re: How important was Kiffin sharing Alabama's shadow staff binder on LSU

Not just LSU, but all opponents.

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Supposedly, O saw the detail that Alabama's shadow staff was producing. Supposedly Alabama knew tendencies about LSU that even the LSU staff did not know!!!

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The magnitude and depth of Bama's non coaching staff has not been any big secret. Early on in Orgeron's tenure he prioritized building a war team like Nick has. I think the results have been pretty positive.

I remember seeing interviews with Bama players with them basically saying they knew what their opponents were going to do quite often due to "tells" and then they showed some of them on film room. I did not think that was too bright of them to give away their edge.

What I was stating is that Alabama does enormous research on all opponents. Not just LSU. And like you said the shadow staffs are key For success

I just became a HUGE Lane Kiffin fan.

There was a ex-Bama player who was/is in the pros a few years ago who said they knew what LSU was going to do on almost every play.

Here you go:

The Advocate

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Maybe you remember how before the 2018 season, Orgeron requested that the analyst staff size be nearly doubled after an unnamed Alabama staffer sent him a scouting report that showed just how far behind the Tigers were.

"I was embarrassed to see the detail of which (Alabama) scouted on us," Orgeron said in August. "To see the things they had on us, I felt like I wasn't giving our team a chance to win."

And so, Orgeron was cleared to hire coaches like Coyle, and LSU expanded from five analysts in 2016 to 10 in 2018.

"It wasn't just something that we were trying to keep up with the Joneses, so to speak," said Coyle, who became the head coach of the Atlanta Legends in the start-up Alliance of American Football after less than a season at LSU. "(Orgeron) wanted guys to go in there and roll up their sleeves and be effective contributors to the staff. We got along so good, a bunch of guys that took the approach that there was nothing too small, too big, that we could do to help the team."

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"Let's say for example, I was looking at third downs — just the basic information of what a team did on third down," said Coyle, who left LSU in October (though the bulk of his work was done before the season). "I'm figuring out what they want to do against man-to-man (coverage), certain zone (coverage, and also) 'This is what the quarterback does best'; 'He really struggles when you bring pressure, so we may want to be more aggressive in this game.' "

By the end of the summer, the analysts had prepared entire books of data for every LSU game, including the season opener against Miami — a 33-17 LSU win.

"I think we knew Miami better than they knew themselves," Coyle said. "We became the experts of what the opponent was doing."

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The shadow staffs maximize your ability to game plan your opponent. Bama and Ohio St have historically had the largest staffs. I wouldn't be surprised if Clemson does now as well. Great coaches build great staffs and great staffs make good coaches great.

Where is your proof Kiffin gave him anything? I like a little mire than your “understanding”.

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Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is a shadow staff?

This article explains it pretty well from Athlon Sports

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