Which reenforces what I have said about bammer all along.
1. Note the gap between them and number 2 is greater (by far!) than any other gap on the list.
2. This is even after a couple years where, for the first time in a decade, they had to settle for no. 2 in recruiting (though that's probably not a big drop off).
3. Saban is a good to very good coach, but he is an
exceptional recruiter. That understates it. He is the best recruiter in the history of sports by a country mile, period dot.
4. Not only is 3 sketchy, but we can be reasonably sure it wasn't 'just Saban'.
Bonus: Under the category of lack of self-awareness, Saban apparently thinks it's all his coaching ability. At least, based on how he acts.
Bonus 2: The recent inroads into bammer's (unreal and unbelievable and almost certainly corrupt) dominance in recruiting is ending as (a) uga cuts into it (Kirby learned from the master!) and (by far the biggest factor and thus the source of Saban butt-hurtedness), the NIL cuts deeply into it. He knows the jig is up!
Let me add in respect to Bonus 1, that Saban is surely aware how important the recruiting is to their success. My point is his public behavior of acting like the god of football, sneering arrogance, rudeness and incredible disdain for reporters does not reflect this awareness.
