Great athletes are usually not successful head coaches........................

Recruiting Insider Board
#1

…so the sons of head coaches are rarely stars who are heavily recruited. Chandler Morris appears to be an exception to this rule. I am having a hard time thinking of any D-1 head coaches whose sons are or were top recruits. So, I don’t find a model or typical result for this situation. Usually, the head coach’s son is a walk-on, role player, who may be a future coach in the making, but not a top player or top recruit. There is no doubt that Chandler is worthy of a full scholarship at Arkansas. He could also be a very preferred walk-on (since his Dad can afford to pay his way) and that would free up a extra scholarship. So getting a commit from Chandler would be a two for one deal which makes it even more attractive. I hope he comes to help his Dad turn our program around. JMVVVVVVHO.

#2

Nick Saban comes to mind. For Morris, being the top of an Elite 11 program is remarkable, however.

#3

Did Saban have a son who is/was a high caliber recruit?

#4

[quote=“Hogmodo”]

Did Saban have a son who is/was a high caliber recruit?

[/quote]Nick was the son of the Buffalo Bills head coach. Nick was a fair athlete, not sure he was a “great athlete”, but he was also a coach at several colleges before he landed at MSU, LSU, etc.

#5

[quote=“daBoar”]

Wrong.

Lou Saban and Nick Saban are not related. Nick’s dad, Nick Sr., ran a Gulf station in rural West Virginia. Even if they had been related, Nick was not a highly sought recruit coming out of high school.

Here’s a good story on Nick’s relationship with his dad and his hometown.

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://bleacherreport.com/articles/275 … compliment”>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2750674-like-father-like-son-for-nick-saban-theres-no-greater-compliment</LINK_TEXT>

#6

[quote=“SwineFusion”]

[quote=“daBoar”]

Wrong.

Lou Saban and Nick Saban are not related. Nick’s dad, Nick Sr., ran a Gulf station in rural West Virginia. Even if they had been related, Nick was not a highly sought recruit coming out of high school.

Here’s a good story on Nick’s relationship with his dad and his hometown.

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://bleacherreport.com/articles/275 … compliment”>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2750674-like-father-like-son-for-nick-saban-theres-no-greater-compliment</LINK_TEXT>

[/quote]Ooops. Thanks for the clarification.

#7

If you didn’t read the article on Sagan need to do so—wonderful article

#8

Saban

#9

It’s great to see a man willing to give and show they care for others! I still don’t like Alabama and hope that some day we can beat them.

#10