re: ESPN Article: Now We Know Why Saban Retired...

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So did Saban pay players at LSU like you say he did at Alabama? It was a pretty dramatic turnaround for LSU football. And if so, did Les Miles suddenly stop when he arrived?

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I won't claim to know the inner workings of LSU football operations, but I highly doubt they were buying players under him. LSU just wanted a coach to haul them out of a decade-long period of suckage and build a respectable team again. I don't think anyone expected him to build a national championship team as fast as he did (or with the somewhat limited resources he had, compared to Bama at that time).


And, as for Miles, I don't think it mattered whether or not he WAS paying players, since after he won his natty he decided to steal the Delorean and go back in time to old-school Michigan offenses.

Remember when I asked if anyone knew about coaches with exceptionally talented rosters that couldn't maximize them?