re: I like LSU's approach to this game better

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I really, really, really hope Nov 5 leads to a three way tie in the west by the end of the season.

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I think you are wrong, but both coaches are right.

Players are smart and if you start changing what you do, they'll start freaking out.

If Miles' were to start acting all serious it would freak the players and the fanbase out. If Saban started telling jokes that were funny and saying incoherrent sentences the Earth would turn inside out.

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Saban's "business" approach has worked so far in every big game Bama has played in since he got there, with the exception of Auburn last season, ULM, and Utah.

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Both approaches work for their teams.All depends on which style you personally like better.Some like Saban's business like approach and some like Miles' players' coach,loose mentality.

Having experienced Saban at LSU and having watched all the big games for Bama since he's been there,his style works more than not but there have been a few times where his team played nervous or tight at the beginning of games.The Texas game is the best example.He and the team were out of sorts at the beginning of that game.Once McCoy got hurt and the game settled in and Ingram began to wear on Texas they took control.Before that Bama was not good in that game.Lots of mental mistakes by the team and Saban.

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And that scares me. I think the "business" approach is good when playing mississippi schools and arkansas teams but for a game like this i think its super important for the players to be excited, like a college student, and enjoy themselves. Miles seems to have his team looser....But that is just an opinion from someone who usually has bad ones..."business" like approach can lead to nervous offense.....but im not second guessing saban just wanted to see what you all thought

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This has got to be the gayest post of the year. If you don't think BAMA will be up fr this game then you are a fricking moron.

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Saban has a methodical, machine-like mental mindset built into his players, which causes them to practice and prepare at a higher level and then perform at a higher level.

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This is part of the Saban myth that he likes to propogate among the media. He is a great coach, but his businesslike approach did not help him against South Carolina, LSU, or Auburn last year or against Utah in the Sugar Bowl.

He is a good coach with a team that is usually far more talented than the team across the field. That is how he wins. All of the rest is just smoke and mirrors to enhance his persona and guys like you eat it up.

I just hope thy aren't so loose that that they start throwing helmets and kicking bamaplayers

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A business approach is exactly how a team plays loose. It's okay to get fired up and have an extra sense of urgency, but if you're playing on emmotion that's how you get tight and nervous. Plus, emmotion is gone after about 5 minutes. Saban has a methodical, machine-like mental mindset built into his players, which causes them to practice and prepare at a higher level and then perform at a higher level. I'll take it any day of the week over getting up for one game. Ask Penn State, Arky and Florida how well it works to get all worked up emmotionally for Bama.

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Your post cannot be taken seriously when you misspell the same word three times.

neither approach is right or wrong. whereas i like miles approach better, i damn sure like sabans approach too. you don't even get to play in big games if you don't start preparing in the spring, have excellence in summer workouts and sweat blood in the fall. both coaches engineer that; it's just that miles APPEARS happy go lucky so folks branded him as a dufus when he had some talent failures. this game is a toss up and, imo, NOT indicative of either coaches style. the winner of this game, in all likelyhood will be the team that gets a key break; goes for it on 4th and makes it; a player (star or journeyman) steps up and makes a play at a critical moment and of course, the turnover thing. i think these teams are even and the loser is probably just as good of a team. BUT, somebody has to lose. here's to a great matchup and the hope that no one get's injured.

Saban has groomed me to not doubt a single thing he does. I realize EVERY decision he makes won't be perfect but he's better than anyone else Alabama could have. Haven't you heard one of his pre-game speeches? He'll have em pumped. I remember feeling nervous about how Alabama would come out against auburn last year. They were on another planet. Decided to never worry about the teams attitude going into a game after that.