📝 The Nick Saban Recruiting Method

[Joe]

"Recruiting is far from a science, but Alabama coach Nick Saban just seems to have a method that works.


Saban's extremely disciplined and thorough approach worked at LSU, where he won a national championship, and is working for the Crimson Tide, which has had top-three recruiting classes since 2008 and won the national championship in 2010. However, maybe even more telling is the fact that coaches who have worked under and learned from Saban, such as Kevin Steele at Clemson, Derek Dooley at Tennessee, Will Muschamp at Florida and Jimbo Fisher at Florida State, are using his method and having success.


"I base everything off what I did with Nick [Saban]," Muschamp said. "We really identify the critical factors of each position. We are looking for size and speed on film, character and work ethic. All of these intangibles are part of the evaluation process for each position. We know exactly what we want to fit into our scheme in that mold." Read more here.

 

[UAgrad93]

i listened to him answer a question on recruiting last night and I really enjoyed his response. The question dealt along the lines on kid wanting early playing time and so forth. Saban said that when a kid comes in asking about early PT that he asks them if they are better now than what they were as freshmen? The response is better now. He then asks what makes you think you won't be any better in your third year than right now? He said that too often, a kid later regrets a decision simply because he went to a school that promised early playing time as opposed to earning his stripes.