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Is Bill Snyder the greatest CFB coach of all time?

Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:07 pm
Posted by MetArl15
Washington, DC
Member since Apr 2007
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Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:07 pm
I realize there was a similar discussion recently, but it's hard to not continually recognize how phenomenal the guy as been. He took one of, if not the worst program in collegiate sports and turned it into a consistent winner that perennially contends for bowl games that pre-Snyder the program never dreamed of reaching. He leaves for a few years and it goes back into the tank. He returns and rights the ship almost immediately.

If Snyder was ever scooped up by a traditional power that could consistently recruit elite talent would he have multiple national championships to his credit? Or is his success dependent on bringing a unique approach to a school that will more or less remain out of the limelight? Either way, Snyder's career is nothing short of genius.
Posted by ohiovol
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:07 pm to
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Is Bill Snyder the greatest CFB coach of all time?


No
Posted by ssgtiger
Central
Member since Jan 2011
3283 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:08 pm to
Maybe the most underrated coach of alltime,but not greatest
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:08 pm to
Bear Bryant took one of the worst programs in the country at the time, won an NC within 4 years, won 8 out of 10 outright SEC titles in the 70s, and 6 NC's overall. So no.
This post was edited on 9/24/12 at 6:09 pm
Posted by happyhappyjoyjoy
Packer/Suns fan too
Member since Apr 2011
2947 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:09 pm to
The guy should be up there. It's like he has some magic power that turns Kstate from a laughing stock to a team you don't frick with.
Posted by Broseph Barksdale
Member since Sep 2010
10571 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:13 pm to
He is in the discussion. Top 5. Top 10 for sure.
Posted by Interception
Member since Nov 2008
11089 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:15 pm to
He is one of the greatest of all time.
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37349 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:15 pm to
I think Saban has to be at or near the top. The man is hated by everyone outside of Gumpland, but you cannot argue with his record the past 15 years in college football.
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
33969 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 6:30 pm to
Snyder's a great, great coach but I've always felt that it's far more difficult to have a good program and get it over the hump to win championships than it is to take a bad program and make them decent. I mean Frank Beamer built Virginia Tech program up from nothing. Is he in the running to be the greatest CFB coach of all-time too?
Posted by tigerpimpbot
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Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 9/24/12 at 7:18 pm to
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Is Bill Snyder the greatest CFB coach of all time?



I have him ranked around 16. He took a shite school and made a consistently good program out of them. But, c'mon man. The GOAT?
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 7:20 pm to
Snyder > Bear
Posted by makinskrilla
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jun 2009
9728 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 7:27 pm to
lol, no. but hes a damn good one. definitely deserves more respect than say beamer, et al.
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
32497 posts
Posted on 9/24/12 at 8:07 pm to





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