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re: Could a 50-55 year old Bryant or Saban win the national title at Nebraska in 5 years?
Posted on 8/29/21 at 11:35 am to Scoper
Posted on 8/29/21 at 11:35 am to Scoper
No. The modern game has passed Bryant by.
Saban would need the 5 years just to build up the infrastructure of his program. After that, yes he might win the national championship.
Urban Meyer would be a better choice to win a national title in 5 years.
Saban would need the 5 years just to build up the infrastructure of his program. After that, yes he might win the national championship.
Urban Meyer would be a better choice to win a national title in 5 years.
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Posted on 8/29/21 at 11:35 am to TheFourHorsemen
I don’t think geography matters as much as people think if you have a transcendent coach. Saban could make Nebraska cool again and pull recruits from all over the country.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 11:42 am to TheFourHorsemen
No, there’s no talent nearby to get the Nebraska bagmen to go pay.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 11:52 am to TomRollTideRitter
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Some people act like South Alabama should be a premier job because it’s close to talent.
No they don't
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All this. Saban at Nebraska would get all the best kids from the West Coast
Why recruit West Coast kids and they go all the way to Lincoln and freeze their arse off just to play for Saban?
It would take a HUGE financial commitment for Nebraska to lure Saban and I'm not talking just coaches salary and support staff and Nebraska is one of the few P5 schools that don't finance their facility upgrades through debt.
This post was edited on 8/30/21 at 1:03 am
Posted on 8/29/21 at 12:04 pm to TheFourHorsemen
Considering the way Saban recruits, yes. This is assuming he already has a national champ under his belt though. So he can say look at these contracts I’ve gotten people in your positions.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 12:04 pm to FayetteNAM
To be honest, they should hire Petrino.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 12:50 pm to TheFourHorsemen
Saban could win anywhere. It’s his system that is successful.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 12:51 pm to FayetteNAM
Petrino can coach but it is alleged no one wants to work with him. He had a hard time filling out his coaching staff at Louisville. Have no idea if that is true or not.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:12 pm to beaverfever
Geography didn't stop them from getting players from coast to coast in the past. What made them so successful was winning a bout 10 games a year for decades and consistent good coaching.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:16 pm to RD Dawg
Recruits will go to any place and play for a winner. Having a nice town and campus is a plus but if a school is a loser then they will never commit much less even visit.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:19 pm to beaverfever
Most of the successful football powers grab recruits all over the nation and often cherry pick.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:23 pm to CLT Tiger
He didn't stay long enough to know for sure. It took him time just for them to be respectful.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:38 pm to dchog
Another thing, Nebraska isn't a joke because they haven't won a natty, they're a joke because they haven't beaten some of the weakest p5 teams in the country. If they were simply behind Wisconsin and winning 8-9-10 games a year no one would care about them, and no one would be saying that "you can't recruit there". And the reason why they recently suck is because they have been godawful at recruiting linemen, specifically OL
Posted on 8/29/21 at 3:32 pm to RelentlessTide
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If you can recruit at Oklahoma, you can recruit in Nebraska.
Maybe, but Norman is just south of OKC and three hours of interstate from Dallas. The winters also aren’t as bone-chilling in Norman as they are in Lincoln.
Maybe those are a couple of reasons why Oklahoma has been better than Nebraska in pretty much every decade except the ‘90s.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 3:43 pm to TheFourHorsemen
No
Posted on 8/29/21 at 3:52 pm to TheFourHorsemen
Lol.
Immune to NCAA scrutiny?
Blind eye to “consultant” coaches
Access to sophisticated network of benefits like “used” cars, houses that need sitting, autograph gigs… and that was before NIL.
When UA recruit’s mom rolls up with brand new Escalade and works at Dollar General… and reports go unanswered…hmm. Or how schools Saban recruits have no lack of donors for turf or new field houses… lol. I think he could find a way. Bryant, Saban. Same thing. Good coaches, great cheaters.
Immune to NCAA scrutiny?
Blind eye to “consultant” coaches
Access to sophisticated network of benefits like “used” cars, houses that need sitting, autograph gigs… and that was before NIL.
When UA recruit’s mom rolls up with brand new Escalade and works at Dollar General… and reports go unanswered…hmm. Or how schools Saban recruits have no lack of donors for turf or new field houses… lol. I think he could find a way. Bryant, Saban. Same thing. Good coaches, great cheaters.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 3:54 pm to Old Money
The system was pretty average at MSU
Posted on 8/29/21 at 5:58 pm to concrete_tiger
I don't know if he could do it in 5 years but if anyone could do it Saban could. He would absolutely win a NC within 10 years though.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 6:11 pm to TheFourHorsemen
If Nebraska is smart, they will do everything in their power to bring in Matt Campbell at the end of this year.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:51 pm to TheFourHorsemen
Nobody will win anything in that depopulated state until they can have unlimited partial qualifiers again.
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