Peter King did a Q&A for his Monday Morning Quarterback. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/peter_king/03/27/mmqb.owners.meetings/1.html Nick before he was introduced at the press conference: I don't know if that was known before but I found that a little surprising.
That is definately surprising. For the record, I talked to Chris Jackson this Saturday at the game, and asked him about how spring training's going. He said that the team is looking great, especially for the new coaching regime, and that all of the players love Les Miles. That is a great sign. He said that Les disciplines as necessary and if MUCH more laid back than Nick. A "more people person". This seemed to be a great foreshadowing of this upcoming season:helmet: :tigbas:
I thought this was what he said about taking the Miami job. Just for clarification for others, it's what he said in reference to taking the LSU job.
It still amazes me how a man that is so confident in all of his coaching decisions, that runs his program so absolutely and like a dictator can be so wishy washy when it comes to believing in himself when it comes down to a job decision.
The answer is very simple. Despite all of the above, Nick Saban is human and faces all of the insecurites that most of us feel from time to time.
Is it just me, or is what Saban is saying about LSU in negative light most of the time? I'm over the disappointment of Saban leaving. I'm at the point where I'm really uneffected by it--wish him well even.... But it seems as though he really "twists the knife" when he gets the chance. First it was a knock on our QB's not being good enough to run the offense that he really wanted.... Then it was a knock on us for negativity (booing), which I agree with--but didn't think it was something that needed to be said--especially from someone who's walking out the door.... Now he speaks about how he didn't have a good feeling, etc....
Nick Saban had run his course in Baton Rouge.... And personally, I was pretty tired of his continued flirtation with various NFL teams. All I can say about Saban is that by reading the article it is obvious that Saban was headed to the NFL from day 1 at LSU. Saban worked out well for the 5 years he was at LSU but I truly believe that Saban leaving LSU for the NFL will work out best for both LSU and Saban. I think the early reluctance Saban had at LSU was stemming from Saban's true desire to go to the NFL since his days at Michigan State. Saban's track record indicates this by his continued interviews with NFL teams even though he had everything possible any college head coach could ever dream of including facilities, staff, salary, recruiting base, fan support, etc. If a head coach chooses to leave college coaching when he has all that LSU provides then in all fairness he is looking for something to soothe his ego more than anything else. If Saban thinks he belongs in the NFL, then he probably does. To me, Les Miles is a breath of fresh air and I look forward to watching the LSU offense develop under a more offensive minded coach. 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.
Re: Nick Saban had run his course in Baton Rouge.... there was also some booing this past season against amidst incredibly inept performances against far superior foes such as vanderbilt.
