any coach that even has that thought cross in the back of his mind isn't worth his salts, b/c from knowing and being around all of them at LSU, they think they will win every game, no matter who they play or when or where the game is... So these guys are thinking glass half-full: "the excitement of being the king of a 12-0 football program that I love so much", rather than the glass half empty approach of "how much will it suck if I don't do well?" Take Steve Spurrier. The ole ball coach. the most arrogant SOB in the SEC. Do you think he ever took a job he couldn't dominate at?
He took a probation ridden mess at Thug U and built it into a team that got shafted out of the MNC one year (his last one at Miami), then Coker won it the following year, and went to another MNC game the following. Then when his guys started leaving, Thug U started regressing.
Thanks. You motivated me to ... motivate myself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Davis Pretty interesting. So he cleaned up Erickson's mess, huh?
Yep, he pretty much built the single greatest CFB squad of all-time -- the 2001 Canes. People like to talk about how we're loaded with talent this year. No, THAT team was loaded with talent. Good heavens.