Nick Saban (ex-HC Alabama Crimson Tide)

[gregorylee]

Imagine a locker room with Urban, Saban, and Dantonio for The Game. That might be 100 point hanging on tCun.

hmm, those three, more likely 42-0 with half of TCun leaving in an ambulance.

 

[BuckBackHome]

Source: Bama hires ex-U-M staffer ahead of CFP

Alabama has hired former Michigan assistant George Helow to its coaching staff ahead of the team's CFP semifinal matchup against the Wolverines, a source confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

Please let this be so Saban can just bury Harblaw in their game!

 

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[Zem]

Earle Bruce has one of the most impressive coaching trees in CFB that most non Buckeyes are unaware of.

Absolutely. Saban was OSU's DB coach in '80-'81, then moved onto Navy for some reason to coach their DB's. Dom Capers took over as DB coach the next season at OSU. Capers was one of the bigger names I hadn't realized coached under Earl until researching just now.

 

[3074326]

I didn't know that coaching tree, but damn. You guys weren't kidding. Bruce tree includes Tressel, Meyer, Saban, Dantonio, Glen Mason, Dom Capers, Pete Carrol. Insane.

 

[TDunk]

Someone needs to make a coaching tree thread. OSU in the last 40 years has to be crazy.

 

[gmen6981]

Knew about Sparty but I was today years old when I found out that Saban coached for the Buckeyes too.

Yep. DB coach under Earle Bruce in 1980-81

 

[BuckBackHome]

Absolutely. Saban was OSU's DB coach in '80-'81, then moved onto Navy for some reason to coach their DB's. Dom Capers took over as DB coach the next season at OSU. Capers was one of the bigger names I hadn't realized coached under Earl until researching just now.

Saban was fired by Bruce. He was part of a wholesale firing of the entire defensive staff at the end of a season.

 

[Trevi]

Saban was fired by Bruce. He was part of a wholesale firing of the entire defensive staff at the end of a season.

Did Bruce ever fire any special team coaches? Asking for a friend

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Did Bruce ever fire any special team coaches? Asking for a friend

That's obviously against NCAA bylaws or something.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Someone needs to make a coaching tree thread. OSU in the last 40 years has to be crazy.

I remember that at one point half the Big Ten were Woody disciples: Earle, Bo, Holtz (Woody fired him after one season for cheating though), the Wisconsin guy and the Indiana guy.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Nick Saban warns 'thunderbolt' will hit college football as NIL starts to resemble pay for play​

College football is in danger, according to the Alabama coach.

Nick Saban said Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) is a system without guardrails and "whoever's willing to invest the most has the best chance to have the best team" during his Thursday appearance on the Pat McAfee Show. The Alabama coach warns NIL and conference realignment will continue to spiral until a "thunderbolt" hits the sport and sparks change.

"[NIL] is going to continue in the same direction that it's going until something happens," Saban said. "There's going to be some kind of a thunderbolt. This is not a system that has any guardrails. Right now, it's a game of whoever's willing to invest the most has the best chance to have the best team… Name, Image and Likeness has turned into something very similar to [pay for play]."

Saban went in-depth on the pitfalls of NIL and conference realignment during his appearance, sharing concern the latter will hurt tradition for college football and other sports. He also touched on how Alabama managed signing day amid Rose Bowl prep and how his team looks ahead of the matchup with Michigan.

 

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