Re: Nick Saban had run his course in Baton Rouge.... I hope our D stays strong because I don't think you win many championships buy just outscoring you opponent. [/QUOTE]One more thing, regarding the booing at LSU during Saban's tenure at LSU, the game Saban is talking about was the pathetic effort LSU gave against UAB in that wonderful losing performance in which Josh Booty called a play that wasn't even in the damn play book and was intercepted for the game clincher. That team & coaching staff deserved to be booed for that pitiful performance. If Saban mentions booing then he should also mention the context in which it occurred. JMO.[/QUOTE] It doesn't really matter but I think the boing was from the Opening day game against the mighty beavers and a lot of talk during the year about how bad the coaching was.
Re: Nick Saban had run his course in Baton Rouge.... Anyone who did not believe saban was going to the NFL was fooling themselves. He came to LSU. Did more for the program than any other coach in school history. Now he is going to try to achieve at the highest level and yes for all those of you who cannot see through your purple and gold shades the highest level is not LSU football it is Pro football.
Saban's last statement " it worked out great" in reference to LSU makes the entire statement positive in my view, not negative. The booing Saban was actually referring to when he first talked about it at LSU was in reference to a few instances of it happening in 2000, not just the UAB game. It happened vs Houston when Booty threw a couple of int's and bad passes, several times during the course of the bad loss to Auburn on the road, which kind of freaked him out. He couldn't understand fans that traveled to away games actually booing their own team on the road. And then almost the entire game vs UAB.
Some act as if he should have bent over and done anything for LSU no matter what. It was a freakin huge career move. Him thinking about it and being nervous is quite normal. I don't understand how people can think this was a negative article. It wasn't
He won at LSU and delivered rather quickly and fans like YOU are on him big time. I don't think Saban worries about what a few loudmouthed pissants think about what he's doing.
I dont think those comments were necessarily negative, but people shouldn't be surprised if Nick slams a former school. Ask MSU fans how he treated the Spartans after he left.
So I guess that some of you are saying that if a company came along that would let you possibly shine on a broader stage and would give you more money then, you would turn it down and stay where you are instead of seeing if you have what it takes to be the best. If that is the case then I can't see you being very successful in your professional life. Get over it. It was a career move that made sense for him. P.S. If I pissed you off.............BOOHOOOO!
The thing that bothered me about Saban's departure is this quote: WHAT!!! You will PROBABLY be a tiger fan for life? Well thanks for trying so hard to support a team you coached for 5 years of your life. :angry:
