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re: Sometimes the best hire is not picking the wrong guy

Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:24 pm to
Posted by CalTiger53
California
Member since Oct 2011
9057 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:24 pm to
Fla's current coach is more embarrassing than Freeze.
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
5671 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:35 pm to
By that logic, why not just keep Miles? He was a proven winner and kept our program pretty clean and free of major scandals,
Posted by lsu1919
Member since May 2017
3244 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 9:57 pm to
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Fla's current coach is more embarrassing than Freeze.


Exactly. I mean the guy humped a dead shark.
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20573 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 11:02 pm to
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By that logic, why not just keep Miles? He was a proven winner and kept our program pretty clean and free of major scandals,

Miles was the better choice of the two. Petrino would have made LSU all gangsta, as bad or worse than Miami was. We'd have won just as big (or maybe bigger), but eventually the NCAA would have nuked us a lot worse than USC got hit.

Miles did it the right way, kept things rolling until he started coasting. He was ready to retire, he just didn't... and that has left us still with a solid program to look forward to each fall.

We'll see what Orgeron does with it. I sometimes wonder how clean he is, and wonder if he's in over his head here.
Posted by timm6971463
oakdale la
Member since Mar 2008
4373 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 11:38 pm to
LSU players and espn singing his praises to recruits is what made sabin !
Posted by semjase
New Smyrna Beach FL
Member since May 2014
11134 posts
Posted on 7/22/17 at 1:36 am to
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Miles would have been the legend had Saban not come back to the SEC West.
Saban would have been an even bigger legend had he not gone down to South Beach and stayed at LSU.

How many NC's would we have won by now?
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20573 posts
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:11 am to
quote:

quote:
Miles would have been the legend had Saban not come back to the SEC West.
Saban would have been an even bigger legend had he not gone down to South Beach and stayed at LSU.

How many NC's would we have won by now?

At the time Saban left, nobody would have thought he was going to return to college football with his tail basically between his legs. I thought Miami would have won a Super Bowl or 2 by now. And had he stayed in the NFL, Miles almost certainly would have won at least 1 more title, and possibly more.

Regarding Saban, I think his sobering experience in Miami has aided him at Alabama- he knows now that he doesn't want to move again. He didn't have that here. He also could have won another title, but I think if he didn't leave when he did, he still leaves shortly afterwards.
Posted by Bayou
CenLA
Member since Feb 2005
37044 posts
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:22 am to
Ole Miss is going to be a mess for a few seasons. Bad for the SEC and our Division.
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
5671 posts
Posted on 7/23/17 at 8:27 am to
It's so unfortunate how everything worked out with Saban leaving LSU and then returning to the SEC 2 years later to resurrect Bama's dynasty. Who would have known?
Posted by Tigerbait357
Member since Jun 2011
67993 posts
Posted on 7/23/17 at 10:41 am to
Getting Torina in the end over Murphy turned out to be the best thing for lsu softball
Posted by Fat Bastard
coach, investor, gambler
Member since Mar 2009
73739 posts
Posted on 7/23/17 at 11:43 am to
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Would've been national champs in 2011 and very likely repeated in 2012.


this is hearsay and guesstimation. there are no guarantees. remember our crappy offense went 7 straight 3 and outs in the SECCG. if not for ST and D that game turns out different. the score was misleading. UGA had no depth. however, With them fresh how we won pounding the ball is and was mind boggling. we had no passing game. We may have given up more points to a different team than bama in the natty with a high powered passing game. nobody knows. our o still could have struggled. the warning sign were there. but les went full steam ahead with his crap gameplan.
This post was edited on 7/23/17 at 11:50 am
Posted by LosTigres25
Frisco, TX
Member since Jan 2017
365 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 12:56 pm to
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quote: Would've been national champs in 2011 and very likely repeated in 2012.
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this is hearsay and guesstimation. there are no guarantees. remember our crappy offense went 7 straight 3 and outs in the SECCG.


True, but in almost everyones's opinion, LSu wouldve beaten OKla St in 2011 and they wouldve skullfricked Notre Dame in 2012. Notre Dame couldnt have beaten the 5 best teams in the SEC that year and wouldve had their hands full with 6-6 Ole Miss.
Posted by timm6971463
oakdale la
Member since Mar 2008
4373 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 1:04 pm to
I love it when I can agree with some body on tiger rant
Posted by geauxtigers33
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2014
13734 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 1:05 pm to
LSU vs. Okie St. in 2011 would've played out a lot like most of the season did but mostly just like the West Virginia game. Relatively close game at half then the LSU offense just pulled away. That team was so talented and deep they just wore teams out not named Alabama. That offense doesn't get the credit it deserved because of the last game but it was the perfect offense to compliment that ridiculously good defense. Wear the other team out and just don't turn the ball over.
Posted by Brbengal
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2004
1372 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 5:23 pm to
Bertman did interview Petrino.
He said so during an interview w/ Ott & Hanigriff
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