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If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...
Posted by hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 10:53 am
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0I put together a chart of coaches that have beat Saban multiple times since he came to the SEC (2000)
Coach wins vs Saban Current Employer
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Tuberville 4 US Senate
Gus Malzahn 3 UCF
Les Miles 3 unemployed
Steve Spurier 3 Head Ball Coach
Hugh Freeze 2 Auburn
Dabo Swinney 2 Clemson
Urban Meyer 2 Fox Sports
Mark Richt 2 ACC Network
Houston Nutt 2 CBS Sports
Hugh might have been the only option on this list that made any sense.
Coach wins vs Saban Current Employer
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Tuberville 4 US Senate
Gus Malzahn 3 UCF
Les Miles 3 unemployed
Steve Spurier 3 Head Ball Coach
Hugh Freeze 2 Auburn
Dabo Swinney 2 Clemson
Urban Meyer 2 Fox Sports
Mark Richt 2 ACC Network
Houston Nutt 2 CBS Sports
Hugh might have been the only option on this list that made any sense.
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by Leto II 
on 11/30/22 at 10:55 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 10:55 am to hailstatetateI'm more worried about beating Georgia. frick, Harsin damn near beat Alabama last year.
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by idlewatcher on 11/30/22 at 10:56 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 10:56 am to hailstatetateYou're forgetting an oaf in Orgeron
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE on 11/30/22 at 10:57 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 10:57 am to hailstatetateAs for me I want to beat all the teams in our schedule. I’m sure every other team that has Bama on their schedule really wants to beat them. Uga is one that I would like to get a win against more than Bama at this point.
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq 
on 11/30/22 at 10:59 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 10:59 am to hailstatetatequote:
Gus Malzahn 3 UCF
Would have been a good hire, IMO
This post was edited on 11/30 at 11:00 am
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by Leto II on 11/30/22 at 11:01 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
on 11/30/22 at 11:01 am to Sl0thstronautEsqquote:
Would have been a good hire, IMO
Y'all would love that!
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq on 11/30/22 at 11:04 am to Leto II
on 11/30/22 at 11:04 am to Leto II
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by deltaland on 11/30/22 at 11:17 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 11:17 am to hailstatetateCroom beat Saban once
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by BamaGradinTn on 11/30/22 at 11:18 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 11:18 am to hailstatetatequote:
I put together a chart of coaches that have beat Saban multiple times since he came to the SEC (2000)
Coach wins vs Saban Current Employer
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Tuberville 4 US Senate
Gus Malzahn 3 UCF
Les Miles 3 unemployed
Steve Spurier 3 Head Ball Coach
Hugh Freeze 2 Auburn
Dabo Swinney 2 Clemson
Urban Meyer 2 Fox Sports
Mark Richt 2 ACC Network
Houston Nutt 2 CBS Sports
You guys had to go and fire Croom and deprive him of the opportunity to get his 2nd.
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re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by BradJ88 
on 11/30/22 at 11:24 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 11:24 am to hailstatetateFor Auburn to have a shot at glory, they'll have to be able beat 2 out of Alabama, Georgia and LSU every season. With Freeze, I don't see that happening.
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by Santa Would not Quit on 11/30/22 at 11:31 am to hailstatetate
Two years from now Auburn will lamenting why they said no to Les Miles
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by Notrub14 on 11/30/22 at 11:39 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
on 11/30/22 at 11:39 am to Sl0thstronautEsqI mean the obvious response to the Malzahn comparison is Ole Miss v. Auburn. But does that hold up once you consider the recruits/talent Hugh was bringing to Oxford? He was getting top tier talent to Oxford and it's not clear that he will be able to recruit better to Auburn than he did to Ole Miss.
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by Leto II on 11/30/22 at 11:45 am to Santa Would not Quit
on 11/30/22 at 11:45 am to Santa Would not Quitquote:
Two years from now Auburn will lamenting why they said no to Les Miles
He was never an option at Auburn
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by AUreo on 11/30/22 at 11:54 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 11:54 am to hailstatetateMakes sense and we almost beat them last year with Harsin and our third string QB who was banged up… I am more focused on beating UGA actually….
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by PJinAtl on 11/30/22 at 11:59 am to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 11:59 am to hailstatetateThere are 8 active head coaches that have wins over Saban during his time at Alabama.
Five of those 8 are in the SEC.
Three of those 5 are in the SEC west.
Five of those 8 are in the SEC.
Three of those 5 are in the SEC west.
This post was edited on 11/30 at 11:59 am
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He was getting top tier talent to Oxford
Ole Miss Recruiting Rank
2012: 48*
2013: 8*
2014: 15*
2015: 17
2016: 5*
Freeze had two top-10 classes.
* He was also forced to vacate 27 wins from four of those seasons due to ineligible players.
This post was edited on 11/30 at 12:06 pm
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by AUreo on 11/30/22 at 1:32 pm to hailstatetate
on 11/30/22 at 1:32 pm to hailstatetateThis cycle is very weak with respect to the HC candidate pool... Fickell, Freeze, Rhule (overrated), and technically Kiffin... that's it.
I guess Auburn could have hired another no-name G5 coach (Harsin 2.0) and I am sure SEC fans would have loved it... (promoting Caddy was never an option and yes, I am sure that many SEC fans were hoping for this scenario)...
I guess Auburn could have hired another no-name G5 coach (Harsin 2.0) and I am sure SEC fans would have loved it... (promoting Caddy was never an option and yes, I am sure that many SEC fans were hoping for this scenario)...
This post was edited on 11/30 at 1:34 pm
re: If Auburn wanted to hire a Coach that knows how to beat Saban...Posted by SingleMalt1973 on 11/30/22 at 1:43 pm to paperwasp
on 11/30/22 at 1:43 pm to paperwaspquote:
Freeze had two top-10 classes
pretty damn good considering this was OM fanbase…
This post was edited on 11/30 at 1:44 pm
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