynasty"
The thing about Saban is that while he's won a lot of Titles and been amazingly successful, he's never even won consecutive SEC Championships. Since Bear Bryant, here are the coaches who have managed to win consecutive SEC Titles:
4- Spurrier
3- Dooley
3- Dye
2- Fulmer
2- Majors
Because Saban won consecutive National Titles (2011/2012), I think he gets a pass. But it is strange to award the "dynasty" label to a coach and program who can't seem to win the SEC more than just 1 time in a row.
If the dynasty is to continue, they've got to win the SEC and the National Title this year.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:35 pm to bopper50
We've been a dynasty for 100 years
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:46 pm to bopper50
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The most impressive thing to me is his recruiting and the type of players that Saban recruits. He has not fallen into the trap that he must have small speedy linebackers and linemen to defend the spread offenses like others schools and what Chavis got us in to.
And Bama has had issues defending more wide open teams. From Auburn/Ole Miss/Texas A&M with Johnny football.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:59 pm to bopper50
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Saban is a great Coach who surrounds himself with good coaches and other talented staff.
[quote]The Florida and Georgia coaching staffs are very familiar with each other from their time at Alabama: Jim McElwain, Doug Nussmeier, Geoff Collins and Chris Rumph all worked at Alabama and Georgia defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt spent at least one year working with each of them. The staff familiarity doesn't end there. McElwain noted this week that he had to change offensive signals since Georgia offensive line coach Rob Sale once worked under him as an offensive assistant. A total of eight former Alabama assistants will be coaching in this weekend's Florida Georgia game, four on each sideline.
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Posted on 10/30/15 at 3:01 pm to bopper50
quote:Nice post!
Some buddies and I were talking about football dynasties and I said certainly think Bama has been in one for a while, even though they lost last year. The facts speak for themselves, Saban is a great Coach who surrounds himself with good coaches and other talented staff. Bama has invested in great facilities and promoted their school and program the right way. The most impressive thing to me is his recruiting and the type of players that Saban recruits. He has not fallen into the trap that he must have small speedy linebackers and linemen to defend the spread offenses like others schools and what Chavis got us in to. Player like Ragland and Beckwith can play anywhere. This is what was lost on Chavis and his recent recruiting style. With that said, LSU is on the right track now, not exactly following the Bama model to a "T" but building our own defensive style in recruiting and carving out our own path. Win or lose 11/7 Bama has been a great program, but we are coming on strong ! Should be a great game like always
Posted on 10/30/15 at 3:44 pm to bopper50
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Some buddies and I were talking about football dynasties and I said certainly think Bama has been in one for a while, even though they lost last year.
The facts speak for themselves, Saban is a great Coach who surrounds himself with good coaches and other talented staff.
Bama has invested in great facilities and promoted their school and program the right way.
The most impressive thing to me is his recruiting and the type of players that Saban recruits. He has not fallen into the trap that he must have small speedy linebackers and linemen to defend the spread offenses like others schools and what Chavis got us in to.
Player like Ragland and Beckwith can play anywhere.
This is what was lost on Chavis and his recent recruiting style.
With that said, LSU is on the right track now, not exactly following the Bama model to a "T" but building our own defensive style in recruiting and carving out our own path.
Win or lose 11/7 Bama has been a great program, but we are coming on strong !
Should be a great game like always
I think part of that is backwards. Saban did have the best strategy before the spread HUNH offenses reached the SEC. Then, he took a page out of Les Miles playbook when you guys played Oregon in 2011 and TAMU in 2012. LSU had moved to smaller but faster DL's to deal with the spread and HUNH style. If you didn't notice we got away from the Terrence Cody/Jesse Williams type huge and immobile NGs and went to faster and mobile DL's accross the entire line. And he built a system to rotate them in and out faster so he can keep fresh legs in and twitch pass rushers when needed. It took about 2-3 years to put all the pieces together but it's scary now. I've never seen us sack the QB this many times and they still stop the run better than everyone in the country.
This post was edited on 10/30/15 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 4:48 pm to bopper50
my 8 - 4 Bama will be a dynasty even when they go 7 - 5 the year after that
yeah roll tide yeah
yeah roll tide yeah
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