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Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:26 pm to MOT
I glad somebody mentioned Emmert. He made Saban the Saban we see today. He taught LSU you get what you pay for in a coach. Even if every ticket to a game was sold, LSU lost about $ 1 million per game at the end of the Dinardo era by having 20k no shows which meant loss of concessions and nobody buying merchandise.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:27 pm to Lester Earl
Yeah saying Emmert is the most responsible is quite a stretch. But so is saying that Saban is responsible for our continued success.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:29 pm to lsu2006
Condtinued success --- I don't think he means literally. More along the lines of lsu being afforded the position they are in today because of Sabah
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:29 pm to Lester Earl
Without Emmert we have Joe Dean making another hire. Without Emmert there is no telling how long we go without making the commitment to spending money to hire the best, to provide them with the facilities to be successful, etc.
Without Emmert Saban isn't hired by LSU to begin with.
Without Emmert Saban isn't hired by LSU to begin with.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:30 pm to TIGRLEE
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We'll he is.
To an extent. But you have to throw a bone to DiNardo, Skip and Emmert for weeding out the good ole boys and Alleva and Les for maintaining excellence for 10 years post-Saban.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:33 pm to Lester Earl
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Condtinued success --- I don't think he means literally. More along the lines of lsu being afforded the position they are in today because of Sabah
It's an extremely simplistic way of looking at it, but it isn't entirely false.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:34 pm to TIGRLEE
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We'll he is.
For LSU's continued success?
Nick Saban is responsible for LSU's success in the year 2014, when he left the program on December 24th, 2004?
That, my friends, is so kind of fricking legacy! Miles is responsible for all failures, while Saban is responsible for the continued success. Saban's own agent couldn;t sell his client better than some of our own fans can.
For a fan base that wanted to fire Saban after the Ole Miss prison raping we took at home in 2001, the level of arse kissing he still receives here is hilarious.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:34 pm to MOT
Right. But he didn't coach football games, he didn't hire assistants, he didn't gameplan, he wasn't recruiting, he wasn't developing players, most importantly he wasn't winning games.
He made the hire. But didn't put in the work. Which was building the program
He made the hire. But didn't put in the work. Which was building the program
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:35 pm to lsu2006
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Yeah saying Emmert is the most responsible is quite a stretch.
Maybe someone else would have come along eventually and changed the mindset the way he did. But there is no way to to know when, or if, it would have happened.
Everyone mentioned has played a part, but Emmert is the one that made the commitment and got the ball rolling. That is not debatable.
This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:35 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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For LSU's continued success?
Nick Saban is responsible for LSU's success in the year 2014, when he left the program on December 24th, 2004?
That, my friends, is so kind of fricking legacy! Miles is responsible for all failures, while Saban is responsible for the continued success. Saban's own agent couldn;t sell his client better than some of our own fans can.
For a fan base that wanted to fire Saban after the Ole Miss prison raping we took at home in 2001, the level of arse kissing he still receives here is hilarious.
fire miles
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:36 pm to nicholastiger
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Dooley
dooley walked into a horrible situation and left UT no worse than where he started. he didn't leave them any better off either, but that's a poor example.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:37 pm to lsu2006
If it were simplistic I don't think people would be thinking he meant that Saban still has a hand in lsu's continued success. Like are people being for real with this?
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:39 pm to MOT
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Without Emmert Saban isn't hired by LSU to begin with.
saban was a relative unknown when LSU hired him. No one knew or expected him to end up being the best in college football. It's not like we went out and threw a pile of cash at the #1 coach on everyone's radar.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:41 pm to lsu2006
I agree, there is never enough credit given to somebody who comes in and maintains excellence. You have to deal with constant comparisons to the person/people who got the program there in the first place. Many programs lose a legendary coach and they start a decline into being a mediocre program or worse. Miles has been here about twice as long as Saban with a better winning percentage and he still faces the comparison
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:42 pm to rumproast
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McElroy says
When he takes those cock-flavored lollipops out of his mouth to speak, he says the most 'Alabama derp' shite.
Also, Bear Bryant is responsible for Alabama's success. Legendary coaches raise the profile of a school long-term.
I'm glad we have the homeless man's Andy Dalton to Captain the Good Ship Obvious.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:46 pm to lsufball19
We definitely went out and threw a pile of cash at him. He was one of only 3 or 4 coaches making over a million per after we hired him in late 99. This coming after a decade of losing and doing things on the cheap, the Joe Dean way.
ETA: In addition to throwing a pile of cash at him Emmert also made the commitment to the facilities and everything else it would take to make the program one of the best in the country, not just competing to be one of the best in the West. Stadium expansion was underway, but he committed to the new academic center, the football ops complex, etc.
ETA: In addition to throwing a pile of cash at him Emmert also made the commitment to the facilities and everything else it would take to make the program one of the best in the country, not just competing to be one of the best in the West. Stadium expansion was underway, but he committed to the new academic center, the football ops complex, etc.
This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:48 pm to Lester Earl
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If it were simplistic I don't think people would be thinking he meant that Saban still has a hand in lsu's continued success. Like are people being for real with this?
I don't have any more time to argue this one today, but these are his exact words...
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“If you look at LSU, they’ve had sustained success since Saban left because he established that mindset,” McElroy said. “Les Miles obviously did take over that program and has done a terrific job in his own right, but once you establish that mindset and have the leadership that holds young players accountable, that success shouldn’t soon dwindle.”
Based on that, Miles has, at best, been a caretaker for Saban's baby. Anyone with any knowledge of our situation should know how foolish that suggestion is.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 1:49 pm to rumproast
I'll show you how to tell this is biased and completely ignorant....
Would he give Saban credit if LSU lost 4 games this year?
Would he give Saban credit if LSU lost 4 games this year?
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