Started By
Message
Nate Oats is the best hire not named Nick Saban this University has ever made.
Posted on 3/23/25 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 3/23/25 at 7:55 pm
Just an unreal coach we have to keep doing whatever it takes to keep him.
17
Posted on 3/23/25 at 8:03 pm to mistaken4193
I can only assume you mean the best hire this century or maybe in the last 50 years because there’s this guy that came along in 1958…..
Posted on 3/23/25 at 8:03 pm to mistaken4193
No Question. Love me some Wimp. But you are correct.
Posted on 3/23/25 at 8:05 pm to JustGetItRight
quote:
I can only assume you mean the best hire this century or maybe in the last 50 years because there’s this guy that came along in 1958…..
I was going to say...
Posted on 3/23/25 at 8:11 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Probably can throw in Sara Patterson as well. Number of championships she’s won is really incredible.
Posted on 3/23/25 at 8:50 pm to hwyman108
Patterson was an amazing hire but from an exposure standpoint in a sport that turn a profit it is far more important to hire a great basketball coach.
Posted on 3/23/25 at 9:02 pm to Sandkhan
Yeah ok
Posted on 3/23/25 at 9:23 pm to mistaken4193
Bear, Saban Oats are all up there on a level of their own.
Posted on 3/23/25 at 9:25 pm to mistaken4193
Greg Byrne
Posted on 3/23/25 at 9:48 pm to mistaken4193
No cap!!
Posted on 3/23/25 at 9:53 pm to mistaken4193
Neither were conceivable without Paul William Bryant.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 5:31 am to mistaken4193
Um, there was a dude named Bear.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 9:34 am to mistaken4193
I love Oats, but Bear Bryant built Alabama. His aura extends even till this day
Posted on 3/24/25 at 9:51 am to mistaken4193
i agree 100% and I shite on him when the hire was announced. I gladly have egg on my face.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:27 am to JackieTreehorn
Best hires at Alabama. Lots of Championship winning coaches but all of these changed the culture AND won
1. Nick Saban
2. Paul Bryant
3. Sarah Patterson
4. Nate Oats
5. Wimp Sanderson
1. Nick Saban
2. Paul Bryant
3. Sarah Patterson
4. Nate Oats
5. Wimp Sanderson
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:52 am to UASports23
Wallace Wade could be added to this list based on impact to the culture.
RTR
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:54 am to passthetylenol
Yep.
I think a lot of folks sleep on Sarah Patterson but damn what a coach. She needs a statue/building named after her..
ETA: To clarify, she has Champion Plaza named after her but I think she deserves more
I think a lot of folks sleep on Sarah Patterson but damn what a coach. She needs a statue/building named after her..
quote:
6 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championships (1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012)
8 SEC Titles (1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2014)
29 NCAA Regional Titles (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Coached 23 NCAA Individual champions[1]
Coached 40 SEC Individual champions
Coached 4 NCAA Top VIII Award winners
Coached 62 athletes to 277 All-American honors[1]
Coached 71 athletes with 175 Scholastic All-American honors (since 1991)
4 Time SEC Women's Gymnastics Coach of the Year (1985, 1995, 2000, 2010)
4 Time NCAA Coach of the Year (1986, 1988, 1991, 2002)
ETA: To clarify, she has Champion Plaza named after her but I think she deserves more
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 11:57 am
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:39 pm to UASports23
That Stallings dude was pretty good too
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:29 pm to mistaken4193
How quickly we forget even a colossus like Paul Bryant. SMH.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:38 pm to passthetylenol
quote:
Wallace Wade
The Wallace Wade and Thomas hires in succession put southern football on the map, not just Bama football.
Without Thomas, there may not have been a Momma to call Bryant back home.
1. Saban
2. Bryant
3. Oats
4. Wade
5. Thomas
Honorable mentions: Patterson (great coach but it's not a big 3 sport); Stallings (stalled what could have been a prolonged collapse... or at least delayed one); Newton, Sanderson
Page 1 of 2
Latest Alabama News
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News