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re: Anybody else feel lost now without miles to complain about

Posted on 9/27/16 at 6:30 pm to
Posted by CajunBattles
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2015
958 posts
Posted on 9/27/16 at 6:30 pm to
Not in MY family. And my uncle was good friends with Dinardo. Loved the guy a whole lot. I remember him saying that he had to be impressed with the new hire. I also remember him saying to me "Have YOU heard anything? Cause he better be a good one". His golfing buddy was leaving.

Once Saban was announced, there was a silence in the groups I hung around with because he wasn't a BAD choice....it's just that we had whooped MichSt. in the bowl game prior to it. So, some people were skeptical. But those who watched him build up the MichSt. team knew that he WAS a builder. And LSU needed rebuilding.

The program is in a much better position than that era. This hire has to be big. With a ton of buzz around it. If Alleva f's this opportunity up, THEN we will have something to complain about.
Posted by alumni95
Member since Jun 2004
7591 posts
Posted on 9/27/16 at 6:35 pm to
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But those who watched him build up the MichSt. team knew that he WAS a builder.


Still BS. You might want look at what Perles did at MSU in his first 5 seasons there. THAT was a rebuilding. He was forced out by scandal. Saban hardly had a rebuilding project. He was just in an uphill battle against Michigan and looking for a better out.
Posted by bgtiger
Prairieville
Member since Dec 2004
11451 posts
Posted on 9/27/16 at 8:22 pm to
I remember thinking it was a great sign that LSU was willing to pay a coach big money and step back into the big boy arena of college football.

Saban was interesting because he was known to be a real good football coach, good enough to have NFL teams interested.

The commitment to going big was made by LSU, but the expectations weren't nearly as high or as passion fueled. Nobody was demanding NCs, we just wanted to never see a 3-8 season again, and actually get to the SEC championship game like Miss St.
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