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re: What timespan do you feel Nick Saban was at his best?
Posted on 12/7/23 at 12:32 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Posted on 12/7/23 at 12:32 pm to CapstoneGrad06
True they started slow and are younger. But it still doesn’t erase the fact they’ve been less dominant. I found these stats interesting:
Alabama’s Average yard’s per play to outgain SEC opponents ranked from Best season to Worst season:
1. 2011 (+3.00) National Champs
2. 2018 (+2.95) Runner-Up
3. 2020 (+2.79) National Champs
4. 2016 (+2.63) Runner-Up
5. 2012 (+2.56) National Champs
6. 2017 (+2.50) National Champs
7. 2019 (+2.33)
8. 2013 (2.24)
9. 2014 (+1.69) Semi-finalist
10. 2022 (+1.61)
11. 2009 (+1.26) National Champs
12. 2010 (+1.01)
13. 2023 (+0.97)
14. 2021 (+0.94)
15. 2015 (+0.92) National Champs
I put in BOLD the most recent three seasons which are all near the bottom. Interesting all six of the Top 6 teams in this statistic reached the National Championship Game…. While just two of the Bottom 9 teams in this statistic were able to do the same.
Obviously this Bama team is capable of winning it, even with these stats. But again, obviously not near as dominant as some of Saban’s earlier teams.
Alabama’s Average yard’s per play to outgain SEC opponents ranked from Best season to Worst season:
1. 2011 (+3.00) National Champs
2. 2018 (+2.95) Runner-Up
3. 2020 (+2.79) National Champs
4. 2016 (+2.63) Runner-Up
5. 2012 (+2.56) National Champs
6. 2017 (+2.50) National Champs
7. 2019 (+2.33)
8. 2013 (2.24)
9. 2014 (+1.69) Semi-finalist
10. 2022 (+1.61)
11. 2009 (+1.26) National Champs
12. 2010 (+1.01)
13. 2023 (+0.97)
14. 2021 (+0.94)
15. 2015 (+0.92) National Champs
I put in BOLD the most recent three seasons which are all near the bottom. Interesting all six of the Top 6 teams in this statistic reached the National Championship Game…. While just two of the Bottom 9 teams in this statistic were able to do the same.
Obviously this Bama team is capable of winning it, even with these stats. But again, obviously not near as dominant as some of Saban’s earlier teams.
This post was edited on 12/7/23 at 12:35 pm
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 12:37 pm to MizzouTrue
2009-2015
Posted on 12/7/23 at 12:39 pm to RollTide71
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Agreed. The team now compared to the beginning of the season is unbelievable.
This season is the best job coaching he's done.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 1:18 pm to MizzouTrue
Just to be different, I'll say his first year as a head coach. He took a 6-5 Toledo team the previous year, and turned them into a 9-2 team, reducing points allowed by nearly 100 points. First time head coaches don't usually hit the ground running like that.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 1:19 pm to MizzouTrue
2012 thru 2015
Posted on 12/7/23 at 1:20 pm to Tuscaloosa
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2015-2017 were his best stretch of teams, IMO
Weren’t people starting the GOAT discussion around the 2018 team before the title game happened?
Posted on 12/7/23 at 1:31 pm to TouchdownTony
I think last Thursday he’d been at his best.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 1:41 pm to MizzouTrue
15:00 first quarter to 00:00 fourth quarter
Posted on 12/7/23 at 1:51 pm to MizzouTrue
2011-2015 was when Alabama was the most scary and dominant. They’ve been great since, but that time period involved an air of invincibility that hasn’t been matched. Saban’s scariest teams were the rock hard defense and running game teams, not when he switched to offense. Defense first Alabama over offense-oriented Alabama is what terrified me the most.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 2:16 pm to AUTiger789
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trailed USF in the 2nd half
This never happened. 3-3 at halftime. 17-3 final.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 2:19 pm to rolltide32
So the committee saw what the playoff would look like with FSU playing a 3rd string qb and acted accordingly …
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