re: Name one positive aspect of having Kalen Deboer as head coach

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Well if you can hire someone that has already won a NC in conference they already have regional scouting/ connections networks in place.

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Doesn't really seem to matter these days based on the current recruiting rankings. The schools and such are going to have many of those things in place already with boosters etc.

I think you just gotta be someone who is just really bad at recruiting to frick it up at this point. Especially with all the free agency.

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Yes the services didnt exist to that extent, but coaches recruiting hard for HS players is not new. There are literally Bo Jackson recruiting stories

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Yes of course, but again Saban was not known as being the best recruiter at the time. He obviously got good players, developed them and won with them, but I don't think he would have been pulling in #1 classes at LSU if they were ranking them back then.

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One time maybe but the rest were just to frick with you.

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Yeah, but it's about what his reputation and such was before being hired.

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Not really. If you find someone that fits all of those ingredients that's a homerun hire from day one today.

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Well that's basically Kirby Smart and nobody else at this point. And that would be a much bigger hire than Saban was at the time Saban was hired since he's seen as the guy that's best been able to apply what he learned from Saban.

I think the best you can do is find a guy who's improved the programs he's been at. The more success they've had, the better but it's going to be a matter of what is available. That was really all Alabama had when they hired Saban, and it's the same formula applied when hiring DeBoer. Rich Rod also fit that description at the time, so it's just a matter of seeing how things turn out.