Nick Saban's downfall will be the

The following quote from the Washington Posts is probably an indication of just some of the consequences of Saban's handling of the situation:

"The question now for Alabama is: How quickly will somebody else turn his head? Clearly, he likes being courted as much, if not more, than he likes coaching. I'd love to be one of the good Southeastern Conference schools -- say, Florida, Auburn, Georgia, LSU -- recruiting against Alabama now. I'd make up a big board with all of Saban's lies over the last two years and I'd show the quotes to all those boys' mamas and daddies. I'd hammer at Saban's credibility in every living room across the South. If Saban had simply said, "I'm considering some options and I'm not ready to talk about this until the end of the season," there would be no issue with him. But his handling of the situation will and should dog him indefinitely"

 

Well, Paul Dietzel surely rued the day that he, as a coach, left LSU. I take his return as AD and the fact that he lives in BR to this day as sort of implicit admission that he f*cked up.

The rage over Saban's lies will subside, but what will persist until the day he leaves the SEC is 100% determination to show that LSU's success in the last few years, while managed and designed by Saban, was and is not due mostly to him.

Louisiana has a sick amount of talent, and any coach who is a strong recruiter and locks down this state will win, win big, and win consistently.

Nick who? Les Miles is *my* coach, screw whomever is coaching at Alabama these days.

 

As a recruiter I would stay away from bashing any other coaches or programs and sell them on what we have to offer. It is an honor to be able to play here and we have many great selling points.....let them come cause they want LSU and not because they don't want....... Les Miles' character speaks for itself. I never liked mud-slinging politics and most are aware of Saban's situation anyway. Just my opinion. :thumb:

 

True Saban did leave a LSU as a top notch program, and he was able to build it into a top notch program while the SEC West was not strong, in fact it was at a time when the west was arguably the weakest it ever has been (AU was the only top notch program at that time, Bama was down and ARK was inconsistent) it , and the East was much stronger with more top 20 programs.

Today the SEC is much different the West currently has 3 top 15 programs (LSU AU and ARK) and the East is still strong with (FLA UGA TN SC), and if you were ranking the SEC today Kentucky would be ahead of Bama after slapping Clemson around.

My point is Saban will have to build Bama while playing a conference schedule that is much tougher than when he was building LSU into a National Champion.

And remember Saban was not perfect he lost to several teams that LSU had no business losing to, including an embarassment at home against UAB.

And of course he will have a harder time recruiting because of this fact, competing against AU and UGA in state and TN and LSU out of state.