re: What is it about Nick Saban that makes him such an extraordinary Head Coach?

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He understands that "you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shite"; great recruiter and understands how to teach his system on defense.

His defense is complex. Lots of checks and handoffs depending on formations, etc.

Spread makes him have to simplify, but not just any spread. A spread with Cam, JFF, Tebow, Nick Marshall, etc works best bc the QB has to be accounted for running and passing.

In general though, CNS is a great coach when he has top talent. There are no miracles out on the football field. It's the Jimmies and the Joes, not the X's and the O's most of the time.

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I agree with your post except for the last part. Saban went undefeated in the regular season in 2008 with mostly Shula's recruits. That team had very little talent except for a few freshmen and sophomores that Saban had brought in.