re: Spoelstra more important to those Miami championship teams than anyone

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Yeah, Kirby's been outcoached by Saban quite a few times but that doesn't discount the fact that he's the best coach in CFB right now and already well on his way to being one of the all-time greats.

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Kirby has 2 NCs. He is already in rarified air.

Add to that he won those in an era where you have to earn it on the field.

Here is a list of coaches with 2 or more rings (excluding Kirby).

1 Nick Saban 7 LSU (2003), Alabama (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020)

2 Bear Bryant 6 Alabama (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979)

3 Woody Hayes 5 Ohio State (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970)

4 Bernie Bierman 5 Minnesota (1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941)

5 Frank Leahy 4 Notre Dame (1943, 1946, 1947, 1949)

6 John McKay 4 USC (1962, 1967, 1972, 1974)

7 Urban Meyer 3 Florida (2006, 2008), Ohio State (2014)

8 Walter Camp 3 Yale (1888, 1891, 1892)

9 Howard Jones 3 USC (1928, 1931, 1932)

10 Tom Osborne 3 Nebraska (1994, 1995, 1997)

11 Knute Rockne 3 Notre Dame (1924, 1929, 1930)

12 Barry Switzer 3 Oklahoma (1974, 1975, 1985)

13 Glen "Pop" Warner 3 Pittsburgh (1916, 1918), Stanford (1926)

14 Darrell Royal 3 Texas (1963, 1969, 1970)

15 Bud Wilkinson 3 Oklahoma (1950, 1955, 1956)

16 Dabo Swinney 2 Clemson (2016, 2018)

17 Pete Carroll 2 USC (2003, 2004)

18 Bobby Bowden 2 Florida State (1993, 1999)

19 Dennis Erickson 2 Miami (FL) (1989, 1991)

20 Joe Paterno 2 Penn State (1982, 1986)

21 Ara Parseghian 2 Notre Dame (1966, 1973)

22 Bob Devaney 2 Nebraska (1970, 1971)

23 Earl "Red" Blaik 2 Army (1944, 1945)

It looked like Spo got annoyed at Bam for saying they watched a movie pregame when Ernie was interviewing them on the court. Then Spo grabbed Ernie with both arms and changed the subject when Ernie asked Spo what movie they watched. It was such an odd exchange.

Spo is such a great success story. Started at the bottom of the barrel and worked his way to the top of his profession.