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re: Saban: The thought of retirement terrifies me
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:17 am to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:17 am to Draconian Sanctions
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it seems like very late 50's early 60's is when the game passes them by and they are unable to adapt. For those who do adapt, the true greats, it tends to buy them 6 or 7 years of extended relevance or so (roughly).
I get Les Miles as an obvious reference point for the first part of this quote, but who are some examples you can cite of those who adapted and it bought them 6 or 7 more years? Also, how do the resumes prior to adapting compare to the resume of Saban prior to adapting?
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:40 am to bamasgot13
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I get Les Miles as an obvious reference point for the first part of this quote, but who are some examples you can cite of those who adapted and it bought them 6 or 7 more years? Also, how do the resumes prior to adapting compare to the resume of Saban prior to adapting?
Well Bear is a perfect example. The game had started to pass him by by 1968. Went through a few "down" seasons and retooled with the wishbone.
Spurrier is kind of a weird one bc he ended up at a smaller school but you saw when he kind of stalled out a little bit at USCe in the late 00's he changed his style of coaching (which he had already done when going to USEe in the first place), giving his QBs a little more freedom and it worked out for him.
Darrell Royal and Woody Hayes, while on the younger end, both went through hiccups in the middle of their careers before retooling later to even greater success then they had before.
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