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re: How far does Bama fall when Saban leaves?
Posted on 8/13/16 at 5:37 pm to bamaqna
Posted on 8/13/16 at 5:37 pm to bamaqna
My original post and what I have been basing all my posts off of is this quote:
I'm not saying Alabama won't always be a contender, that's all I expect LSU to be. But when you just swung and missed on RR and Saban fell in your lap I strongly disagree your "floor" is LSU. Smug Bama fans dont realize how thin the line between UT and Bama is.
Tennessee is a shell of their former selves, and this current recruiting class is garbage.
-They have averaged 6 wins per season over the last 5 years with 5 being the low and 9 the high.
-They haven't beaten a top 10 team in almost a decade,
Bama and Tennessee are both historically elite. Both require elite OOS recruiting to an area that is not particularly appealing. Knoxville/Tuscaloosa are not Los Angeles/Austin. Neither is Baton Rouge but the BR/Nola area plus La in general is loaded and we have it to ourselves.
Tennessee is down, Bama is up. You think y'all are above the Tennessee situation? Hiring Dooleys and Kiffins trying to get to the top again? You had just struck out on RR.. UT was playing in the SECCG sabans first year, they looked for a coach 2 years later and there wasn't a sure thing there. Just like you had done but got lucky he declined. Roles could be completely reversed if Saban leaves Miami after 08 instead of 06.
In those years when you don't have a top 3 coach in CFB you aren't going to pick and choose the best players from every state to make up your roster. That's what Tennessee did in the 90s and early 2000s. They can't find their Saban to get them back there and Tennessee can't give them the talent to get back to the top. In fact besides urban Meyer there is no other coach like that.
Now Alabama has more talent then Tennessee as a state, and arguably equal to Louisiana every few cycles, but you have auburn too. If Tulane was an SEC blue blood with an NC this decade do you think LSU would be as easy to succeed at? As easy to build an elite roster?
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The floor for Alabama post-Saban would be LSU post-Saban since Alabama is a better football program than LSU
I'm not saying Alabama won't always be a contender, that's all I expect LSU to be. But when you just swung and missed on RR and Saban fell in your lap I strongly disagree your "floor" is LSU. Smug Bama fans dont realize how thin the line between UT and Bama is.
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Tennessee is projected to win the East and has elite talent on their roster now.
Tennessee is a shell of their former selves, and this current recruiting class is garbage.
-They have averaged 6 wins per season over the last 5 years with 5 being the low and 9 the high.
-They haven't beaten a top 10 team in almost a decade,
Bama and Tennessee are both historically elite. Both require elite OOS recruiting to an area that is not particularly appealing. Knoxville/Tuscaloosa are not Los Angeles/Austin. Neither is Baton Rouge but the BR/Nola area plus La in general is loaded and we have it to ourselves.
Tennessee is down, Bama is up. You think y'all are above the Tennessee situation? Hiring Dooleys and Kiffins trying to get to the top again? You had just struck out on RR.. UT was playing in the SECCG sabans first year, they looked for a coach 2 years later and there wasn't a sure thing there. Just like you had done but got lucky he declined. Roles could be completely reversed if Saban leaves Miami after 08 instead of 06.
In those years when you don't have a top 3 coach in CFB you aren't going to pick and choose the best players from every state to make up your roster. That's what Tennessee did in the 90s and early 2000s. They can't find their Saban to get them back there and Tennessee can't give them the talent to get back to the top. In fact besides urban Meyer there is no other coach like that.
Now Alabama has more talent then Tennessee as a state, and arguably equal to Louisiana every few cycles, but you have auburn too. If Tulane was an SEC blue blood with an NC this decade do you think LSU would be as easy to succeed at? As easy to build an elite roster?
This post was edited on 8/13/16 at 6:05 pm
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Posted on 8/13/16 at 6:11 pm to Lsuchs
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If Tulane was an SEC blue blood with an NC this decade do you think LSU would be as easy to succeed at? As easy to build an elite roster?
What the hell is Tulane compared to LSU? Even if Tulane was an SEC blue blood with a NC, LSU already has an eatablished history with powerful alum to trump whatever Tulane may bring when it comes to recruiting and otherwise. Hell Auburn won a NC this decade, but they have nowhere near the clout to compete with Alabama in a lot of areas.This post was edited on 8/13/16 at 6:11 pm
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