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re: Saban calls for same rules to govern all Power 5 conferences
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:06 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:06 pm to RollTide1987
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Saban wanted total control of the organization. If he had had it he would have gotten Drew Brees
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Brees had significant interest on the table from the Saints. But he wanted to find out if Saban had the same faith in him that (Sean) Payton and Mickey Loomis had in New Orleans. So Brees picked up the phone and called Saban, who told him the Miami team doctors believed Brees had a 25 percent chance to come back and be the same quarterback, or better, that he'd been before the shoulder surgery.
According to the book, Brees said to Saban: "Coach, I know what your doctors believe about me. My question is, what do you believe?''
Wrote Brees: "Nick Saban paused. That was really all I needed to hear. His pause told me everything. 'Well, Drew,' he said, 'I would still love to have you, but I have to trust what our medical people are saying ...' He went on from there, like he was reading from a script. But I was starting to tune out. By then I had all the information I needed. I had made my decision.''
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:10 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
WTF does what he did at Miami have to do with this?
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:47 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Saban wanted total control of the organization. If he had had it he would have gotten Drew Brees
Enjoy...
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Brees had significant interest on the table from the Saints. But he wanted to find out if Saban had the same faith in him that (Sean) Payton and Mickey Loomis had in New Orleans. So Brees picked up the phone and called Saban, who told him the Miami team doctors believed Brees had a 25 percent chance to come back and be the same quarterback, or better, that he'd been before the shoulder surgery.
According to the book, Brees said to Saban: "Coach, I know what your doctors believe about me. My question is, what do you believe?''
Wrote Brees: "Nick Saban paused. That was really all I needed to hear. His pause told me everything. 'Well, Drew,' he said, 'I would still love to have you, but I have to trust what our medical people are saying ...' He went on from there, like he was reading from a script. But I was starting to tune out. By then I had all the information I needed. I had made my decision.''
The single greatest thing Saban ever did for the state of Louisiana was passing on Drew Brees. Without Brees the Saints draft Leinart and I highly doubt we have a season like 2006 and the Saints are in San Antonio by 2010. So if 21-0 was well worth the cost of this:
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