Does it really take that much time to build your program?

Or do you basically know what you have in a coach within 3 years?

Noticed something looking at the SEC streak from from 06-12/13*

Every coach that won or played for a NC in that 8 yr stretch did so at least within their first 3 years as the HC. Some did after also but they all did right off the bat

06. UF. Meyer. 2nd year
07. LSU. Miles. 3rd year
08. UF. Meyer. 4th year*
09. UA. Saban. 3rd year
10. AU. Chizik. 2nd year
11. UA. Saban. 5th year*
12. UA. Saban. 6th year*
13*. AU. Malzan. 1st year
- last SEC team in NC game

Saban did take 4 years at LSU in 03, but he won the SEC and had a top recruiting class in 01.

- Richt has been steady but hasn't
Improved upon his early success at
UGA (last SEC title 05?) still what
We knew he was within a few
years
- chizik flashed then burned (knew
Who he really was by yr 3)
- Malzan might be following chizik
- Meyer was losing his team after 09
But we still saw his potential within
3 yrs
- miles best 3 yr stretch was 05-07
Followed closely by 10-13, might
Be in another great stretch now.
- saban has always been saban but
Doesn't have bama quite as pretty
As that 09-2012 dominance at the
Moment
- ole ball coach at USC was solid
for a good little stretch but is tailing
off obviously

Basically what I'm getting at is what recent coach has slowly and steadily built his program to excellence, or basically trended up not down over the long haul? It seems to me you know what you have by yr 3

And all of those coaches listed besides miles went to their programs coming off of bad years that got their predecessors fired: for when people talk about it taking time to turn around bad programs. Maybe that's why they are "bad programs," they will never win anything.

And yes this question came to me in the "freeze is the next saban" thread. Don't want to start that thread over again bc this is freeze' make or break year I guess (4th yr) so I won't argue that one