re: Saban did not build LSU into a powerhouse. Mark Emmert did.

And the downvotes are adding up quickly and deservingly.

Saban stipulated 3 conditions upon taking the job. Learn your LSU football history.

You are clueless.

You’re having a copium induced fever dream

I think we are here because saban showed you could win big at lsu.

But dinardo showed saban that you could win.

People act like we were dog shite the entire time under dinardo. It just went off the rails in the end. The team had been ranked in the top 5.

Read all that and you are dumb.

DiNardo was not a great coach but he had a marketing ploy that was genius “Bring Back the Magic” and he used tactics that have become tradition at LSU that stand until this day. This is the turn around I remember at LSU before Saban was ever a thought at LSU. I will just never forget Saban professing his love for LSU while The Dolphins plane was parked at the airport.

Before Saban, our identity was a scrappy underdog with a rabid, rowdy fan base that would make Saturday night in Tiger Stadium miserable for opponents. We woild win 8-9 games a season, travel to a bowl game, and pull off a major upset every couple of years or so. And we were happy with that.

Saban changed that. He showed us what champions did, and we followed. He changed, no elevated, our culture to the point that the 2 bumbling fools that followed him won championships.

I hated that he left for the NFL, but rationalized that he wanted that challenge. I was so angry when he went to Bama. Anywhere but Bama!

I’m still angry about that, but in the end he has my respect and gratitude for elevating our program to where we can contend for the championship. And I believe Kelly can get us there again.

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Saban was in the right place at the right time. LSU was finally ready to spend. Saban benefitted from it, but he did no cause it.

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I thought this too after he bombed in the nfl and lost to ULM. But then he had a pretty good run and changed my mind.

I remember it well this has been my opinion for forever almost word for word ask my friend Rex he is a sabin fanatic too , it is the sabin fanatics that slowed coach miles recruiting down and gave bama the lead in recruiting !