re: Who is the better Coach? OBC or Saban. UT school of journalism article

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to attempt what Spurrier did

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South Carolina fan

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I really like Spurrier...but the answer is Saban and it isn't a close call. Saban has had more success against far tougher competition.

The old ball coach transform the defense at South Carolina more than he did the offense. No his Florida offense was something that the SEC hasn't seen before in them days

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I really like Spurrier...but the answer is Saban and it isn't a close call. Saban has had more success against far tougher competition.

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Which is more likely? Saban could have coached at Kentucky and led them to 3 straight top ten finishes and 11 win seasons, or Spurrier could have coached at LSU and won a few titles?

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He will be missed as a great coach and personality. Hopefully he finds a good TV gig.

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Actually, he is still employed by USC. He accepted the 'ambassador' position that was written into his contract as an option should he decide he wanted to stay on at Carolina, but in a different capacity.

This is a little of what was covered by the AP on 2/8/16:

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Steve Spurrier has a new role at South Carolina — special assistant to President Harris Pastides and Athletic Director Ray Tanner.

Spurrier resigned as football coach last October. He had a contract clause that allowed him to assume such a role if he wanted. Tanner said Spurrier recently accepted the position and has met with donors and boosters at a few basketball games this season.

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As to the Saban/HBC debate and looking at it in a completely objective manner, I'd have to say Saban.

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Which is more likely? Saban could have coached at Kentucky and led them to 3 straight top ten finishes and 11 win seasons, or Spurrier could have coached at LSU and won a few titles?

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I'm not sure about Kentucky, but I think Saban could have led South Carolina to 3 straight top ten finishes and 11 wins seasons, particularly if they had won 9 games and been ranked as high as 10th the year before he arrived. More importantly, I think he would have built a more consistent winning program in the following years.

I mean Saban won NCs at two different schools and revived both of them so...................

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I'm not sure about Kentucky, but I think Saban could have led South Carolina to 3 straight top ten finishes and 11 wins seasons, particularly if they had won 9 games and been ranked as high as 10th the year before he arrived.

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The year before Spurrier arrived we finished 6-5, the two prior years to that we were 5-7 and 5-7. So not really sure what you are talking about.

This is just a false dichotomy. Saban's career trajectory isn't the same as Spurriers, and since the question implicitly requires that we analyze them in direct correlation (because if we analyze hardware, Saban beats Spurrier like a rented mule,) there's no way to reach a reasonable consensus.

I do wonder at how much someone saying Saban built on Stallings actually knows about CFB. A dozen years, three different coaches and absolutely cripping sanctions separate the two regimes. It's like saying Spurrier built on Doug Dickey's work at UF. (One could easily say he built on Galen Hall, though, who really is one of the more underrated/lesser-known coaches in SEC history.)