saban's methods are a bigger problem at bama because that program never hit bottom like LSU did with Dinardo
I have to disagree on that one. LSU was pretty talented when Saban arrived. Dinardeaux was a good recruiter.
It just doesn't matter. Nick bolted from LSU right after he signed a 7-year contract making him the highest-paid university employee in America and giving him total control over the football operation. When he decides to go, he goes, whether he's loved or hated.
true, we were bottomed out, we were ready to buy in to whatever Saban wanted, whole heartedly. Is bama?
One of the bigger myths. Bama fans have high expectations (like our baseball program) but have more realistic timeline than you give them credit for. They have seen the good and the bad, so they have an understanding of what works. And considering Saban runs a program like Stallings and Bryant did, he will have all the time he wants.
exactly, all I want is to compete. To be a top 25 team year in and year out. Florida, Auburn, Georgia, and LSU have been able to do it over the last few years, whats to say we shouldn't be able to do it? I'm smart enough to know that no team will ever be back to the level Alabama was at one point, those days are gone. It would just be nice to be relevant again.
Hardly. I'm sure some are getting tired of me posting this but it's too fitting, in terms of the statement cause many do believe that Saban single handedly "Rebuilt" LSU. He was VERY instrumental but the talent was there, Dinardo's problems weren't with recruiting.
Saban has always been process-oriented. I am more results-oriented, but with the success he has had at LSU it is hard to argue with him.
As defined by numerous statements here about the Shula vs Saban recruit on a mental and physical basis. I've yet to see this dismissed as a rumor that Auburn fans were spreading. I see that statement as being partially true, but not in the context I believe you are putting it. A team concept, a work diligence, personal accountability, amongst many other things that have been pointed to here is where a conflict was found. Take as example what one of the WR's had to say after the ULM loss. "I had this many catches for this many yards...on this play I did this, on this play I did that." It was surreal, but a prime example why that WR wasn't on the field much of this season. You saw an RB get a little playing time near the end of the season due to injury and one other RB getting suspended. He saw significant PT last year, but very little this year. You are beginning to see some of the reasons Shula was fired. His record last season was symptom, not a cause.
You really need to give any coach several years when they come into a program that is having problems and is not on the right track. It is not just the "process" but his whole program. I would think articles like the one linked are just filling in the time between the end of the regular season and the bowls - no more and no less. Every program will have something similar written by someone. ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule: ldskule:
