re: Nick Saban v Les Miles

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all the talk about saban bringing another level of talent to br is false.

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Matt Mauck was about the top OOS guy that there is no way we get without Nicky being the HC.

The "big 3" of the 2001 class, Marquise Hill (New Orleans), Marcus Spears (BR) and Michael Clayton (BR) would have been easy gets for any competent coach at LSU. Getting Joe Addai out of Houston and Ben Wilkerson out of Tyler were good OOS pulls, but Texas has long been tilled by LSU.

Even the phenomenal 2004 class - with 5 All Americans - Glenn Dorsey, Ali Highsmith, Herman Johnson, Craig Steltz and Claude Wroten - 4/5 of those were Louisiana prospects.

He's done far more pilfering at Bama, with their unlimited recruiting budget, than he ever did at LSU - although I do not question that he is one of the top recruiters in CFB history - just not a magical one.