re: Would Saban turn Kansas into a power?

Not a consistent one, at least for a decade or so. The resources aren't there. Not for football. Would be hard to attract top end talent on a large scale.
For all that's forgotten with Saban and his obvious greatness, he's had pretty big time talent at both championship stops. He develops it and trusts his process and that's why he's the best. Hard to get that type of talent to Lawrence KS.
Before anyone brings up Snyder and KSU as an example. Completely different processes though both are effective. Snyder does a lot of things differently, and better, than Saban with a different style of kid and different attitudes. That excel due to the system and that chip on the shoulder attitude. Saban does it with the process, elite talent and talent that is extremely confident in their attitudes. Again both work but only one has 6-10 titles.