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Posted on 12/9/20 at 3:16 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Having a bunch of titles by two coaches speaks to those coaches more than Alabama itself. Without those guys, Akabama is just like anyone else
Without Bryant and Saban, Alabama still had 3 coaches win 6 NCs.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 3:17 pm to Yaz 8
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It seems to me it's easier at Bama. It's been done more often. This seems simple to understand
it's simple for a reasonable man to understand. Ignorant and uneducated trolls, though, not so much
Posted on 12/9/20 at 3:18 pm to TideFaninFl
Actually 4, low IQ poster TideFaninFl
This post was edited on 12/9/20 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 12/9/20 at 3:20 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Actually 4, low IQ poster TideFaninFl
Like I said child, your research skills suck
Wade, Thomas, Stallings.....along with Bryant and Saban
edit to add- you had to delete your post...your research skills suck
This post was edited on 12/9/20 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 12/9/20 at 3:23 pm to TideFaninFl
My bad, was looking at some unclaimed titles.
I retract the low IQ tag for now.
I retract the low IQ tag for now.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:25 pm to SidewalkTiger
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You included Bryant and Saban which is clearly not part of the exercise.
"If LSU didn't have Brady"
"LSU didn't have Saban"
"If Les didn't have Saban's recruits."
There, I just took three championships from you.
See how stupid that is?
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:34 pm to Grievous Angel
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"If LSU didn't have Brady"
"LSU didn't have Saban"
"If Les didn't have Saban's recruits."
There, I just took three championships from you.
See how stupid that is?
I realize Bammers don't really understand this but when coaches like Saban or Bryant have won as many titles as each have, that's more about them than where they coach.
One off titles are a better indication of where its "easier to win."
Also, not sure how a PGC with no previous offensive coaching experience can be solely responsible for winning a championship.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:43 pm to SidewalkTiger
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I realize Bammers don't really understand this but when coaches like Saban or Bryant have won as many titles as each have, that's more about them than where they coach.
I realize you won't understand this or are just a troll that likes to talk shite or attempt to spin away from a point that shows your ignorance, but when your program hasn't won a national title between the segregated 1950 era teams and Nick Saban, it isn't your program that built Saban, but Saban that built your program.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:44 pm to BLG
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I realize you won't understand this or are just a troll that likes to talk shite or attempt to spin away from a point that shows your ignorance, but when your program hasn't won a national title between the segregated 1950 era teams and Nick Saban, it isn't your program that built Saban, but Saban that built your program.
Okay?
That changes nothing that I've said.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 6:07 pm to JTA1985
Not as easy as y'all make it out to be. U fancy yourselves as a Bama level program. You're actually closer to maybe auburn.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 6:21 pm to TouchdownTony
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Not as easy as y'all make it out to be. U fancy yourselves as a Bama level program.
We've established that it hasnt been that easy to win titles at Bama if you aren't Saban or Bear.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 6:21 pm to SidewalkTiger
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That changes nothing that I've said.
It changes a great deal of what you said. Saban made LSU into what they are today, Alabama made Saban into tGOAT. It's that simple.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 6:22 pm to SidewalkTiger
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We've established that it hasnt been that easy to win titles at Bama if you aren't Saban or Bear.
Bryant didn't win a national championship until he got to Alabama. Saban didn't win a unanimous national championship until he got to Alabama. Both coaches were made by the Crimson Tide, not vice versa.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:15 pm to JTA1985
Yeah when you really think about it your joke/question poses really interesting questions. Louisiana in-state recruiting is very different than for other places. There is a statewide culture genuinely looking down on in-state recruits leaving the state for OOS P5 programs. “Retention” of in-state talent has been a huge component of LSU’s recruiting strategy for years. I have never done the legwork to figure it out, but I have always suspected that Saban invented the concept of this strategy back in early 2000s when he was there. He identified the culture, nurtured it, and very quickly began to realize objectively superior recruiting results as to the state’s elite HS talent. The most successful in-state strategy shifted focus to this idea of “retention” of the top in-state recruits. The twist is that this strategy was also the easiest in that it is a system that essentially does work for you. The foundation for this system is made up of a small group of people at the top who cast a huge tent of supporters made up of community leaders, HS coaches, family members/friends serving as “handlers, and local donors/influencers acting as “brokers”. The supporters funnel talent through pipelines with built-in insulation from NCAA interference (like a part time HS job, etc) to the LSU coaches, who quietly know what is happening but have no direct knowledge that could implicate potential recruiting violations. The supporters are loyal to a fault and do not like outsiders. Perfect storm.
I didn’t analyze it much at the time but back when LES was about to be fired I was privy to a very unique situation by complete accident. Right before the wheels started moving on the firing/coach search I had a sit-down meeting with Roy O Martin. I just happened to be representing a government entity he was negotiating a big economic development contract with, and he stopped by for an surprise/impromptu meeting to work out all the contract terms/provisions. We did the whole thing and afterwards the Les Miles topic came up of course. He wasn’t throwing out insider info or anything, but I remember thinking it was interesting how important the in state recruiting was for the people calling the shots.
And so every coach since Saban has met the recruiting criteria. And the available talent pool is a gold mine, making it almost impossible not to field at a minimum a top 15 team based on raw talent and elite speed, size, and physical ability. So coaches who were already elite recruiters like Saban flourished. Coaches who were a notch or two below would still eat every signing day. So they could lean on that alone and still be one of the best teams in the conference.
But I agree, it does raise the question of whether they were actually good coaches/recruiters or if the most widely known “secret” in CFB could turn shitty coaches into elite ones. LSU will always prioritize a recruiting HC above all else as long as the state talent maintains like it has. L
I didn’t analyze it much at the time but back when LES was about to be fired I was privy to a very unique situation by complete accident. Right before the wheels started moving on the firing/coach search I had a sit-down meeting with Roy O Martin. I just happened to be representing a government entity he was negotiating a big economic development contract with, and he stopped by for an surprise/impromptu meeting to work out all the contract terms/provisions. We did the whole thing and afterwards the Les Miles topic came up of course. He wasn’t throwing out insider info or anything, but I remember thinking it was interesting how important the in state recruiting was for the people calling the shots.
And so every coach since Saban has met the recruiting criteria. And the available talent pool is a gold mine, making it almost impossible not to field at a minimum a top 15 team based on raw talent and elite speed, size, and physical ability. So coaches who were already elite recruiters like Saban flourished. Coaches who were a notch or two below would still eat every signing day. So they could lean on that alone and still be one of the best teams in the conference.
But I agree, it does raise the question of whether they were actually good coaches/recruiters or if the most widely known “secret” in CFB could turn shitty coaches into elite ones. LSU will always prioritize a recruiting HC above all else as long as the state talent maintains like it has. L
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:26 pm to BFANLC
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Its all about luck. You have to be prepared to take advantage of that luck but in the end its its all about being lucky.
This completely
2012 - OSU was ineligible. Bama wins
2011 - Okie St. lost a game giving Bama a shot
2017 - Didn't win their division but OSU (among others) screwed the pooch
It's the same for almost every team who has won a title. You need luck to win often. Then once you get the opportunity it's what you do with it
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:35 pm to JTA1985
It's so easy a caveman could do it ?
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