re: Newsflash for those that think we're in a decline

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Saban's deal sure looks like 2 losses to me. You people keep forgetting that the only time Saban lost less than 3 games at LSU was the NC year.

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People also keep forgetting to situation that Nick Saban walked into prior to that with what Les walked into. Nick had to actually build LSU up, improve the facilities, while Les has basically had to maintain it.

Was there talent when Nick arrived, sure there was it is LSU we do have talent, even during the Hallman era but there was no depth and they lacked talent at certain positions.

Les inherited a team that had the #15, #1, and #2 recruiting classes the previous 3 years. What were the recruiting classes that Nick inherited? Not even close to that good. Nick awoke a sleeping giant at LSU all Les Miles has had to do is keep up near the elite status that Nick started. Les has done a great job of that so far but there has been a troubling trend in recent seasons.

Even when Nick Saban finished 9-3 his final season the offense finished #38 in Nation on offense with 2 freshmen QB's and a sporadic senior. The defense finished #3 in Total Defense but these trends remained the same pretty much Nick's entire tenure at LSU. A dominating defense and an ok to good offense and the plan has worked just as well at Bama.