re: Is Alabama's dynasty just LUCK?

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BowlJackson
There's always a degree of luck involved when you have that much success, to say otherwise is just arrogant.

But its not possible to have that much success and sustain it at an elite level over such a long period of time and have it be JUST luck. To suggest that is 100x more stupid than to say there was none.

But I will say that Bama's dynasty had a huge outside boost right at the very beginning that doesn't get talked about and a positive impact on the start of their dynasty.
That's the media coverage of Saban and Bama. Right from Day 1 ESPN and all the sports media outlets, and all the local media immediately anointed Saban as the savior, immediately proclaimed Bama as back. People get annoyed by how the media blows Saban and Bama now, but it was just as bad if not worse at the start when everything was still new. Everything that Saban did, every single recruit that committed, it was all over covered and ESPN was basically just 24/7 coverage of giving Saban blow jobs.

We all know Saban is probably tGOAT, but I think even the most homer of Bama fans will admit that Saban wins by having more talent than anybody else, and that what makes Saban elite is his ability to stockpile all that talent.
Thats why it was so huge that the media immediately created that perception for Saban and Bama. There's no telling how much of an instant impact that had on the recruiting trail and how much faster that allowed Saban to build his powerhouse.

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