Nick Saban:
Depending on your choice of team in this state, Nick Saban is either the greatest person on the face of the planet or the worst person ever. He is the most decisive coach in the league, there's a legitimate chance that he cheats on a regular basis, but there is no doubt that he's one of the best of all time. Pete Rose is baseball's Nick Saban. Rose is the game's all-time leader in hits, games played, and was the game's greatest hitter for 23 years over the 60's, 70's and 80's. The debate as to whether Rose should be in the Hall of Fame, on account of his lifetime ban for gambling on his own team.
Bret Bielema:
David Wells is the most accurate comparison to Bret Bielema I could come up with. Wells was a noted binge drinker and once got gout, yes gout, from eating too much meat and drinking too much. He's also not the smallest guy in the world, much like Bielema. My favorite fact about Wells would have to be the fact that he once threw a perfect game, which is the single hardest pitching accomplishment to achieve with a hangover. Think about that next time you have a miserable hangover in the morning, some guy threw a perfect game like this.
Gus Malzahn:
I may be biased, but Coach Malzahn is the Stan Musial of SEC Football. The only people who ever had anything bad to say about Stan The Man were Cubs fans. He was a better person than he was a baseball player, which is saying a lot because he is still to this day the greatest player in St. Louis Cardinal history. Gus has a chance to be the best coach in Auburn history, and he is an even better person, just like Stan The Man.
Dan Mullen:
George Brett is widely known for his outburst in Yankee Stadium for having too much pine tar on his bat. What people don't see because of that is how nice a person Brett is, and how good a ballplayer he was. Brett is one only 4 players with at least 3000 hits, 300 home runs, and a .300 career batting average. While he is definitely not the greatest player of all time, he does deserve some credit for his accomplishments, much like Mullen.
Hugh Freeze:
Quiet, unassuming, and an offensive powerhouse. Hugh Freeze is a dead ringer for Harmon Killebrew. Killebrew was one of the most feared sluggers in the American League in the 50s and 60s, but he was as quiet as they come. You could not find many people to say anything bad about Harmon, much like Freeze.
Les Miles:
Coach Miles is about as self assumed as they come, which is exactly like Rickey Henderson. Rickey was notorious for referring himself in the third person, which I can only imagine is thrown around a lot in the Miles household. The only thing more entertaining than watching Les coach a game is watching Les hold a press conference. It is must-see TV, much like when Rickey would hold his press conferences after breaking a record.
Kevin Sumlin:
The new kid on the block, Sumlin is comparable to Lou Brock. Sumlin, like Brock, plays at full throttle no matter who is on the other side. Sumlin wants to score as quickly as possible, much the stolen-base minded Brock. Not too worried about defense, both Sumlin and Brock are only worried about their next offensive turn.
