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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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Posted by bamasgot13

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Posted on 6/9/17 at 11:16 am to Draconian Sanctions

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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.

Look at Bear's record in the 70's. That's not 6-7 years. That's a decade. Also, he didn't start to lose it at the end. He went 27-8 in his final three years with 4 of those loses coming in the final season. He died at 69 years old (and he was an old 69). Saban will be 66 this season and he's a young 66.

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Was never driven like Saban is and, honestly, he was at USCe at the end. If he was at Florida at the end he may have been able to maintain closer to his standards.

Saban may fall off the map at some point, but there is nothing about HIS resume or personality that seems to indicate it is possible, and based on his personality and resume I wouldn't really compare him to anyone else.

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