re: Recruiting Class Myth

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After wiping your chin, you really need to check W/L of Saban's seasons at LSU.

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Look Mayhawman, before you go shooting your mouth off, let's think about the thing behind the thing. I'm not talking about consistent 10 win seasons; I'm referring to the kind of stress on excellence, execution, performance, fundamentals, intensity, etc. that Saban instilled in the team. Yes, high moment was 2003, no doubt. But overall, LSU was an intimidating team under Nick Saban, win or lose. It wasn't just the talent that made LSU intimidating - it was coaching philosophy. You don't think so, then your memory chip is faulty. Under Les Miles, LSU started off that way and mostly kept its edge until 1/9/12 when we got fully and irrevocably exposed because CLM got his coaching arse handed to him by Nick and his intimidating Tide.

Oh, and in case you're wondering, I know CLM produced plenty of 10+ win seasons. But the quality of those wins was not always high; there are many, many references by others who also watch the Tigers that quite of few of those wins over the Miles years have been like what I called root canals. Not fun.