"Nick Saban has worked wonders getting Alabama to No. 1"

[WALL-E]

Nick Saban has worked wonders getting Alabama to No. 1

By Alex Scarborough
Published December 03, 2014, 07:30:06 AM

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Take away the titles, the rings, the tradition. Take away the fact that it’s Alabama. Take away that it has four- and five-star recruits everywhere you turn. Strip away the trappings of expectations and look for a second at what Nick Saban has done, and not the nearly $7 million he's earning and all that denotes. Instead, look closely at the team he had in the spring, the team he rode hard through the summer and fall, and what’s become of that team now. Read more...

[Chechem]

Good stuff.

[Catch Prothro]

According to Phil Steele’s annual Combined Experience Chart, Alabama ranked 107th out of 128 in a formula that breaks down the returning experience of every two-deep depth chart in college football.
 

[2Stater]

Whether it was molding Blake Sims into a championship-caliber QB, shaping a young defense into one of the country’s best, or wading through the treacherous waters of the SEC West, this has been the best coaching job of Saban’s career.

And to think it started with one of the most off-the-wall hires in recent memory.

When Saban brought in the radioactive Lane Kiffin to run his offense, it was met with a chorus of boos. Those who didn’t shout down the idea were simply too dumbfounded to have an opinion. It was The Odd Couple, only with higher stakes.

Kind of boggles the mind, doesn't it?

[Chechem]

Whether it was molding Blake Sims into a championship-caliber QB, shaping a young defense into one of the country’s best, or wading through the treacherous waters of the SEC West, this has been the best coaching job of Saban’s career.

And to think it started with one of the most off-the-wall hires in recent memory.

When Saban brought in the radioactive Lane Kiffin to run his offense, it was met with a chorus of boos. Those who didn’t shout down the idea were simply too dumbfounded to have an opinion. It was The Odd Couple, only with higher stakes.

Kind of boggles the mind, doesn't it?

Yep.  But it's been fun.

[2Stater]

Whether it was molding Blake Sims into a championship-caliber QB, shaping a young defense into one of the country’s best, or wading through the treacherous waters of the SEC West, this has been the best coaching job of Saban’s career.

And to think it started with one of the most off-the-wall hires in recent memory.

When Saban brought in the radioactive Lane Kiffin to run his offense, it was met with a chorus of boos. Those who didn’t shout down the idea were simply too dumbfounded to have an opinion. It was The Odd Couple, only with higher stakes.

Kind of boggles the mind, doesn't it?

Yep.  But it's been fun.

And still is. 

[Chechem]

Whether it was molding Blake Sims into a championship-caliber QB, shaping a young defense into one of the country’s best, or wading through the treacherous waters of the SEC West, this has been the best coaching job of Saban’s career.

And to think it started with one of the most off-the-wall hires in recent memory.

When Saban brought in the radioactive Lane Kiffin to run his offense, it was met with a chorus of boos. Those who didn’t shout down the idea were simply too dumbfounded to have an opinion. It was The Odd Couple, only with higher stakes.

Kind of boggles the mind, doesn't it?

Yep.  But it's been fun.

And still is.  

Fun to go back to August and read the threads about what we expected.
Everyone wanted to see "Kiffin's offense", and many expected OJ to be the star.

[SUPERCOACH]

I expected a huge year for Henry.

[Chechem]

I expected a huge year for Henry.

True.  He seems a step slow getting started.

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