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Nick Saban reflects on LSU, Skip Bertman
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:38 pm
"People who win consistently have a systematic approach," Saban told Louisiana writer Leo Honeycutt, who is working on an upcoming biography of former LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman, who was Saban's athletic director at LSU. "The goals are well defined and you have to get all the players to buy in and make adjustments on the fly based on personalities. There's a lot of books on how to be successful but very few on how to stay
quote:"ADs who were coaches understand competition, players and ups-and-downs. They don't take losses like fans and aren't affected by what everybody else thinks. They're also pretty even-keeled when you win and they understand the next challenge. A lot of ADs now are more business-oriented and don't always understand what the coach needs to be successful. Skip was there to help but he never once meddled. He was always supportive and understanding even when we got criticized for things that didn't go right."LINK
successful."
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Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:40 pm to BowDownToLSU
Before going to Alabama, Saban left LSU after five years and the 2003 National Championship to coach the NFL's Miami Dolphins. In the upcoming book, the five-time national college baseball champion Bertman says he was utterly heartbroken that he couldn't convince Saban to stay, telling Saban he had to decide whether he wanted to be Vince Lombardi or Bear Bryant.
"That's the way I remember the conversation," Saban said. "It was a very difficult decision. I was really, really happy at LSU. But I'd been in the NFL six years, had many offers to head coach, and after the 2003 championship at LSU, I told Skip I thought maybe it was time (to go pro).
"He argued, 'What do you want your legacy to be? Do you want to be remembered a long time as the great college coach or maybe a little at the professional level?' I think he was saying, 'You can't do both,' and he was 100% right."
"That's the way I remember the conversation," Saban said. "It was a very difficult decision. I was really, really happy at LSU. But I'd been in the NFL six years, had many offers to head coach, and after the 2003 championship at LSU, I told Skip I thought maybe it was time (to go pro).
"He argued, 'What do you want your legacy to be? Do you want to be remembered a long time as the great college coach or maybe a little at the professional level?' I think he was saying, 'You can't do both,' and he was 100% right."
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:41 pm to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:46 pm to BowDownToLSU
Damn you Mrs Terry
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:49 pm to BowDownToLSU
too bad these 2 dudes no longer have anything to do with LSU athletics, they'd be quite the combo together.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:50 pm to The Egg
Bring back Emmert too
Posted on 1/7/17 at 9:25 pm to BowDownToLSU
Well that sinks any dream I had of him jumping back to the NFL
Posted on 1/7/17 at 9:35 pm to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 1/7/17 at 9:41 pm to BowDownToLSU
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE US
This post was edited on 1/7/17 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 1/7/17 at 9:51 pm to LaBR4
Is that Sherman breaking the table?
Posted on 1/7/17 at 9:53 pm to BowDownToLSU
Thanks for posting…
Posted on 1/7/17 at 9:57 pm to BowDownToLSU
Saban went from Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader...
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:30 pm to LSU615
13 million gets him back. 
Posted on 1/8/17 at 12:02 am to BowDownToLSU
so he became bear Bryant at bears school
Posted on 1/8/17 at 12:17 am to Blind Zebras
Hard to believe we had this guy (Saban) and were forced to replace him with someone who never said anything that actually made sense.
Posted on 1/8/17 at 12:22 am to mikeytig
Yeah like totally...
Posted on 1/8/17 at 1:47 am to LaBR4
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That picture bums me out so hard.
Posted on 1/8/17 at 1:50 am to Broski
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"Skip Bertman fought complacency at LSU because it's human nature after awhile to sit back and not work as hard," said Saban.
This makes me sad too.
Posted on 1/8/17 at 1:50 am to mikeytig
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Hard to believe we had this guy (Saban) and were forced to replace him with someone who never said anything that actually made sense.
Les could sure make you cringe during a live interview. Half-time interviews were always an adventure.
They are definitely polar opposites when it comes to public speaking.
Posted on 1/8/17 at 9:01 am to BowDownToLSU
This makes me feel like it was more about Saban and less about LSU all along.
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