Recruiting is important, no doubt. But in my opinion there is more to Saban's success than just that.
Right. Not saying Saban isn't good at other aspects, and in fairness I forgot to mention he is also top shelf at developing talent, of the best if not the best around.
But...saying that in strategy/tactics, about like any other really good coach out there. And yes, we can point to his five NCs at bammer, and I will redirect to his performance at LSU, where his recruiting was not unusually good and his record was commensurate with that. In other words, his record was more like Malzahn is today. Which is my point.
Furthermore even Gene Chizik won the NC with a loaded team. Nuff said!