re: SEC Mythbusters: Saban did not build LSU

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SEC Mythbusters: Saban did not build LSU

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Did LSU coach themselves?

Saban will own the kittys in January.

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If I clear a field and build a house on it, it doesn't disintegrate when I move on to another field...especially if I build it well, with a strong foundation. It should perfectly capable of being expanded on to and of supporting new owners.

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So if lsu didn't hire mark emmerett, would lsu be where they are?

Just answer the question.

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No. (assuming you meant Mark Emmert)

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So who hired him? TAF?

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This is the most accurate statement made. Without Emmert, LSU and Saban may not be where they are. Hats off to Emmert for his vision. I'm glad saban was the one Emmert chose and he did the job he did for the Tigers. If bama thought saban was some football genius, why didn't they get him from Mich St. when they were playing merry-go-'round with coaches?

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Everyone wants to give Saban 100% of the credit in rebuilding LSU, because he was the most visible to the football public. Football fans assume that he was hired at LSU and had the same playing field as DiNardo and Hallman, but he had advantages that they never had. Hallman was worthless as a coach, but DiNardo actually was pretty good. It wasn't his fault that LSU wouldn't pony up the cash to pay for good asst. coaches. When LSU (ie cheap Joe Dean) wouldn't give him the money to pay Carl Reese, Reese left and DiNardo had to hire a new DC on the cheap and LSU faltered miserably.

LSU opened up the wallet and gave Saban anything and everything he wanted.

Saban was the perfect coach to rebuild the program, however, with all the funds thrown at him. He was ruthless, brilliant, and a major workaholic, that demanded perfection. So, major kudo's have to be given to him for his part in rebuilding the program. I will always be thankful to him for what he did at LSU.

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If bama thought saban was some football genius, why didn't they get him from Mich St. when they were playing merry-go-'round with coaches?

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Because Bama didn't need a coach when LSU hired Saban. DuBose had just won an SEC championship that year and they were preseason top 5 going into the next season. When DuBose tanked out, Saban was not going to leave LSU that soon.

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I don't know why some LSU fans can't accept the fact that Saban was very good to and for LSU.

Now, with that said, LSU was very good for Saban and his career just as much as he was good to LSU.

What most people don't understand is that Mark Emmert had just as much, if not more, to do with LSU's success as Saban did. Emmert was hired in 1999 and he recognized that LSU needed a strong football program to help build the overall strength of the university.

Emmert fired Joe Dean and hand picked Nick Saban as the next football coach at LSU. Emmert is the one who raised the money to hire Saban and pay for a first class team of asst. coaches.

Saban did his homework and understood the recruiting base of LA and how most LA recruits weren't staying home to play.

Emmert is the one how put all the wheels in motion to raise all the hundreds of millions of dollars to build new football facilities.

Saban, to his credit, understood what facilities needed to be built to attract elite prospects. While other schools spent all their money on football stadiums, Saban understood what facilities truly attracted elite prospects and those are the ones that the players use every single day, so that's what LSU spent their money on.(football ops center, athletic academic center, indoor practice facility, student-athlete housing, weight room, etc.,etc.

Emmert was also smart enough to give Saban full power to run the football program and keep the meddling boosters at bay. Bama, to their credit, did the same when they hired him. LSU, to their credit, have kept that power structure in place and have allowed Miles to run the football program without meddling boosters to interfere.

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If you keepd sifting through the muddied waters, you will eventually happen upon a gold nugget.

This is that nugget.

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willeteal

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Saban did not build LSU

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This link is just for you

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If I clear a field and build a house on it, it doesn't disintegrate when I move on to another field...especially if I build it well, with a strong foundation. It should perfectly capable of being expanded on to and of supporting new owners.

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Using that analogy, Bear Bryant built the most beautiful mansion in the south and kept it up for a long time. When he moved out, the leasing company moved in a series of families from the projects in to the property with each leaving the house in worse condition than they found it. When Saban moved in, sure, the house was standing... but it was hardly the beauty that it once was. If it weren't for him moving in, that old house was on the verge of looking like all of those beautiful Mississippi homes on 90 after Katrina came through. When you're looking at a slab of cement it doesn't matter how grand the house that stood there once was.