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Message: [QUOTE="Shrmdougluvr, post: 5545588, member: 396"] That's because there are only like three or four coaches that actually matter. The rest are just banking on timing and luck. Saban, Meyer, and Harbaugh win everywhere (and the last two cheat). Kirby Smart is pretty close, but he's only ever had to do it at one school, with everything stacked in his favor ([I]see also[/I] Dabo Swinney [until recently]. Time will tell on guys like Day, Cignetti, and Freeman. The rest, just a roll of the dice. A smart AD will hire some up and comer from a lower level school for pennies on the dollar and then "give" that coach what it would cost to hire a Kelly or Franklin to buy players (let's be honest, it isn't NIL). I don't think Fran Brown is a very good coach (maybe he'll get there - he's green and growing). But he's about the best recruiter there is, which makes up for some of the University's resource deficiencies. [/QUOTE]