Brees would have Ted Ginn and crew, hahahaha. I don't think he'd be doing any better than what's gone on there. Maybe give Saban a couple of extra years.
I wouldn't say Saban is a horrible NFL coach, but I wouldn't call him great either. You two guys seems a bit polarized, find the middle. He did an OK job while he was with the Dolphins, but not great. He's not Sean Payton or Rex Ryan, but he's also not Pete Carroll (Who will fail miserably this year) or Bobby Petrino. FYI, I'm an LSU student - I fucking hate Nick Saban with the passion of a thousand fiery suns!!
^You're right, 33-31 ain't too bad. Still don't think it's gonna get better next season though. Petrino isn't even shit, he's worse than that. Even though I'm a Saints fan, I felt horrible for Arthur Blank. If you remember, they had him on MNF and he said "We think we have a coach that will be here for a long time." Next day: Pig suuuueeey. Douche.
As shitty as it was for them at the time it turned out to be one of the best things that could have happened to them