Next Saban possibly. Spurrier and Saban should never be used in the same sentence. I'm not referring to their W-L record. Cignetti's manorisms and team discipline is much more Sabonesque! That said, he is a bit cocky - Spurrioresque. Maybe your right!
The strength of the opponent is in the eye of the beholder.
I remember in the '80s when the scoreboard would light up "Fire Ant Defense" during the opponent's third down plays on offense. Though Joe Lee's defense was called "Black Death" I believe.
Donati was the catalyst here; he showed he could be a difference maker in snagging a high quality OC. Beamer showed his limitations when he hired Shula. Give Beamer credit for holding the line on recruiting.
I also think the AD has everything set up for a smoother HC change should it be necesssry.
I bet the deal is to give Shane and Kendal get 2 years to show what they can do.
I'd use "consistently" instead of "continually." I don't think anybody is going to go out there and win 8 games every single year at Carolina, at least not in the near future, and not against a 9-game SEC schedule. What might be possible, however, is to average 8 wins over a number of years: Win 10 games one year, 6 the next, 8 the year after that, then 9, then 6 again, then 10 again, etc. I think this is especially true in the current era where a program can have a completely different team one year to the next.
Cignetti is too old to be the next Saban. Even if he were younger, I'd take the under on him being the next Saban.
But mincemeat against the good teams that had time to prepare. Tommy Hodson is still completing hot-route passes against that defense, at least in his dreams.
Agreed. I am only suggesting he is like Saban in the way he manages his team / distractions. I watched an interview with him yesterday. He said his team's only practice 1.5 hours a day in Tuesday Thursday and a 30-45 min walk through on monday and friday. Very efficient. He also said he has had most of the same coaches for the last 6-8 years. Some were only asking 8k before Indiana at a lower level school. Happy for all of them.
Or maybe it's the result of him knowing his butt is on the line for the first time? Back when his first staff was assembled, one of the new hires commented that we weren't hiring a bunch of SEC re-treads. Turns out there is a reason teams hire coaches who have done it before.
He was on Saban’s staff the first couple-few years at Alabama. He’s said he learned more in that time than all previous jobs combined about how to run a program. He’s very Sabanesque in his approach, probably much like Kirby Smart is. With Saban’s influence the word “process” gets used much more by coaches but few of them really pull it off with that level of precision.
