Originally posted by Blueprint_21
Rothlesburger is gonna be as highly coveted at manning. a lot of experts say Rothlesburger will go BEFORE manning. so we have no shot at him unless we trade up (both guys).
i don't want Saban... he's a college coach, and other then stoops i don't want one. i would prefer people who've been in the NFL for years.
Saban has been in the NFL.
While I understand the hesitancy some have about bringing in a college coach and agree to SOME extent I also have to point out another side. Some coaches that have been in the NFL as assistants for years don't work out either.
I think the risk might very well be equal in taking an assistant level NFL coach and a college head coach for a head NFL job.
Either one could flop. You have to go by the individual, their leadership style, the talent they had to work with and the results they attained with that talent.
If you have a head coach that is laden with a talent rich roster every year, he might not be able to deal with the "parity" of the NFL. See the idiot coach Barry Switzer from OU that took over the Cowboys........ That guy was a character right out of the Looney Toones cartoons although he did manage to win a super bowl with a stacked roster before destroying the team!
If a coach has shown he can win with lesser or equal talent and build a team up then why not take a hard look at him?
Saban took a team that had really fallen off the radar and taken a turn for the worse in the SEC. They were losing recruits and getting worse by the year.
It seems he's turned everything around there and from what I've read he immediately upgraded LSU's play with less talent than rivals that they were playing. That to me says alot. If someone gets a team winning with lesser talent it's a sign of good coaching.
I don't know alot about Saban other than what I've read. I haven't followed LSU football until this issue came up.
From what I've read on him though I sure would'nt count him out just because he is a college coach now.