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re: Saban - The Documentary
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:17 am to tigahlovah
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:17 am to tigahlovah
Haven't heard the term DVR in years, lol. Haven't had one for even longer...nor do I know many with one. I stream everything.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:24 am to BitBuster
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The subtext I got after watching the episode twice is that Nick hated Baton Rouge and he wanted out.
He never comes out and says it, probably never will, but the way the doc was structured, all he talks about is how bad the Facilities were - They didn't even have an academic center! OMG! - and how racist the fan base was. He basically called the place a shithole with great recruiting talent, then moves on to Alabama.
That was when he arrived and the first few months here. By the time he left he loved LSU. His wife loved it here. Why do you think he was in Kiffin's ear "go to LSU and never look back"? He has admitted that if he could do it all over again, he would have never left LSU.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:26 am to Wind
Thanks for the explanation. Serious question: if you use a streaming service there is no dvr capability?
How do you watch local channels, tbs, tnt, the espns, and all the other dozens of channels? Do people just buy an array of different streaming services to watch all the channels available on Fios like I have, or dish, direct YouTube tv, or cox? Or do they pirate these channels?
Is it the cost of satellite/cable? I pay approximately $250 a month for everything I could ever care to watch including about 40 premium movie channels including HBO and Starz plus others. I don't think that's terribly expensive to have everything you want on one remote and screen guide. It must be a blast to switch between games when each one is on their own streaming service (if that's the case).
I truly don't know, it just throws me every time I see a question about when is the replay of blank is asked.
How do you watch local channels, tbs, tnt, the espns, and all the other dozens of channels? Do people just buy an array of different streaming services to watch all the channels available on Fios like I have, or dish, direct YouTube tv, or cox? Or do they pirate these channels?
Is it the cost of satellite/cable? I pay approximately $250 a month for everything I could ever care to watch including about 40 premium movie channels including HBO and Starz plus others. I don't think that's terribly expensive to have everything you want on one remote and screen guide. It must be a blast to switch between games when each one is on their own streaming service (if that's the case).
I truly don't know, it just throws me every time I see a question about when is the replay of blank is asked.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:41 am to coolpapaboze
I remember early on, Saban saying he didnt want to coach overpied kids in the NFL. He wanted to see kids grow up and to teach them to be the best individuals they can be, football or otherwise. In the documentary Sexton asked him if he wanted to be remembered as a Lombardi or a Bear Bryant. Saban said Bryant.
Bertman let the greatest college football coach walk away from LSU. It wasnt about money. It was about respect.
Bertman let the greatest college football coach walk away from LSU. It wasnt about money. It was about respect.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:52 am to T1gerNate
quote:This.
That was what I took away from it too. It pissed me off when him and Sexton told the sob story about how ole Skip didn't beg him to stay. Then Skip was like "Yeah I was at $2.8 and the Dolphins were at $6.2. I didn't have a shot."
The ESPN documentary about a major ESPN personality does a great job of promoting that ESPN personality.
Sexton, Saban, and Skip knew that LSU could never compete with Huizenga's bank account. The documentary shovels pure bullshite when Saban and Sexton suggest that Saban would have accepted a blowjob from Skip to stay at LSU in lieu of millions from Huizenga.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:59 am to ScootiniTiger
quote:You've got to be fricking kidding me.
Bertman let the greatest college football coach walk away from LSU. It wasnt about money. It was about respect.
He left Michigan State for $100,000.
You think he would have passed up $3.6 million to stay at LSU?
quote:ESPN Nick Saban Documentary
Saban and his agent Jimmy Sexton, who also shows up, say that they go to then-LSU AD Skip Bertman and are hoping he will ask them to stay, but Bertman is like "Miami can offer you six million, I can offer you 2.4 million, I get it."
Posted on 10/22/26 at 10:04 am to coolpapaboze
quote:. Correct in whatever you compete at in life at some point you want your shot at the highest level and for most of us, it end worse than the NFL ……
Even if Bertman had ponied up the money at that time, Saban was going to leave for the NFL eventually. At that point in his life/career, I don't think he was ever going to get over the desire to see if he could practice his trade at the highest level. If he hadn't gone to the NFL and failed, I don't know that he would be the Nick Saban we know today, i.e. the greatest college football coach ever.
I remember when WH jet was camped at airport at a family function some clown kept saying LSU could match dolphins but wouldn’t have to because Saban loved college football..
My response LSU is a school in a poor state and doesn’t have its own jet. Any competitor I have ever known was never happy until they took their shots at the highest level….Nick may be the most competitive person I’ve ever met - he’s gone…..I was right
Further I took my swings at the highest levels I could with military, football, baseball, bird dawgs, fishing and coaching - some I failed badly some I did not….. the one regret…… passing at a shot at officiating a high level - the second time. Regrets there
Posted on 10/22/26 at 10:08 am to Salviati
"Documentaries" like this are always interesting but they are also always slanted and revisionist history. They are a step above movies that are "based on a true story" but far from historically accurate.
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