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Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:18 pm to 14&Counting
Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:18 pm to 14&Counting
Saban is doing it in a much more competitive era.
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:57 pm to TbirdSpur2010
I started going to games in the 60s. Both coaches are the best in there era. I thought CPB would never be equaled. What CNS has done is unprecedented. He will one day be acknowledged as the GOAT. No Bama fan will ever forget what Bryant means to the school, just that there is a new sheriff in town.
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:04 pm to cardboardboxer
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Amen. Nick is a perfectionist. Bear was just a bully
You all owe it to yourself to get informed about Coach Bryant. He was a driven perfectionist and also a coach that was completely flexible and honest. Era of small fast players stops, recruit big fast ones. Passing offense not working, go to wishbone. White players not good enough, recruit black players.
He was a completely original person who knew more about football than anyone alive. He was also a consummate judge of human character, and had the ability to forecast the probility of success of a young assistant coach. In his own words he had the ability to lift some players up, calm others down, until they all moved to the same heartbeat... a team.
And he never made excuses, never blamed his players, never hesitated to sit his best player for violating the rules, see Joe Namith, Ken Stabler, et. al. He did not take a damn "team vote" either.
I recommend you all read his book. Y'all will be completlety entertained and you will finish with renewed appreciation. I was fortunate enough to meet him many times. He was a great man in every sense... the only man other than General Omar Bradley and General William Westmoreland I ever met that made me want to automatically stand at attention.
And a whoever thinks that was a less competitive era doesn't know squat. The teams did not have internet reruiting services and digging top players out was a search. Didn't matter, Coach developed them in the true sense of the word. It is different eras...but do not underestimate how Coach Bryant was in the details like Saban... or like Frank Thomas for that matter.
This post was edited on 1/19/16 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:04 pm to Herman Frisco
Saban might be the greatest college football coach of all time but Bryant will always be the greatest Alabama coach ever. Always. Great admiration and appreciation for Saban and all he's accomplished in such a competitive era. But Bryant will never be overshadowed by those of us who remember him stalking those sidelines like a big cool cat.
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:04 pm to Herman Frisco
Bear will always have the longevity. He kept Bama dominant over a 25 year period and showed great adaptability.
Saban has done more in less time and a more difficult time. He'll probably break Bryant's NC count. Along with many records but some he won't because he won't have the time to compile
Saban has done more in less time and a more difficult time. He'll probably break Bryant's NC count. Along with many records but some he won't because he won't have the time to compile
Posted on 1/20/16 at 1:36 am to Irons Puppet
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Another look at me moment by the Crimson Cult.
The whole world has been looking at us without our coaxing since January of 2007.
How's the view from down there?
It's good to be King.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 1:38 am to roguetiger15
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man, frick air
It's the air of a slaughterhouse and chemical plant rolled into one.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 2:41 am to genro
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Bear will always have the longevity. He kept Bama dominant over a 25 year period and showed great adaptability.
Saban has done more in less time and a more difficult time. He'll probably break Bryant's NC count. Along with many records but some he won't because he won't have the time to compile
Pretty much it in a nutshell.
Its late/early so i will ramble for a minute. Don't know if you saw the video on ESPN yesterday (Monday) of Saban playing Pop-A-Shot with a recruit (@ somewhere like a Dave & Busters and someone took a cell phone video) but when I saw that and then thought about Junction Boys, I just thought man, how times have changed.
BTW, they said Saban won the game.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 5:49 am to cardboardboxer
And we won't stop. And we can't stop. We're coming for your daughters, next year, LSU fan. Go ahead and get those thick, cajun hawgs buttered up for us.
This post was edited on 1/20/16 at 5:56 am
Posted on 1/20/16 at 6:42 am to SummerOfGeorge
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This must be how Augustus felt
And so, is the NCAA playing the role of Livia?
Posted on 1/20/16 at 8:41 am to Jacknola
How many BAMA teams that did not win the poll championship would have made a four team playoff? He might have won a couple of more who knows.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 9:18 am to roguetiger15
quote:I'll bottle it and sell it to you, if youd like.
man, frick air
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