The right coach can win anywhere, but there aren't many of those. Jimmy Johnson was just o.k. at Oklahoma State. Ditto for Saban at Michigan State.
Yep! And he was only good, not great, at LSU (yes I know he won a natty but the next year they dropped off considerably).
People forget that. If not for the absolute machine that bammer recruiting has been for the last 15 years, he wouldn't be the arrogant little shizzle he is, but I think with NIL that may be ending finally, or at least letting up a bit, which may be all it takes.