re: LSU must follow the model set by Alabama, Ohio St., and Michigan

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Alabama made an offer to, then, West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez before snagging Saban.

I doubt their 1st choice would have been as successful.

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Actually mo. Saban was THE choice. To understand our situation you have to back up.

We had a hard time leaving the Bryant days behind. After the trustees (not the REC) finally realized we had to get the best coach we were falling behind.
Problem was at this same time we were being investigated. Starting in the summer of 2000. DuBose bombed out but we didn't know what the penalties would be but the word was they would be bad.
Remember this. If not for probation Shula isn't the coach, neither is Fran. it would have been Butch Davis but the penalties were going to be severe and he went to the Browns. Fran left because of the penalties. SH
hula was not a guy anybody wanted, he would just take the job under the sanctions which nobody else would.
He was nothing more than a body until we were back to 85 in 2007. Saban was talked about from DAY ONE as the guy we wanted. We had wanted him ever since watching him at LSU. He wanted to wait until the Dolphins season was over and RichRod was a hot name. Honestly, most Bama fans were meh with RichRod. When RichRod said yes it was still a week or so until we were gonna have a PC. He bailed the morning of the PC but we only then had 3 weeks until the NFL season would be over and Saban was interested. We waited, sacrificed recruiting to get the guy everybody wanted.
Point being, you don't have sanctions hanging over you. The ONLY reason Shula was coach was that nobody else would take a team that was losing 30 schollies and a 2 year bowl ban. If you want Fisher, put out the money and go get him. Same with Herman but texas is gonna be a fight there.