re: Shoop vs Saban vs Patterson vs Venables vs chavis (massive stat post)

Unfortunately, how can you possibly compare them when they play completely different strength of schedules and types of offenses? Did their team control time of possession and limit defensive snaps?

Perhaps a more meaningful analysis would be to compare the defenses against the opposing offenses averages. Say, did he hold them to 100 yards below their average total, did they average only 3.2 yards per play against his defense while averaging 5 yards per play for the season against other power 5 teams, etc.