Shaq Says LSU Should’ve Paid Nick Saban More To Stay

by Staff Reporter

January 19, 20167 Comments

Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

Former LSU Basketball star and current NBA analyst Shaquille O’Neal had some interesting comments recently about Alabama head coach Nick Saban who coached at LSU from 2000–2004.

Shaq suggested during a recent podcast that if LSU would have paid Nick Saban more money to keep him in Baton Rouge instead of taking the Miami Dolphins head coaching job, then LSU would be at the same level as Alabama right now. Per NBCSports.com:

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“We had him at LSU first. If we would have paid him the money, that would be us right now,” O’Neal said. “Everything’s about money.”

“I am LSU. Love Shaq University. I know everything that goes on on those grounds,” O’Neal went on. “If the Dolphins offered him six [million] and LSU came back and said ‘hey, we’ll offer you 10,’ what do you think he going to do?”

See the full NBC Sports story here.

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STRIPES•99 months

LSU should have given him 10 million?

Spoken by someone who had the opportunity and money to
do just that if he had wanted to do it himself. Yet 11 YEARS
LATER he chimes in. No offense but move on.

STRIPES•99 months

Yawn.

Laman1978•99 months

Didn't he speak out in favor of Miles live on TV at the aTm game? Now he's saying we could have done better than Miles? Does he really "know everything that goes on on those grounds"?

I wish we'd kept Saban too, but don't get on live TV and act like you think so highly of Les if it isn't true. People acting like they know crap is partially what caused that whole fiasco in the first place.

themunch•99 months

If Shaq would have stayed in school LSU could have.....

EvrybodysAllAmerican•99 months

Hindsight's 20/20, Big Aristotle. But Saban was going NFL at some point and everybody knew it.

Hoovertigah•99 months

But Wilson left for less. Sometimes you want to leave just to go see what else is out there. Money isn't always the biggest factor.

Placebeaux•99 months

He is right. Take down the Skip Bertman statues.

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