re: Nick Saban Appreciation Thread

I've got nothing bad to say about Nick Saban. We are far better off for having had him as our coach for 5 years. Yes - he didn't leave on the best of terms, and coming back to the SEC was like a kick in the nuts, but on the basis of what he did for the program, he was good for LSU.

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coming back to the SEC was like a kick in the nuts, but on the basis of what he did for the program, he was good for LSU.

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Yep. I scream at him and hope for Alabama to lose every game. All the while knowing, he's the best coach in the country and it's not close. But we have a "WANT" to beat him.

So that means you will, trash, degrade and slander every coach lsu has like you do now because they aren't Saban?

I do have a problem with you saying miles isn't responsible for any success since Saban left. That is a load of crap. I got news for you, not just ANYONE can come in and recruit at lsu. It takes skill and personality. If you know anything about lsu's past other than Saban and miles you would know recruiting doesn't come easy.

I'd also like to add how ridiculous the Saban's players argument people use when describing our 2007 national championship. You mean to tell me that saban's coaching was responsible for that? Three years removed from the team? That is the most ridiculous argument of them all.

The week of the LSU vs Alabama game you start a thread praising an ex coach we are about to play against

Thanks Nick -
for announcing you were leaving the week of a bowl game.
for lying through your teeth to every LSU fan/player that you hoped to finish your career at LSU
for doing the unthinkable and taking a job at Alabama after coaching at LSU
for being a solid all around unapologetic prick.

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Thanks Nick -
for announcing you were leaving the week of a bowl game.
for lying through your teeth to every LSU fan/player that you hoped to finish your career at LSU
for doing the unthinkable and taking a job at Alabama after coaching at LSU
for being a solid all around unapologetic and egotistical prick.

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Just wanted to add my .02 cents in.

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saban's coaching was responsible for that?

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No one is saying he coached the team. What NATIONALLY RESPECTED WRITERS always refer to is that he stock piled such a good team, it was very difficult not to be successful. Our 2006 team had four first round draft picks on it. All of which he put there.

2) We started paying our assistants top 10 salaries in the country. Do you remember who started that?

3)Miles choked the 2007 final game by letting the Michigan distractions become a factor. We've been over this.

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you would know recruiting doesn't come easy.

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In reference to this quote, please see my earlier post about the facilities. Saban changed our recruiting because of the football operations center and Cox student athlete complex. I can give you the emails of people who were there. He set up the meetings and actually designed a lot of the complex. Please know the facts before you get bent out of shape that Miles isn't him.

I would prefer a coach like Saban. One who focuses on discipline during games. I like the Parcells, Cowher, & Saban demeanor. That's my preferred style. Wade Phillips and Miles' don't have it. Their players always "like" them but that's not my preference. I would rather have a little fear with respect.

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Most cfb fans didn't know who the guy was before he came to LSU. So, I would say LSU brought him to an elite level. He should thank us.

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while this is absolutely true, it would be ignorant to deny that he had no part in our recent rise of success. we used each other to gain power. it was nice. i appreciated it. i wished him all the success in the world while he was at lsu (obviously) and even though he fricked us over to head to miami i wished him success there. he then fricked them over to go to our biggest in-conference in-division rival, ehh frick him. not necessarily because of those past events (though they dont necessarily help) but because he is now coaching at the affore-mentioned rival. fuk any coach of bama.

just as if miles left us to go coach auburn or florida he would become the enemy.

i will never praise the works saban does at alabama but i will acknowledge him as a worthy adversary.

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for lying through your teeth to every LSU fan/player that you hoped to finish your career at LSU

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maybe he really did hope to finish his career at LSU

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for doing the unthinkable and taking a job at Alabama after coaching at LSU

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Dude, Phillips couldn't do shite with what Parcells left behind him. At least Miles could do something with what was left behind him.

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He actually went 13-3 his FIRST (wonder why?) year and it's gone down hill since then.

13-3 Won Division
9-7
11-5 Won Division


Hmm...who does that sound like. As Parcells players and coaches left, the team got worse. Hmm....