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Whatever criteria was used to find Saban first time around..use it again...
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:11 pm
He was a diamond in the rough....we need another...
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:13 pm to Tigahs24Seven
People will melt if we hire a diamond in the rough, back then expectations were different
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:13 pm to Tigahs24Seven
I think they tried that with BK. He was at ND. Saban was at Mich St.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:14 pm to Tigahs24Seven
Chasing anything close to Saban is insanity.
But I agree they need to have an actual search, no Eddie O type situation.
But I agree they need to have an actual search, no Eddie O type situation.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:14 pm to Tigahs24Seven
he was a former NFl DC who had built up a G5 and P5 program.
Toledo and Michigan State were in really good spots when he left.
He wasn’t really a diamond in the rough.
Toledo and Michigan State were in really good spots when he left.
He wasn’t really a diamond in the rough.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:15 pm to Tigahs24Seven
I have it on good authority that the binder is hidden deep in the football ops building.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:19 pm to Tigahs24Seven
Mark Emmert is the only reason LSU got Saban. Verge is no Emmert.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:21 pm to Jack Crevalle
I remember it like it was yesterday. Mark Emmert told us he was going to get us a great coach. Then he announced this guy Nick Saban and was making him the highest paid coach at 1.2 Million. I bout shite my britches.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:23 pm to jgriffith
Yep. Dumbass Joe Dean tried to lowball him and Emmert would have none of it.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:24 pm to Jack Crevalle
Exactly right!
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:25 pm to Jack Crevalle
NS was very well respected in the coaching profession both college and pro.He was focused had a plan and was very consistent in how he coached as an assistant and HC. He wasn’t known down here very much but elsewhere was.Jon Sumrall has the same respect from his coaching peers.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:31 pm to Tigahs24Seven
I think Saban's people approached us. That's how he got on our radar.
Heck, we could've hired him five years earlier when MSU did. We hired DiNardo who never had a winning record at Vandy.
Heck, we could've hired him five years earlier when MSU did. We hired DiNardo who never had a winning record at Vandy.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:33 pm to Jack Crevalle
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Yep. Dumbass Joe Dean tried to lowball him and Emmert would have none of it.
Joe was trying negotiate telling Emmert “ I think I can get this guy for a couple of hundred thousand dollars less”
Emmert, tired of Dean’s spendthrift ways told him “Pay the man what we wants and get him on campus.”
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:35 pm to boxcarbarney
Yea Joe Dean was one cheap myopic MFer.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:35 pm to SammyTiger
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he was a former NFl DC who had built up a G5 and P5 program.
Toledo and Michigan State were in really good spots when he left.
He wasn’t really a diamond in the rough.
Thank you, Sammy. The "Saban was a diamond in the rough" narrative has always been a suspect and factually incorrect. There was already NFL HC talk prior to Saban taking the HC job at LSU. The people in the know, knew; casual fans - not so much.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 11:02 pm to Tigahs24Seven
Glen Mason turned LSU down, but he recommend an up and coming coach - Nick Saban.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 11:26 pm to SammyTiger
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Toledo and Michigan State were in really good spots when he left.
Insert IowaSt for MichSt and I give you….
Matt Campbell!
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 11:33 pm to Tigahs24Seven
I agree. Hiring the greatest coach of all time is what you need to do.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 11:44 pm to AlterDWI
Posted on 11/9/25 at 11:58 pm to Tigahs24Seven
I just don't want a re-tread hire like James Franklin, Dan Mullen, Jimbo Fisher or Coach O. Find the guy who is hungry, who has mastry over either side of the ball and is consumed with winning. Not golf. A football version of Jay Johnson(like has been said many times on this board) Find that guy. He might not be the splashy hire and people might be upset at first, but Lanning wasn't a splashy hire. Neither was elko, but it seems it have worked well for Oregon and TAMU. Cignetti? I hadn't even heard of that cat before last year.
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