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re: Kirby says Alabama 2012-2015 would beat the dog out of these teams now
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:22 pm to Frac the world
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:22 pm to Frac the world
Cool,
How bout the 2026 version coached by an $87 million coach?
Is this a, "we were great, once" thread?
How bout the 2026 version coached by an $87 million coach?
Is this a, "we were great, once" thread?
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Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:26 pm to dstone12
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Is this a, "we were great, once" thread?
It beats a "never was" thread.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:44 pm to Frac the world
Likely the last time any college team has a similar run of dominance. Seems highly unlikely in today's environment.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:05 pm to RollTide1987
Go ahead and list off them 'Never Was's for me. I might agree with you.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:21 pm to Frac the world
So when he had immensely more talent than everyone he could win. That’s ultimately what Kirby and bama fans are saying.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:26 pm to lsupride87
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So when he had immensely more talent than everyone he could win. That’s ultimately what Kirby and bama fans are saying.
ok yeah sure, but they didn't have some kind of unfair advantage in stacking talent, so not really sure that's much of a dig.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:28 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:Oh really? Then why can they bo longer stack talent?
yeah sure, but they didn't have some kind of unfair advantage in stacking talent, so not really sure that's much of a dig.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:36 pm to lsupride87
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Oh really? Then why can they bo longer stack talent?
Because the greatest cfb coach off all time isn't the coach anymore,
and there is a thing called a transfer portal, making players much less likely to sit in the depths of a roster to wait their turn,
and it is legal to pay players now, thus allowing schools with the most money to easily poach good players off of other rosters.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:39 pm to lsupride87
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So when he had immensely more talent than everyone he could win. That’s ultimately what Kirby and bama fans are saying.
well...yeah. LSU will never field another team as good as ones they've put on the field prior ot NIL/portal either. It's not just bama/uga it's pretty much any of the big boy schools.
But development goes hand in hand with talent as far as success and saban and kirby are two of the best to ever do it in that regard. Kirby (and saban) made their living by first recruiting like hell and getting talent on campus, but then coaching and developing the shite out of them so that they were hell on wheels as upperclassmen. Now that isn't possible because the 5* elite studs that aren't in line to start by the start of their sophomore year will bolt for another team that will pay them more and promise them a start, and the 3* guys that would get coached up in the before-times feel like they won't ever start so they bolt for somewhere else too.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:05 pm to BigAL Golesh
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* = on probation for cheating and should not have been eligible for post season
No, I was more joshing about backing into the 2011 and 2017 games.
"This was THE most DOMINANT dynasty in the HISTORY of TIME!
Please ignore the fact that we waited on teams to lose so that we could have the media help place us in the final game."
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:23 pm to Frac the world
So, I'm assuming that he would say that 2011 LSU, 2012 Texas A&M, 2013 Auburn, and 2014 & 2015 Ole Miss would beat the dog out of today's teams as well.
Good to know.
Good to know.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:30 pm to StringedInstruments
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backing into the 2011 and 2017 games.
Yeah backing into both those games was total bullshite, they didn't even win the SEC West and they make the playoff, so dumb
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:31 pm to Gatorbait2008
Don’t forget 2011 lsu. That defense could score.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:32 pm to Funky Tide 8
After NIL, the greatest cfb coach ever couldn’t do it when he was still coaching.
Facks bees dis.
Y’all know yall paid for play, we know yall paid for play and by George Washington, Alabama staff knows yall paid for play. Everybody good paid for play.
Facks bees dis.
Y’all know yall paid for play, we know yall paid for play and by George Washington, Alabama staff knows yall paid for play. Everybody good paid for play.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 2:37 pm to Frac the world
It’s almost like the main teams who were paying massive money to create a competitive roster depth had the best teams of all time. So strange…nah im sure it was just the winning culture. Not the cash and cars
Posted on 5/1/26 at 3:14 pm to BurgTiger
If you were winning, you were spending. Same as it is right now. It’s just a lot more now and bama ain’t got them funds.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 3:15 pm to Frac the world
Joe Burrow would rip any team from that era to shreds.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:29 pm to StringedInstruments
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Please ignore the fact that we waited on teams to lose so that we could have the media help place us in the final game."
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Auburn fan
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:55 pm to skrayper
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Saban did not put up with cheating, he did not need to pay players, they wanted to be coached by the best.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:31 am to pgaddxn
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If you were winning, you were spending. Same as it is right now. It’s just a lot more now and bama ain’t got them funds.
Bama’s football and basketball coaches salaries combined are the highest in the NCAA.
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