Saban to Falcons?

Beastmode · 12-09-2018, 01:06 AM

Players hated him with a passion from what I read and the feeling was mutual. A lot of people forget he was not that great at LSU or Bama early on. It took a while to build that machine which is what he is good at; recruiting. He built the best NFL farm team. Commend him for recruiting but that's about it. He is a marginal sub standard coach which he proved in Miami.

burningmetal · 12-09-2018, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by Beastmode

Players hated him with a passion from what I read and the feeling was mutual. A lot of people forget he was not that great at LSU or Bama early on. It took a while to build that machine which is what he is good at; recruiting. He built the best NFL farm team. Commend him for recruiting but that's about it. He is a marginal sub standard coach which he proved in Miami.

He started out just fine at LSU, going 8-4 in his first season after the team was 4-7 the year before. He can coach and recruit. But recruiting is his strength. He isn't a genius as a coach. And he thought that being the head coach and GM in Miami would give him the same type of control that he had in college. He was very wrong. He got to make decisions, but the free agent market is a level playing field where EVERYONE pays for players, and everyone has a cap to limit them.

You can't give an NFL player a Dodge Charger to lure him in. If he wants one, he's already got one.

Beastmode · 12-09-2018, 08:03 AM

With an even playing field he is substandard to ok like most coaches. Could never have success in the NFL because he is too lazy to put in the work like Belechick. As he stated himself, worst years of his life working for Belechick because Belechick puts way more preparation into coaching and wins with mid to lower grade players for the most part.

burningmetal · 12-09-2018, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by Beastmode

With an even playing field he is substandard to ok like most coaches. Could never have success in the NFL because he is too lazy to put in the work like Belechick. As he stated himself, worst years of his life working for Belechick because Belechick puts way more preparation into coaching.

You'll get little argument from me about him being unwilling to put in the work that Belichick does. At least in the NFL. I just think he is not up for dealing with anything other than amateurs. He has a superiority complex, as clear as day. He gets very insecure and testy when he is questioned at all. Always talks down to his own fans (he did it at LSU, and still does it at Alabama) and complains about fans being entitled whenever they complain.

Well, some fans might be entitled, but it isn't his place to question the paying customers. All of this superiority goes away for him in the NFL, where he doesn't have the ability to control things, and he can't control the players, many of whom are richer than he is. This is why I never see him going back to the NFL.

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burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saban to Falcons? Originally Posted by Beastmode Players hated him with a passion from what I read and the feeling was mutual. A lot of people forget he was not that great at LSU or Bama early on. It took a while to build that machine which is what he is good at; recruiting. He built the best NFL farm team. Commend him for recruiting but that's about it. He is a marginal sub standard coach which he proved in Miami. He started out just fine at LSU, going 8-4 in his first season after the team was 4-7 the year before. He can coach and recruit. But recruiting is his strength. He isn't a genius as a coach. And he thought that being the head coach and GM in Miami would give him the same type of control that he had in college. He was very wrong. He got to make decisions, but the free agent market is a level playing field where EVERYONE pays for players, and everyone has a cap to limit them. You can't give an NFL player a Dodge Charger to lure him in. If he wants one, he's already got one. saintfan and Zippy2.0 like this.
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Beastmode 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,126	Re: Saban to Falcons? With an even playing field he is substandard to ok like most coaches. Could never have success in the NFL because he is too lazy to put in the work like Belechick. As he stated himself, worst years of his life working for Belechick because Belechick puts way more preparation into coaching and wins with mid to lower grade players for the most part.
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12-09-2018, 08:42 AM	#4
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saban to Falcons? Originally Posted by Beastmode With an even playing field he is substandard to ok like most coaches. Could never have success in the NFL because he is too lazy to put in the work like Belechick. As he stated himself, worst years of his life working for Belechick because Belechick puts way more preparation into coaching. You'll get little argument from me about him being unwilling to put in the work that Belichick does. At least in the NFL. I just think he is not up for dealing with anything other than amateurs. He has a superiority complex, as clear as day. He gets very insecure and testy when he is questioned at all. Always talks down to his own fans (he did it at LSU, and still does it at Alabama) and complains about fans being entitled whenever they complain. Well, some fans might be entitled, but it isn't his place to question the paying customers. All of this superiority goes away for him in the NFL, where he doesn't have the ability to control things, and he can't control the players, many of whom are richer than he is. This is why I never see him going back to the NFL. SmashMouth likes this.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.