Jim Hanigriff said he saw Gurley Hallman and his coodinators drinking in a bar at 4 PM on the Friday before an Auburn game I met Curley several times when he had obviously been drinking
Was thinking of Jimmy Ott. Was on the show they do together. Behold! A child will be born! And thou shalt call him Les!
LOL, I was reading what I said and maybe sucked was a little harsh. He was a fricken talent who could shrug off linemen or toss the ball with linemen hanging on him. It just sure seemed like he didn't care much and his team accomplishments here reflect that, despite individual stats. I should probably give Miles a break with Jamarcus, how do you not play him? Bottom line is results though. I have much less respect for Jamarcus than Mauck and Flynn. If you say Flynn, Mettenberger, half a season with Lee, and one season with Russell, that's 3.5/10.
No, I don't. You are cherrypicking two years in a 10-year span. That is not how you calculate trends. In those 10 years we have gone to championship games, been ranked #1, and established LSU has a perennial contender. And we have had some rebuilding years. Every team has them.
I agree with you because the guy's physical gifts were astronomical. He was like a stronger armed Big Ben, but mentally he just didn't have it. He relied solely on his physical talent which made him a good college qb, but those physical gifts only take you so far if you aren't willing to put in the mental work.
I didn't enjoy Saban's last year at LSU and said as much on this board at the time. We came back in '04 looking like a shell of the '03 championship team, so I was worried (at the time) that Saban didn't have his team as well-prepared mentally and physically as they perhaps should have been to defend a title. I found it to be a very good coaching job on Miles' part that he got his '05 team to the SECCG, in spite of the trauma the team suffered through with Katrina and Rita, and at the time, I felt that Saban probably would not have handled that adversity as well as Miles seemed to do. The reason I felt that way was remembering some off-handed comments that Saban had made after 9/11/01. He complained about how disruptive it was to the team (postponed AU game, emotions, etc.) I doubt he'd have handled a tragedy on his very doorstep if one far way (though emotional, too) disrupted his team.
so you will magnify anything negative saban/pro miles and ignore any good saban did here. much less the fact he rebuilt this program into a national contender and is why we regained prominence. this happens with most during breakups.
