Better college coach (1 Viewer)

[cdogg]

currently and why?

 

[Saintman2884]

Its a tricky question, but right now its Tuberville. I know I am an Auburn fan but he has probably the most tenured staff in the SEC right now, he has good people working for him and for that gives him a advantage over Saban. Tubs if he keeps it up, will be the best Auburn HC ever if he has 5, 6 more winning seasons. and we have had some good HC's at auburn, dogg. Pat dye comes to mind. Saban has to start over again with a new program at Bama and huge expectations. Tuber ville has been at Auburn for 10 years and is a proven commodity, he won 3-4 MNC's at Miami as a Assistant HC in the 80's and 90's. that kind of tells you something their about the company the man keeps and who taught him the basics of football.

 

[cdogg]

They've gone head-to-head 6 times. Tommy is 4-2.

 

[st dude]

Tuberville is a better gameday coach than Saban. Saban is a better recruiter, which is an important part of coaching. Both are in the top five or ten coaches in the country.

 

[JimEverett]

Saban has won a national title.
But Tuberville has had an undefeated season - that is a wash IMO.

Tubs has 1 SEC championship, Saban has 2
Tubs leads head-to-head 4-2.

I'd say its close.
Tubs is better value, and has achieved perfection, I'll go with him.

 

[VVextreme]

Saban has won a national title.
But Tuberville has had an undefeated season - that is a wash IMO.

Tubs has 1 SEC championship, Saban has 2
Tubs leads head-to-head 4-2.

I'd say its close.
Tubs is better value, and has achieved perfection, I'll go with him.

ask ANY fan if they would rather a championship or a perfect season.... there is no way thats a wash!

Saban also has more SEC championships, and IMO that means more than the head-to-head match-ups, especially when considering a lot of those losses came while he was rebuilding programs (LSU and Alabama) but Tubbie already had his program at a high level.

Saban has accomplished much more with drastically less time in the SEC. The only thing that makes this close is that Saban torched his reputation and might be more likely to bolt his school. Judging by the last recruiting class, that hasn't affected his recruiting.

I have to vote for Saban. Tubbie is a pretty good coach, but never has made it to the next level. Even while Alabama was terrible, Tubbie couldn't really take advantage of it fully and dominate.

 

[joshlaw1976]

ask ANY fan if they would rather a championship or a perfect season.... there is no way thats a wash!

Saban also has more SEC championships, and IMO that means more than the head-to-head match-ups, especially when considering a lot of those losses came while he was rebuilding programs (LSU and Alabama) but Tubbie already had his program at a high level.

Saban has accomplished much more with drastically less time in the SEC. The only thing that makes this close is that Saban torched his reputation and might be more likely to bolt his school. Judging by the last recruiting class, that hasn't affected his recruiting.

I have to vote for Saban. Tubbie is a pretty good coach, but never has made it to the next level. Even while Alabama was terrible, Tubbie couldn't really take advantage of it fully and dominate.

Regarding undefeated season vs championship: to be honest, Tubbs just had bad luck that yr b/c OU nad USC were preseason 1 and 2 and never lossed. LSU had 1 loss the yr they won it. I say it is a wash.

I believe that Saban is probaly the best coach but youve got to give Tubbs credit for going undefeated in the SEC, something Saban has not accomplished.

 

[VVextreme]

Regarding undefeated season vs championship: to be honest, Tubbs just had bad luck that yr b/c OU nad USC were preseason 1 and 2 and never lossed. LSU had 1 loss the yr they won it. I say it is a wash.

I believe that Saban is probaly the best coach but youve got to give Tubbs credit for going undefeated in the SEC, something Saban has not accomplished.

But Saban did beat OU in the championship game... Tubbs didn't play a championship game that year and beat lessor quality opponents. Squeeking by VA Tech in the bowl is a lot different than beating a very dominate USC team that year. Either way, call it luck or whatever you want, but Saban brought home the crystal ball... I'd trade a perfect season for a 1 loss championship season any day, and so would pretty much any other fan.

I give Tubbie his credit though, he's done a great job. I just gotta go with Saban on this one. Hopefully for Tubbs, Saban has damaged his reputation enough that they will at least be equal now. Guess we'll see.

 

[joshlaw1976]

But Saban did beat OU in the championship game... Tubbs didn't play a championship game that year and beat lessor quality opponents. Squeeking by VA Tech in the bowl is a lot different than beating a very dominate USC team that year. Either way, call it luck or whatever you want, but Saban brought home the crystal ball... I'd trade a perfect season for a 1 loss championship season any day, and so would pretty much any other fan.

I give Tubbie his credit though, he's done a great job. I just gotta go with Saban on this one. Hopefully for Tubbs, Saban has damaged his reputation enough that they will at least be equal now. Guess we'll see.

I say that when LSU beat OU for the trophy that OU was a lesser quality opponent. No way should OU had played in that game.

 

[VVextreme]

I say that when LSU beat OU for the trophy that OU was a lesser quality opponent. No way should OU had played in that game.

That's easy to say in retrospect, but the fact remains that OU was one of the top 3 teams no matter how you look at it. Before the game, everyone was saying that OU could be one of the most dominate teams in NCAA history. They weren't a slouch, but LSU played extremely well that game.

VA Tech definitely wasn't one of the top 3 teams, because the top two (allegedly) were already playing in the championship game, and the third would have been Awbarn. I don't recall where Va Tech was ranked for that game, but it definitely wasn't in the top 3 and it definitely wasn't a championship game. (I believe Awbarn played Va Tech that year in the sugar bowl, but correct me if I'm wrong.) But I do remember that Awbarn barely squeeked by to win that game. However a win is a win, so that's all that counts. But you can't compare beating Va Tech with going out there and beating USC in a championship game. (I am pretty sure USC won it that year against OU?)

 

[Saintman2884]

EXtreme, the issue I have with that season is that Auburn never got a shot at the title. WE were laughed at, ridiculed, called not good enough to be in the title game. No matter what you think of the V-tech game, they low balled us and they gave us an insulting second place game next to the Title game. It angers me off that we busted our arses all that year, had a great team in Cadillac and Ronnie Brown, and Jason Campbell. We never got a fair shake and that in itself hurts. Auburn was screwed point blanked, even Bama fans admitted it later on to our own faces as well. The BCS went with the popular thing to do, it did not do the right thing.

Thats the truth and its hurts some people to say it or admit but its very apparent that we won those games and went 13-0.

 

[VVextreme]

EXtreme, the issue I have with that season is that Auburn never got a shot at the title. WE were laughed at, ridiculed, called not good enough to be in the title game. No matter what you think of the V-tech game, they low balled us and they gave us an insulting second place game next to the Title game. It angers me off that we busted our arses all that year, had a great team in Cadillac and Ronnie Brown, and Jason Campbell. We never got a fair shake and that in itself hurts. Auburn was screwed point blanked, even Bama fans admitted it later on to our own faces as well. The BCS went with the popular thing to do, it did not do the right thing.

Thats the truth and its hurts some people to say it or admit but its very apparent that we won those games and went 13-0.

I don't think Awbarn would have won the NC, but I definitely think they deserved to be there. Unfortunately we'll never know. Anytime you go undefeated in the SEC, you deserve to be in the NC, end of story. Awbarn, you guys have a right to be ticked. As an SEC fan, I'm also ticked about that one.

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