Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
Retreads hit at about the same rate they miss. For every Lane Kiffin and David Cutcliffe there's a Kevin Sumlin and Tom Herman. You honestly just have to be desperate and willing enough to take the chance with a retread. You have to understand that the chances you crash and burn are equal to the chances you succeed at a high level. Ole Miss was desperate and willing enough to take that chance with Kiffin. We were desperate and willing enough to take that chance with Jackie. Both of those risks were wildly successful. Conversely, Auburn was desperate and willing enough to take the chance with Freeze. Kansas was desperate and willing enough to take the chance with Les Miles. Both of those were unmitigated disasters.
Yeah the retread success is not just about that either. The school, the fan base, leadership, talent, and other stuff has to be right.

Auburn was a mess when they hired Freeze. I'm not sure any retread would have worked there. Auburn is still a mess. Any other retread but Saban would have likely been a disaster at Bama but all the other stuff really lined up well at Bama at that time too.