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El Hombre de Moleculoso 
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Prairieville, LA
Member since Jul 2011
471 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 10:13 pm to biglego)
Twice, I believe. Wasn't he the coach in 2007?
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GeauxTigers18
LSU Fan
Member since Sep 2012
418 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 10:14 pm to biglego)
An SEC West title could not have generated the exposure our program has received in the last two games vs. Bama.
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GeauxTigers18
LSU Fan
Member since Sep 2012
418 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 10:15 pm to El Hombre de Moleculoso )
2 SEC championships as well.
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LSU GrandDad
LSU Fan
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
9528 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 10:33 pm to 3rdRowTailgater)
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This might be up there with Trindon at DE as the dumbest thing I've read on the rant.
not really. miles has a thing about saban and you would too if you followed him at LSU. hell, people are comparing miles to saban every step he takes. saban is his advesary whether he likes it or not. i believe that pushes miles more than anything else. productive people NEED challenges and these challenges stimulate the motivation to succeed. much more than money. once a person has his basic needs met, higher needs present themselves and they must be satisfied as well. i think the op has a very valid point.
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LSU GrandDad
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houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
9528 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 10:36 pm to PsychedeliTide)
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No offense or disrespect for LSU but I don't think LSU alone was the driving force.
he never said it was. he was not saying bama hired saban to hurt LSU, he said bama thought it would hurt LSU. the motivation to hire saban was simple; y'all sucked and had sucked since stallings departure and saban was a proven top notch coach.
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PsychedeliTide 
Alabama Fan
Preparing for my dismount.
Member since Oct 2010
339 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 10:52 pm to LSU GrandDad)
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he never said it was. he was not saying bama hired saban to hurt LSU, he said bama thought it would hurt LSU. the motivation to hire saban was simple; y'all sucked and had sucked since stallings departure and saban was a proven top notch coach.
I know what he said and I said that was not the only reason.
Obvious when one is losing they look to hire a new coach. We're no different.
Similar to how LSU sucked before Saban was hired. The difference is I guess we were already and continued to suck during that time. Everyone was beating us, not just LSU so we wanted a coach who could bring us back UP not take another program back DOWN.
We don't look at it that way in that Alabama can only succeed at the expense of others. That would be auburn or Tn. Not us. 
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scrodz
Alabama Fan
Member since Oct 2007
14 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 11:09 pm to GeauxTigers18)
Hey, just because he's paranoid doesn't mean we're NOT out to get him...
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Outlaw
LSU Fan
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
2916 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 11:11 pm to GeauxTigers18)
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Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football
No, we would have had at least 3 more NC's.
This post was edited on 11/7 at 11:12 pm
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BayouFann 
New Orleans Saints Fan
North Texas
Member since Jun 2012
1793 posts
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| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 11:19 pm to tigerpimpbot)
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When Saban goes to the Browns, I will infiltrate Tidefans as god is my witness.
Any rumors on him leaving anytime soon?
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tiggah1981 
Kansas Fan
Jax
Member since Aug 2007
4920 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 11:24 pm to GeauxTigers18)
Too dumb; didn't read
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MontanaTiger
LSU Fan
Montana
Member since Oct 2008
1649 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/7/12 at 11:43 pm to TigerKnights)
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If he wasn't at Bama we'd be back to back NCs.
Yep.
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TigerTicker
LSU Fan
Right behind you!
Member since Dec 2008
1206 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 3:32 am to MontanaTiger)
And because Saban IS at Alabama, THEY'LL be back to back national champions. That part isn't good for LSU, and I don't see it being a good thing for LSU as long as he's there. Even though we're an elite program among the best in the nation every year, someone's there to steal our thunder, every year. At least, that seems to be the direction this train is headed.
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TigerTreyjpg
LSU Fan
Monroe, LA
Member since Jun 2008
3202 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 7:21 am to PsychedeliTide)
Good post man.
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Tiger_n_ATL
LSU Fan
New and improved
Member since Jul 2005
26453 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 7:26 am to GeauxTigers18)
We were beating Bama on the regular before Saban, so theoretically your post has some merit but logically its a fail.
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LSU91MBA
LSU Fan
Houston
Member since Aug 2008
1141 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 7:33 am to GeauxTigers18)
I really don't think the impact on LSU or ties to LA recruiting had a damn thing to do with Bama hiring Saban.
Pretty simple... They were down and needed a proven program builder...Nick's agent let it be known he was not sold on the NFL and was open to discussions. Bama came up with big money... And landed him. That's pretty much the whole story.
The national exposure IS good for LSU but LSUs success is independant of Saban and Bama. I will give you that the huge national audience and tv coverage of our last 4 games has benefitted BOTH program's recruiting.... But not LSU alone.
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Penrod
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Member since Jan 2011
2249 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 8:01 am to LsuTool)
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The shadow that sabans predecessor will coach under will be 5 times what it was for miles.
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predecessor
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LSU GrandDad
LSU Fan
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
9528 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 8:23 am to Tiger_n_ATL)
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so theoretically your post has some merit but logically its a fail.
i am going to use this (with slight modification of course) the next time i have an arguement with my wife. naturally i won't win the arguement (since i don't think i ever have won one) but at least i'll get her thinking.
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DontCare
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2012
293 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 8:31 am to Boh)
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He'll get closer to Bear status with another ship this year.
can we all agree to stop calling it a "'ship?" it drives me nuts.
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togar tiger
LSU Fan
Raleigh
Member since Jan 2008
294 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 8:32 am to GeauxTigers18)
If LSU had won on 1/9, I'd say this was absolutely true. The exposure and excitement the rivalry has generated, while still winning championships, would be huge.
Without the NC...you just can't say it's the 'best thing ever." It's a silver lining, but I'd rather have the championships.
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roscoe mike
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2009
509 posts
| re: Saban to Bama best thing that ever happened to LSU football (Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:01 am to GeauxTigers18)
Also, the four team playoff beginning in '14 is going to change the dynamics some. If LSU and Bama remain top 5 going forward, there will be more instances of potential rematches.
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