"If you had the No. 1 recruiting class in the country every year [you'd win like Nick Saban]," an anonymous coach told Chip Patterson of CBSSports.com. "He shows up at every single game with a better roster than the teams he's playing."
"If you count cheating and getting the best players in the country as part of running a program, he's the best in the country," the coach added. "It's like saying an NFL coach is the best coach in the league if he gets 25 first-round picks every year."
According to 247Sports, Alabama finished with the No. 1 recruiting class in each season from 2011 to 2017 (that's 7 straight years). The disappointing 2018 class still ranked as the fifth-best one in the country.
The discussion on Saban came in a poll of the most overrated and underrated coaches in the country, with Penn State's James Franklin and Florida State's Willie Taggart tying as the most overrated with each getting 20 percent of the votes.
While Saban only received one vote for overrated, even that seems high for a coach who has a 132-20 record at Alabama with five national titles in the last nine years
LInk: https://syndication.bleacherreport....ban-for-cheating-alabamas-recruiting.amp.html
"If you count cheating and getting the best players in the country as part of running a program, he's the best in the country," the coach added. "It's like saying an NFL coach is the best coach in the league if he gets 25 first-round picks every year."
According to 247Sports, Alabama finished with the No. 1 recruiting class in each season from 2011 to 2017 (that's 7 straight years). The disappointing 2018 class still ranked as the fifth-best one in the country.
The discussion on Saban came in a poll of the most overrated and underrated coaches in the country, with Penn State's James Franklin and Florida State's Willie Taggart tying as the most overrated with each getting 20 percent of the votes.
While Saban only received one vote for overrated, even that seems high for a coach who has a 132-20 record at Alabama with five national titles in the last nine years
LInk: https://syndication.bleacherreport....ban-for-cheating-alabamas-recruiting.amp.html
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