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blindexhibitionist t1_j3pdc2b wrote

At the same time Saban and Meyer failed as well. I hear what you’re saying but I don’t know if there’s a correlation there. I think at the time part of the idea was that he had experience running the type of offense the nfl was trying to switch too and he had experience with qbs who went on to be successful in the nfl. I do remember at the time there was questions about the hiring. I don’t know enough about football to fully understand it. But I don’t think his college winning percentage is necessarily one of those factors. I’m trying to think of other college coaches who had success in the nfl. Erickson did decent. Jimmy Johnson did really well. Belichick was an assistant in college. Schiano was shit. Louisville guy was a trash human. Was Mora college first? Anywho it’s an interesting thought experiment about what makes a college coach do well in the pros.

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njm1314 t1_j3q0wn6 wrote

Well that's the kicker though. Even guys who had massive success in college fail sometimes in the NFL. Nobody to my knowledge who was a clear failure in college however was a success in the pros, at least not in half a century.

Almost every coach has spent some time at the college level.

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Uffda01 t1_j3rrvhr wrote

no - the kicker is the guy who tries to put the ball through the goalposts.

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