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How successful would Bill Belichick be at a big time CFB program?

Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:14 am
Posted by LProp1
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:14 am
Let's say he decided he wanted to try the college game and got hired at a LSU or Texas or USC. Do you think he would create a dynasty on par with Saban or would he struggle to adapt to college football and all that comes with it
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112370 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:15 am to
He would need good recruiters on staff
Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
49032 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:18 am to
He would dominate /thread
Posted by Spindicus Lofrus
Member since Oct 2014
814 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:20 am to
Belichick will look great in burnt orange. He's been spotted checking out houses at Lake Travis.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51715 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:23 am to
His system might be too much for college kids. Also, not sure how much he would enjoy recruiting.
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
40638 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:30 am to
He wouldn't be kissing arse to high school kids but he would be smart enough to get somebody else to do it for him.
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
79190 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:31 am to
i would love to see how he handles the prima donna 17 year olds.
Posted by mmjones87
we so cold
Member since Oct 2008
14206 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:36 am to
We will find out when LSU hires him
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
33966 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:41 am to
quote:

Let's say he decided he wanted to try the college game and got hired at a LSU or Texas or USC. Do you think he would create a dynasty on par with Saban or would he struggle to adapt to college football and all that comes with it


A lot of people compare Saban and Belichick but they're two very different coaches. Do you know that the last time the Patriots finished the season ranked higher in total defense than total offense was 2006? And the last season they finished the season ranked higher in scoring defense than scoring offense was 2009. Plus I can't imagine a Saban coached team ever throwing the ball 56 times and running it 14 times in a close game like Belichick did against the Broncos last year.
Posted by craigbiggio
Member since Dec 2009
31805 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 8:59 am to
Ehh he's kind of sloppy in regards to his cheating and he wouldn't have Kraft to save him in college.
Posted by Rand AlThor
Member since Jan 2014
9477 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 9:18 am to
I think that he would be dominant assuming that he could get some top tier recruiting coaches on staff. I think he is old enough now that he doesn't want to screw around with kids.

But he could definitely gameplan to destroy anyone in CFB if he had talent.
Posted by kmcmah1
Member since Mar 2009
1074 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 10:10 am to
For shits and giggles, imagine Popovich dealing with the drama in college basketball recruiting.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71515 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 12:28 pm to
Belichick would dominate. He, more than any other coach in the history of the NFL, is able to take pieces and make it a functioning football team.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22927 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 1:40 pm to
Belichick to LSU confirmed.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35628 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 2:04 pm to
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How successful would Bill Belichick be at a big time CFB program?


About as successful as Bill Walsh - not very successful.

Both cerebral coaches wrapped too much into the nuisance of the game. CFB is a relationship game...kids and mentors. You have to be able to relate.

Hell, by Belichick's standards...Bill Walsh would probably now be seen as hip and relatable.

Belichick on a recruiting visit...

Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
71412 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 6:17 pm to
He'd land his team on probation within three years.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35628 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 9:14 pm to
Bill Walsh when he retired was the greatest coach ever.

His first year at Stanford, the Cardinal went 10-3.

Then he had to bring in his own recruits...

They went 4-7 and 3-7-1 over the next two years with Walsh recruits.

There's no way in hell Belichick is having sleep-overs and tweeting prospects and calling them non-stop...and holding camps and doing in-home visits to the degree the best coaches do to get the players.

You can't just be..."look at my Super Bowl rings bitch!" Like Charlie Weis tried to be.

Oh, he was going to be so much smarter than everyone else...because of the Belichick tree.

College football isn't about schematic advantages or being smarter. It's emotion, young kids and recruiting, recruiting, recruiting. It's not game plans and micro-managing like the NFL where everybody pretty much as similar talent.

Bill Walsh found that out the hard way.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 10/4/16 at 9:33 pm to
I couldn't imagine him being a good recruiter.
Posted by Brazos
Member since Oct 2013
20362 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 2:34 pm to
Not everybody can recruit so he might not be all that good in the college game.
Posted by Goldrush25
San Diego, CA
Member since Oct 2012
33794 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 2:51 pm to
I dunno, Saban's even more of a tightass and he can recruit. I don't think BB would have issues there.

He gets grown men to buy in. That's much tougher than impressionable 17-18 year olds.

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Both cerebral coaches wrapped too much into the nuisance of the game


*nuance
This post was edited on 10/5/16 at 2:54 pm
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