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Top 5 best hires in SEC history

Posted on 4/23/24 at 7:45 am
Posted by TheFourHorsemen
Next door to Ric Flair
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 7:45 am
1. Bear Bryant
2. Nick Saban
3. Robert Neyland
4. Steve Spurrier
5. Kirby Smart

Not top 5 but quality important hires
Pat Dye
Urban Meyer
Fulmer stabbed Majors in the back while on his death bed but great hire anyway .
Gene Stallings
Nick Saban LSU
Vince Dooley

Who else

Posted by lsudave1
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 7:47 am to
I think Saban needs to be in the top 5 twice. Him getting hired at LSU changed college football forever in multiple ways.
Posted by RelentlessTide
Member since Feb 2020
3535 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 7:49 am to
Not top 5 but quality important hires
Pat Dye
Urban Meyer
Fulmer stabbed Majors in the back while on his death bed but great hire anyway .
Gene Stallings
Nick Saban LSU
Vince Dooley

One is not like the others
Posted by FlyDownTheField
Member since Dec 2013
1881 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 7:58 am to
You didnt add

Auburn hiring Cam Newton
Alabama hiring the refs
Posted by RelentlessTide
Member since Feb 2020
3535 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 7:59 am to
Auburn buying Cam Newton
Alabama buying the refs

Corrected
Posted by theballguy
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:03 am to
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You didnt add

Auburn hiring Cam Newton
Alabama hiring the refs


This is how it's done
Posted by bamameister
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:06 am to
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1. Bear Bryant
2. Nick Saban
3. Robert Neyland
4. Steve Spurrier
5. Kirby Smart


25 years of service and bringing ALABAMA to national prominence once again, plus, navigating through segregation as the AD as well. Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant was the perfect coach for the time.
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:10 am to
No John Vaught for quality important hires?

Are you sure you're an Ole Miss fan?



Posted by Leto II
Arrakis
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:12 am to
No arguments there.
Posted by Landmass
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:17 am to
Johnny Vaught
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:37 am to
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1. Bear Bryant
2. Nick Saban
3. Robert Neyland
4. Steve Spurrier
5. Kirby Smart



That is a solid list. Each were the right fit at the right time for their programs to take them to a whole different level.
Posted by Nate Forrest
Member since Apr 2024
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:41 am to
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Fulmer stabbed Majors in the back while on his death bed but great hire anyway .

You are either a moron or a liar. I suspect equal parts of both.

Majors was not "on his death bed". He was back on the job for 8 games. He was fired at the end of the regular season. He also lived another 30 years.

Johnny got drunk at a big dinner function for mega-donors and administration. He showed his arse royally. His words and actions crossed way over the line.

Johnny's best friend, a man with things on campus and a scholarship named after him, came home and poured himself a drink. Told his daughter, "Johnny just lost his job."

Johnny was history in short order. Nobody stabbed his drunk arse in the back. He fell on his empty whisky bottle and stabbed himself.

Maybe you should learn what you are talking about before running your ignorant mouth.

You are as bad as the Bammers hollering, "Fulmer snitched out Alabama." No, Spurrier snitched out Bama with an assist from Houston Nutt. Fulmer simply testitfied and corroborated the story.
Posted by Godawgs4
Member since Aug 2016
4564 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:49 am to
Quote

“Johnny Vaught”

This was a huge hire in the SEC and in the State of Mississippi. Prior to 1947, State was the better football program. However, from 1947-1973 (And I know he was retired in 1971-72) Ole Miss was 21-2-4 against State.
They won a half of dozen SEC titles and were consistently in the upper half of the conference.

It finally ended when the Kinard brothers conspired to keep Bob Tyler from replacing Vaught. Tyler later became the HC at State in 1973 and the Ole Miss dominance came to an end. The MS Supreme Court packed with OM judges ensured that Tyler did not remain at State for the long term. But that is a story for another day.

Had Tyler been named HC at Ole Miss in 1971, they would have continued to dominate Mississippi and would have been a top tier SEC program for another quarter century. As he was only in late thirties then.

Johnny Vaught was definitely one of the best SEC hires ever.


Posted by TheFourHorsemen
Next door to Ric Flair
Member since Jul 2021
3610 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:07 am to
Before the surgery his life was on the line. The surgery saved his life.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 9:08 am
Posted by Maytheporkbewithyou
Member since Aug 2016
13144 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:09 am to
No Chaad Morris? List is shite!
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:09 am to
quote:

Fulmer stabbed Majors in the back while on his death bed but great hire anyway .




Majors was an amazing UT guy...but he forced Dickey's hand after coming back from his heart surgery. He lost games he shouldn't have lost, then dared Dickey to fire him (which he did). Johnny Majors is a legend in my mind, but he didn't help himself and Fulmer took the opportunity that was presented to him. Remember...Dickey fired Majors and hired Fulmer as HC.
Posted by bamameister
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Member since May 2016
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:12 am to
Nothing like getting the scoop from the horse's mouth.

When asked about his last year at Tennessee, Majors replied:

"You mean the season of my ignominious demise? The season when, while I was recovering from my heart surgery, a few people whom I won’t name were operating on my back."

Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
71063 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:16 am to
Since this is all football

1. Bear Bryant
2. Nick Saban LSU
3. Nick Saban Alabama
4. Kirby Smart
5. Urban Meyers

Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23932 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:28 am to
quote:

1. Bear Bryant 2. Nick Saban 3. Robert Neyland 4. Steve Spurrier


You can’t but Kirby in this group. He’s not a legend.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
32529 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:41 am to
Honorable mention was Lou Holtz to SC.


He raised the flag high enough for spurrier to see it.
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