[Red80]

The Tide will roll on. And on, and on. It's no mystery as to why and how. What, if anything, can Stanford football learn from this?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/15/opini...tball.html

That it’s quite nice to be able to have the top recruiting class in the nation every year?  Saban is a great coach.  But of course he never lines up against a team with superior talent.  Just like Urban M.  Until he went to the NFL and showed his limitations. Saban didn’t fare too well in NFL either.

I could only read part of the article, then the paywall hit.  I get that Saban brings in top level assistants, changes things up etc.  All well and good.  

And all possible because he has the best players in America every year.  As for his bringing in top level OC’s and DC’s do you think any would even consider Stanford?  

Comparing Alabama to Stanford is like comparing Filet Mignon to cube steak.  I don’t care how great a chef one is, the Filet will always be better…..

You want to find a comparison - look at what Wisconsin and Iowa do.  Year after year they win.  With good not great talent.  They do so by building top rate offensive lines and playing excellent defense.  They control clock.  They beat their opponents physically.  Then they run into OSU (when scheduled) and get waxed.  Why?  Cause OSU always has better athletes. (As a reminder the greatest offensive football mind of the last 60 years managed 7 points vs. USC in two years.  Cause SC was able to dominate physically.)

Couldn't agree more, Lex. And I firmly believe that it's the only way that Stanford will ever be relevant again in college football. Play-calling? New OC? It's laughable. Stanford needs to realign with what they once were under Shaw: The most physical downhill, violent running team in the country. It's how they won conference championships...in a league that was decidedly stronger than what it currently is.

[Red80]

The Tide will roll on. And on, and on. It's no mystery as to why and how. What, if anything, can Stanford football learn from this?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/15/opini...tball.html

That it’s quite nice to be able to have the top recruiting class in the nation every year?  Saban is a great coach.  But of course he never lines up against a team with superior talent.  Just like Urban M.  Until he went to the NFL and showed his limitations. Saban didn’t fare too well in NFL either.

I could only read part of the article, then the paywall hit.  I get that Saban brings in top level assistants, changes things up etc.  All well and good.  

And all possible because he has the best players in America every year.  As for his bringing in top level OC’s and DC’s do you think any would even consider Stanford?  

Comparing Alabama to Stanford is like comparing Filet Mignon to cube steak.  I don’t care how great a chef one is, the Filet will always be better…..

You want to find a comparison - look at what Wisconsin and Iowa do.  Year after year they win.  With good not great talent.  They do so by building top rate offensive lines and playing excellent defense.  They control clock.  They beat their opponents physically.  Then they run into OSU (when scheduled) and get waxed.  Why?  Cause OSU always has better athletes. (As a reminder the greatest offensive football mind of the last 60 years managed 7 points vs. USC in two years.  Cause SC was able to dominate physically.)

Couldn't agree more, Lex. And I firmly believe that it's the only way that Stanford will ever be relevant again in college football. Play-calling? New OC? It's laughable. Stanford needs to realign with what they once were under Shaw: The most physical downhill, violent running team in the country. It's how they won conference championships...in a league that was decidedly stronger than what it currently is.