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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 298082, member: 204"]
Nick Saban the genius was a failure with the Dolphins - when the rules are the same - when the money is the same - when the access to talent is the same, he and Pete Carroll are average coaches. 
 
I'm sure that Nick's daughter was an excellent baby sitter, and I'm sure he was a nice neighbor, but those attributes hardly support the notion that he is a genius. He is a very good college football coach - when he is at mega programs where there is a lot of money to help him accumulate talent.    
 
Chip Kelly did not develope the Oregon program. He is a beneficiary of a lot of money poured into the program by Nike and the work that Bellotti did.
 
Do I think Chip Kelly would have had more success with Ryan Nassib, Van Chew and the others on the SU offense?
 
No, I really don't. Sorry.
 
Chip Kelly cannot make Ryan faster or more accurate or a better long thrower.
 
And he can't make Van Chew stronger and better able to get off the line of scrimmage.
 
And, he can't make Antwan Bailey anything more than what he is.
 
As far as your valuation of talent is concerned, sorry, but nobody feels that ND or FSU or Miami has top five talent right now. They might have at one time - when they were very good programs, but that has not been the case for awhile.
 
I can't comment on Texas because I frankly do not know. But I do know that Mack Brown has had great success there and for the last couple of years has not had great success. Does that mean that for awhile he was a great coach and now is not?
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