OT - Nick Saban on Feherty

[knightfan7]

On the Golf Channel interview show Saban said that if the Dolphins front office had agreed to sign Drew Breese when he and Breese wanted he still might be Miami's coach.

Funny how on thing, unrelated to CFB has had such an effect on the sport. Who knows if Bama would have got back on top? If they hadn't, would there be an SEC network? Would the SEC still be considered the gold standard of CFB without a really good Alabama?

 

[babbs09]

Yea the implications of that are astounding. Would've literally changed history if that had happened. Brees never ends up with the Saints, they don't win a superbowl. New Orleans can't rally around the Saints after Katrina, so who knows how that all shakes out. The Dolphins could be a much better franchise then the nightmare they've become. Alabama goes elsewhere on the coaching search and presumably don't win multiple Natty's and change the landscape of CFB. Just a whole lot of butterfly effect stuff.

 

[knightfan7]

Yea the implications of that are astounding. Would've literally changed history if that had happened. Brees never ends up with the Saints, they don't win a superbowl. New Orleans can't rally around the Saints after Katrina, so who knows how that all shakes out. The Dolphins could be a much better franchise then the nightmare they've become. Alabama goes elsewhere on the coaching search and presumably don't win multiple Natty's and change the landscape of CFB. Just a whole lot of butterfly effect stuff.

Good post Babbs. I wasn't even thinking about the implications to the NFL. Apparently Breese failed the Miami physical but passed the New Orleans test. Saban still wanted him but was overruled by a front office with cap problems.

 

[demauroj]

New Orleans would have rallied around the Saints and regardless of if they were good.

 

[Caliknight]

Sounds like he is doing damage control from tarnishing his rep at the highest level.

He is king at the college level, but the pro guys look at him as a washout failure. Which he was. To blame on a single roster move is pretty weak.

 

[Scarlet_Monster]

Good post Babbs. I wasn't even thinking about the implications to the NFL. Apparently Breese failed the Miami physical but passed the New Orleans test. Saban still wanted him but was overruled by a front office with cap problems.

Which is hysterical because Culpepper who they signed instead of Brees somehow passed the physical despite having pretty much no knees.

 

[knightfan7]

Sounds like he is doing damage control from tarnishing his rep at the highest level.

He is king at the college level, but the pro guys look at him as a washout failure. Which he was. To blame on a single roster move is pretty weak.

Actually he did well his first year going 9-7 a year after the team went 4-12 (which is how Pitt ended up with Wanny). He beat Belichick twice. The Dolphins were in his words an old team with major salary cap problems. He had no room to bring in the players he felt he needed, Breese being #1. He went 6-10 in his second year. After he left they went 1-15 with Dante Culpepper at QB instead of Breese. If anything it was a franchise wide failure.

Not saying everything you said is wrong but he did see the handwriting on the wall.

 

[knightfan7]

Which is hysterical because Culpepper who they signed instead of Brees somehow passed the physical despite having pretty much no knees.

$$$?

 

[e5fdny]

Sounds like he is doing damage control from tarnishing his rep at the highest level.

He is king at the college level, but the pro guys look at him as a washout failure. Which he was. To blame on a single roster move is pretty weak.

Actually he did well his first year going 9-7 a year after the team went 4-12 (which is how Pitt ended up with Wanny). He beat Belichick twice. The Dolphins were in his words an old team with major salary cap problems. He had no room to bring in the players he felt he needed, Breese being #1. He went 6-10 in his second year. After he left they went 1-15 with Dante Culpepper at QB instead of Breese. If anything it was a franchise wide failure.

Not saying everything you said is wrong but he did see the handwriting on the wall.

I think both of you are right to some extent.

But it shows me what happens if you get the right guy at QB. Brees is, maybe the guy who replaced him in SD will be. But not yet.