re: How does an "elite" program get itself into a 4 year JJ/JL mess?

Ask Saban why he passed on Brees at Miami? It seemed everything Saban did at Miami turned to dung.

Everyone has to realize these are college athletes and not the NFL.
It's college football. After watching what JJ has done in past bowl games with over 5 weeks to prepare I thought he was going to be as fast as he was against Texas A&M last year since he had already played in games against Bama his entire career. JJ just laid a huge egg on Monday night. And he did not even take responsibility for his bad play from what I've read. I still think it all goes back to Bama lost the first game and LSU was not as motivated and angry as Bama. Happens all the time in sports. PAYBACK motivation.