Virtual Ninja
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I think when people say Saban flamed out in the NFL, that isn't completely accurate. He decided he hated coaching in the NFL because you have to rely on the front office to get talent. He wanted Drew Brees and the medical staff said shouldn't/couldn't pick him, and they wind up with D. Culpepper....who didn't recover from his knee injury. So instead of having a good team, they have a team that tries to use Joey Harrington and Cleo Lemon at QB and go 6-10 after 9-7 the first year.
The Dolphins were 4-12 the year before Saban and a total train wreck. The owner did not want Saban gone, and really, Saban just hated it. He had fllipped a 4-12 to a 9-7 in one year...then got a raw deal on FA QBs.
There is a lot to be said for the right QB falling into a coaches lap. If Bill B in NE hadn't have Tom Brady blossom what would have happened? Shanahan with and without Elway...if you don't have at least a solid QB in the NFL you might as well go play Texas Hold Em on weekends.
Pete Carroll went 7-9 and 7-9 first 2 years with Seattle....won big in the 3rd year. If the Dolphins had took Brees instead of DC, who knows what would have happened.
Carroll got THREE bites at the NFL apple....Saban took one bite and spit it out and said...I don't like Apples.
Saban is on his way to the greatest college coach of all time if he rings up another couple NCs.
Carroll went for having a varied resume and scratch an NFL itch and won a SB....but if he had stayed in college would he have survived the sanctions at USC? He really was just getting out ahead of the posse.
The Dolphins were 4-12 the year before Saban and a total train wreck. The owner did not want Saban gone, and really, Saban just hated it. He had fllipped a 4-12 to a 9-7 in one year...then got a raw deal on FA QBs.
There is a lot to be said for the right QB falling into a coaches lap. If Bill B in NE hadn't have Tom Brady blossom what would have happened? Shanahan with and without Elway...if you don't have at least a solid QB in the NFL you might as well go play Texas Hold Em on weekends.
Pete Carroll went 7-9 and 7-9 first 2 years with Seattle....won big in the 3rd year. If the Dolphins had took Brees instead of DC, who knows what would have happened.
Carroll got THREE bites at the NFL apple....Saban took one bite and spit it out and said...I don't like Apples.
Saban is on his way to the greatest college coach of all time if he rings up another couple NCs.
Carroll went for having a varied resume and scratch an NFL itch and won a SB....but if he had stayed in college would he have survived the sanctions at USC? He really was just getting out ahead of the posse.





