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I had the pleasure of being recruited by his staff and meeting him when he was at BG, I played and started against his 16th rank team . He revolutionized college football with his offensive schemes, he basically invented the RPO run pass option, while he was at Florida and OSU NFL coaches would network with him taking some of his college schemes and applying it to the NFL when possible. I never cared for his focus 3 positive culture bullshit and thought it was a giant scam. that focus 3 shit leaked its way into high school sports and school buildings , that company charges like 20 k for like 3 days of that bullshit training, a lot of administrators fall for it . A lot high coaching interviews are now more about culture and focus 3 concepts than your actual ability to coach, don’t ask me why I know all this, sore subject. Anyways I thought he had lost his mind and needed to say retired after leaving osu
 
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You guys know how I feel about the man! Lmao
Egotistical maniac IMO!
Great recruiter but so so coach and way over valued IMO
Can’t believe OSU took him back to be on as some board member.🙄
Good riddance 🤗👍🏻
 
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As soon as Day jumps to NFL, Urbz will be the head coach again, IMO
OMG, I hope not Ryan! At one time I was huge urb fan till I saw his coaching methods and playing faves with less talented players. I think all the fame went to his head. Saban is in a class by himself. Hims the best!
 
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OMG, I hope not Ryan! At one time I was huge urb fan till I saw his coaching methods and playing faves with less talented players. I think all the fame went to his head. Saban is in a class by himself. Hims the best!
Saban and urban are like the same person only Saban was a defensive guru the schemes he was running at Michigan St. revolutionized modern defense. Saban failed in the NFL as well, they are extremely similar both are like dictators and treat coaches and players like shit.
 

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Let me end with this, MOST (not all, Tressel treated his staff and players pretty well) really good high school, college and NFL coaches are absolute dicks and control freaks, it’s the nature of the beast running a football team is like running a big small business.
 

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both are like dictators and treat coaches and players like shit.

Some coaches yes, the shit ones. Players. No. I have never seen a player that doesn't like Saban. For Christ sakes he even got accidentally dimed out for always telling "deez nuts" jokes to players in practice. 😅.

Urban however. I knew he was a pompous arrogant prick 2 minutes after meeting him at a charity event at the zoo 9 years ago.
 
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Some coaches yes, the shit ones. Players. No. I have never seen a player that doesn't like Saban. For Christ sakes he even got accidentally dimed out for always telling "deez nuts" jokes to players in practice. 😅.
Saban treats(ed)his staff so bad that defensive players would take bets how long it would take Saban to scream at the OC in the middle practice in front of god and everybody. Before the transfer portal, Saban was famous for having huge recruiting big class every year, anyone that played or really understands college football knows that not how natural recruiting cycles worked. He would force guys out who didn’t pan out. This was a unwritten no no in the d1 world before the transfer portal, once a guy signed MOST coaches honored that for 4 years
 
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Yep. Before transfer portal Alabama was essentially getting 5 recruiting classed in 4 years. That was huge, especially when your classes were light years better than everyone else's. They're still better than everyone now most years
 
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Saban treats(ed)his staff so bad that defensive players would take bets how long it would take Saban to scream at the OC in the middle practice in front of god and everybody. Before the transfer portal, Saban was famous for having huge recruiting big class every year, anyone that played or really understands college football knows that not how natural recruiting cycles worked. He would force guys out who didn’t pan out. This was a unwritten no no in the d1 world before the transfer portal, once a guy signed MOST coaches honored that for 4 years

You don't win championships with a coaching staff that sucks or by babying grown men who are making big paychecks. Do the job or he'll find someone that will. He expects that his staff upholds a standard. Even assistants that have been good enough to become coaches themselves still struggle against him.

Recruiting is always a funny business. Some make it, some don't. Some ride the pine and suck up a spot, some go on to transfer. I can bet you one thing though. Never once did a player get forced to transfer who the next year won the natty, and the Heisman, and then played in a Superbowl.

Despite all that though. As long as someone is performing as expected he's a great coach, fuck around and find out though, or be a reporter and keep asking stupid questions and he's not so nice. 🤣
 
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As soon as Day jumps to NFL, Urbz will be the head coach again, IMO
No way this happens. UM got all the love he's gonna get with the current gig. I'd be pissed if this scenario did play out. I want Luke Fickell back. We have one, maybe two years for Day to leave and Luke to return. He's the only guy that's fit for the job unless Vrabel wants to come home.
 

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You don't win championships with a coaching staff that sucks or by babying grown men who are making big paychecks. Do the job or he'll find someone that will. He expects that his staff upholds a standard. Even assistants that have been good enough to become coaches themselves still struggle against him.

Recruiting is always a funny business. Some make it, some don't. Some ride the pine and suck up a spot, some go on to transfer. I can bet you one thing though. Never once did a player get forced to transfer who the next year won the natty, and the Heisman, and then played in a Superbowl.

Despite all that though. As long as someone is performing as expected he's a great coach, fuck around and find out though, or be a reporter and keep asking stupid questions and he's not so nice. 🤣
So you are agreeing that Saban is an absolute dick? I have no problem with playing for absolute dicks, typically things are really clear and easy to understand, perform or get fucked, I wish the real world was this cut and dried make my life a whole lot easier
 

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So you are agreeing that Saban is an absolute dick? I have no problem with playing for absolute dicks, typically things are really clear and easy to understand, perform or get fucked, I wish the real world was this cut and dried make my life a whole lot easier

Nope. I saying he is capable of being a dick, and is a dick, when people don't perform to expectation. That's different than walking around being a dick all the time to everyone. From everything I've read his players love him and he's is close to them in practice and on the field. He's not a CEO coach that only shows up to berate people.
 

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No way this happens. UM got all the love he's gonna get with the current gig. I'd be pissed if this scenario did play out. I want Luke Fickell back. We have one, maybe two years for Day to leave and Luke to return. He's the only guy that's fit for the job unless Vrabel wants to come home.
Vrabel is my pick with Fickell a close 2nd and neither of them better bring Kerry Coombs along or they lost a lot of credibility with me! Lol
Cheerleading, water boy or maybe equipment manager but he’d better not be anywhere near the coach or players. Lmao