re: The moment we all knew Les was gonna be a problem

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Either he knew he was in way over his head as an NFL coach and skipped town before eyerything imploded or there was a lot more to Alabama's offer than we know. Either way, we probably won't find out until Saban is long gone from coaching, if we ever do.

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When the Alabama job first opened up, Saban's agent was all over it. The problem as my south Florida friends told me at the time was the Miami buy out. Miami wasn't going to let him go scot free even though he was rapidly wearing out his welcome there. So there was sort of a Mexican stand-off. Miami wanted their blood price and/or the Alabama side was balking at the price. No matter, time was running out so Alabama "agreed in principle" with Rich Rod. Nothing was signed. Somehow, magically the buy out problem was solved and Saban was available. Did someone come up with the money for the buy out or did Miami charitably give Saban up a free pass? At the time there were all sorts of rumors. Neither party is stranger to sleazy deals. So Alabama screwed Rich Rod over and grabbed Saban. A chicken-shite move but the right one for Bama in the long term.

All of that "Saban loves LSU" was nothing more than a smoke screen to try to calm the ire of the LSU fans. The fairy tale that he wanted to come back is nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of some LSU fans. Other than possibly, just barely possibly Auburn, LSU is the game Saban wants to win the most.