I'll say this, at one point Georgia and Notre Dame was pulling in heat, they could not smell the chip, until that one year ND fell into one, Clemson had talent for years, they finally had more, plus Dabo was smart enough to find great coordinators, and get out the way, but every year it was someone on their defense going 1st round.
Having top 5 class is good but this is not a black and white determining factor into great coaching, you really think Dabo had better athletes on that field than bama ??? 5 stars does not always equate to good talent, I feel a lot of them boys get that shyt off bias, half them 5 and 4 stars wash or never even sniff the league so were they really the number 4 (insert position here) recruit, coaching them boys up is way more important than the level they are classified, bar none nick is a defensive mastermind, he got that from belichec I think he gets the most out of his talents and puts his people in a position to shine because he never ask them to do what they can't, hell he sent so much regular ass talent to the league he needs to be in the homeboy hall of fame, it's literally a plethora of dudes who might not of hit the league if not for him.