[StanUSwagU]

Just had to state: [Very much enjoying the posts of OutsiderFan & BostonCard]:


Coach JimHarbaugh turned around StanfordFootball on all fronts [W-L, Getting to the Jan1 BCS OrangeBowl, Recruiting, etc], so lets look at a few of his characteristics , and see if any of the coaches being bandied about match those characteristics:

Not that this is the entire story, but:

(1).  Played in the NFL
(2).  Starred at a Major BigTime College Program [Michigan]
(3).  Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind [EUTM]
(4).  Charismatic
(5).  Stated Slogan/Mission for Stanford Football was something like 'We will reclaim our rightful place atop CollegeFootball & Bow to no other program !'

[All these things make you a magnet for Blue Chip High School Recruits ...and a big part of success at CollegeFootball is Recruiting]

Do any of the names being bandied about, meet these 5 criteria ?

(Yes, I realize some College Football Coaches have had success without the above 5 characteristics, but were they able to take a 2win program to a BCS level; for example CoachShaw won a lot of games, but he didn't have to as a HeadCoach, Turn around a 2 win program into a 10 or 11 win program ...as CoachHarbaugh did).

How many of those criteria did Nick Saban check off when he took over a crappy Alabama program that was both in turmoil and on probation? Any?

“Roll Tide.”  Mike Price……

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CardCrimson:

(Good question, I will try to explain):

I think Saban meets criteria 3,4,5 above.

The reason I mention criteria 1 and 2 is that if you have a Coach who 'Played in the NFL' & 'Starred at a BigTime CollegeFootball Program' ....it is that 'extra magnet/cache/evidence' of 'the university being 'Serious about BigTime CollegeFootball' ....for a program that maybe 4&5 star* recruits 'don't perceive as being 'Serious about BigTime CollegeFootball'

Recruits (even in the down years of Alabama) knew Alabama was 'Serious about BigTime CollegeFootball' ...hence they don't need a Coach to have criteria 1 and 2.

[StanUSwagU]

Just had to state: [Very much enjoying the posts of OutsiderFan & BostonCard]:


Coach JimHarbaugh turned around StanfordFootball on all fronts [W-L, Getting to the Jan1 BCS OrangeBowl, Recruiting, etc], so lets look at a few of his characteristics , and see if any of the coaches being bandied about match those characteristics:

Not that this is the entire story, but:

(1).  Played in the NFL
(2).  Starred at a Major BigTime College Program [Michigan]
(3).  Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind [EUTM]
(4).  Charismatic
(5).  Stated Slogan/Mission for Stanford Football was something like 'We will reclaim our rightful place atop CollegeFootball & Bow to no other program !'

[All these things make you a magnet for Blue Chip High School Recruits ...and a big part of success at CollegeFootball is Recruiting]

Do any of the names being bandied about, meet these 5 criteria ?

(Yes, I realize some College Football Coaches have had success without the above 5 characteristics, but were they able to take a 2win program to a BCS level; for example CoachShaw won a lot of games, but he didn't have to as a HeadCoach, Turn around a 2 win program into a 10 or 11 win program ...as CoachHarbaugh did).

How many of those criteria did Nick Saban check off when he took over a crappy Alabama program that was both in turmoil and on probation? Any?

“Roll Tide.”  Mike Price……

*********

CardCrimson:

(Good question, I will try to explain):

I think Saban meets criteria 3,4,5 above.

The reason I mention criteria 1 and 2 is that if you have a Coach who 'Played in the NFL' & 'Starred at a BigTime CollegeFootball Program' ....it is that 'extra magnet/cache/evidence' of 'the university being 'Serious about BigTime CollegeFootball' ....for a program that maybe 4&5 star* recruits 'don't perceive as being 'Serious about BigTime CollegeFootball'

Recruits (even in the down years of Alabama) knew Alabama was 'Serious about BigTime CollegeFootball' ...hence they don't need a Coach to have criteria 1 and 2.