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re: If he had to do it all over again, Nick said ...
Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:33 am to Will Cover
Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:33 am to Will Cover
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Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:37 am to SlidellCajun
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but his agent was out there marketing him to the highest bidder.
I know it is his job, but frick Jimmy Sexton with a barbed-wire wrapped baseball bat.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:41 am to GeauxTigers1410
The better alternative is what if he had come back to LSU. Or what if he simply had not come back to an SEC school.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:46 am to SaturatedPhat
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2006 team could have won it all.
Ok...
Saban was not at Bama in 2006...
Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:48 am to Will Cover
If only rich rod had gone to bama i wonder what would’ve happened to saban. One more go with the dolphins? Michigan?
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:04 am to Will Cover
Saban doesnt become the greatest coach ever without leaving for the pros imo. That experience at Miami is what allowed him to refocus and dedicate his entire life to college football.
Had he stayed and not scratched that curious itch, I’m not sure LSU ever gets the saban Bama had
Had he stayed and not scratched that curious itch, I’m not sure LSU ever gets the saban Bama had
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:23 am to TexasTiger89
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I have always heard a rumor that Nick called LSU from Miami and asked if he could come back. Terry loved it in Baton Rouge. Can you imagine if our AD said sure come on back and handed Miles his buyout. Would never happen but in hindsight that would have been the best decision.
I'm pretty sure that the LSU AD wouldn't have taken him back out of sheer spite. The coaching search to replace Saban found another "up and coming" coach in Miles (tongue firmly in cheek), the entire Tiger nation was still pissed at Saban for abandoning them, and Miles was still playing with Saban's players at that point, (and wasn't a half-bad coach for the game as it was being played then).
Just my opinion, but I don't think LSU would have taken Saban back at that point unless he crawled on his hands and knees down Highland Road shouting "Shame, Shame, Shame" as penance for ever leaving LSU in the first place.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:25 am to udtiger
quote:Negan approves of your suggestion....
I know it is his job, but frick Jimmy Sexton with a barbed-wire wrapped baseball bat.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:34 am to TeddyPadillac
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Dinardo
It’s weird we had back to back coaches with wives named Terri/Terry
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:37 am to Will Cover
Nicks been known to lie like a dog 
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:38 am to Will Cover
And Bama wouldnt be Bama either had he stayed.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:43 am to TeddyPadillac
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I don’t disagree, but without Dinardo starting it, Saban probably fails here b/c we don’t give him enough time
The talent we had on Saban's first team in 2000 was very, very good.
There were quite a few Sunday players on that team.
2000 LSU Roster
This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 8:45 am
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:59 am to Pas Bon
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The talent we had on Saban's first team in 2000 was very, very good.
and where did that talent come from?
I'll repeat what I said that Dinardo was not a good coach. He was never going to win big here b/c he's not a good x's and o's guy.
He recruited great, and found a way to keep in state talent when they were pouring out before he got here.
Dinardo understood what was special about LSU, and also what was needed off the field for us to be successful and he was successful at changing that part of the program around.
What he did, outside of coaching and winning games, set up the next guy for success. We still needed to make the right hire, which we did, but that next hire after Dinardo had so much more to work with than what Dinardo had when he was hired. Had Dinardo not done what he did in his short time here, then that next hire would have been starting from scratch to turn the program around. Maybe he's successful and is here for a long time, or maybe he struggles rebuilding a program. We'll never know.
Just saying to be thankful for what Dinardo started, even though he wasn't the long term guy for the job, what he did was pivotal to our success going forward.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:01 am to secfballfan
I agree completely. Dinardo wasn't a bad coach. He just made the wrong hires on his staff after his original coaches left.
He hired that Tepper SOB who said it takes 6 1/2 years, then you'll have my system down. The OC he replaced Watts with (McConnell?) wasn't worth a blank either.
Gerry pretty much stopped the mass exodus of the boot blue chips to Nebraska, FSU, Colorado and Tennessee, and definitely teed up the ball for Saban at LSU.
He hired that Tepper SOB who said it takes 6 1/2 years, then you'll have my system down. The OC he replaced Watts with (McConnell?) wasn't worth a blank either.
Gerry pretty much stopped the mass exodus of the boot blue chips to Nebraska, FSU, Colorado and Tennessee, and definitely teed up the ball for Saban at LSU.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:03 am to Will Cover
I have to admit that watching him on Saturdays on gameday is enjoyable. He’s very likeable on tv. Comes across really personable which i frankly didn’t expect.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:05 am to tigahlovah
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I agree completely. Dinardo wasn't a bad coach. He just made the wrong hires on his staff after his original coaches left.
He hired that Tepper SOB who said it takes 6 1/2 years, then you'll have my system down. The OC he replaced Watts with (McConnell?) wasn't worth a blank either.
Gerry pretty much stopped the mass exodus of the boot blue chips to Nebraska, FSU, Colorado and Tennessee, and definitely teed up the ball for Saban at LSU.
After reading the entire thread, I think the consensus is that LSU's ascent from the depths was a process. Saban was the most visible element, but it was a process that started before he got here.
In other words, LSU was the perfect place for someone like Saban to come and develop into the GOAT the world knows him as today. It benefitted both parties, and even though Nick went on to become the Gump Goblin King he was still the catalyst that turned the roux into gumbo.
Just my opinion after reading the thought of other posts in this thread.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:23 am to TheDude321
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How can you not be sure about Toledo? His Toledo exit was by far the worst of all of his coaching stops.
I do not know the story so that is how. Give me the details, since you obviously know them.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:27 am to Jim Rockford
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Saban was already wearing thin here with his "don't speak to me in the hallway" personality. He's mellowed quite a bit, but at LSU he was still in full a-hole mode.
Boy, do these two sentences ring true. For example, think of Skip's "We already have a list" reaction to Nick offering a list of possible replacements.
Bama fans want their coach to be an a-hole in a way that it isn't tolerated at LSU.
Take it for what it's worth.
GEAUX TIGERS
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:33 am to Will Cover
Most LSU fans hated Nick because he was at our bitter rival. Now that he's retired, most don't hate him anymore.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:36 am to TeddyPadillac
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I think Dinardo is under appreciated.
Saban gets 100% of the credit for the turnaround job that Dinardo had done, basically, 60% of.
#Facts
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