Re: That's because Saban doesn't look at his program as a

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That's because Saban doesn't look at his program as a

Dec 5, 2021, 10:48 AM

cradle to grave coaching development program. Saban doesn't typically promote position coaches to coordinator and then back-fill his position coaches from analysts and GA's already on staff at Alabama. Saban likes to bring in former head coaches and position coaches with lots of outside experience and spread them throughout his program. He loses a lot of coaches to other programs this way and his culture doesn't have as much of a "family" feel to it but one cannot argue with his results...

Dabo, on the other hand, has made Clemson into a developmental program in almost every facet - from the way he fills player vacancies (recruits vs using the transfer portal) to promoting within to fill coaching vacancies. If Dabo follows his trend, one can expect any potential DC and/or OC position to be filled from one of our position coaches, then have our position coaches vacancy filled by a GA or analyst already on staff. He seems to have the philosophy of growing coaching talent from within and then promote to a higher position when a vacancy occurs. When was the last time Dabo fired any coach on staff and went outside the program for replacement (Kevin Steele 10 years ago?). Time will tell if this is a good strategy or if it starts a downward trajectory for the program.