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Saban documentary doesn’t show LSU or Kiffin in a good light
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:14 pm
Saban took the LSU job without ever visiting LSU or Baton Rouge. He sent Mrs Terry since he couldn’t make time to go. When he arrived and was driven the first time from the airport and saw what he had committed to, he had second thoughts and called Mrs Terry right before his press conference and told her he wanted to back out. She talked him into staying.
The Kiffin segment highlights how much Saban disliked him. It is no secret that Saban fired him. I never realized how bad the situation was. Saban tries to say some nice things but he and the other coaches mainly speak of how irresponsible Kiffin was.
The Kiffin segment highlights how much Saban disliked him. It is no secret that Saban fired him. I never realized how bad the situation was. Saban tries to say some nice things but he and the other coaches mainly speak of how irresponsible Kiffin was.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:16 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Saban didn't retire to LA for a reason.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:17 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Cool story bro
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:19 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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Saban took the LSU job without ever visiting LSU or Baton Rouge. He sent Mrs Terry since he couldn’t make time to go. When he arrived and was driven the first time from the airport and saw what he had committed to, he had second thoughts and called Mrs Terry right before his press conference and told her he wanted to back out. She talked him into staying.
Yet has said multiple times he should have never left. Not hard to google. The reason he wanted to back out was because of how much pressure there was. He even commented of the amount of people at the press conference.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:19 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Ms. Terry, the MVP of Saban’s career, tbh. If he doesn’t go to LSU when he did, then he doesn’t go to NFL when he did, or wind up at Bama when he did. 
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:24 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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Saban took the LSU job without ever visiting LSU or Baton Rouge. He sent Mrs Terry since he couldn’t make time to go.
I remember when Kiffin was crucified for doing the same thing.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:26 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:27 pm to topcat88
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The reason he wanted to back out was because of how much pressure there was.
So he took the Alabama job?
Good there is no pressure in Tuscaloosa
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:29 pm to phaz
Uh....he got a little more confident after winning his 1st National Championship
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:32 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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Saban took the LSU job without ever visiting LSU or Baton Rouge. He sent Mrs Terry since he couldn’t make time to go. When he arrived and was driven the first time from the airport and saw what he had committed to, he had second thoughts and called Mrs Terry right before his press conference and told her he wanted to back out. She talked him into staying.
It's well known LSU was a mess and underfunded before Saban brought the program to life. We were the first program to build a football operations center because of Saban and one of the first student athlete academic centers. This is not a revelation.
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The Kiffin segment highlights how much Saban disliked him. It is no secret that Saban fired him. I never realized how bad the situation was. Saban tries to say some nice things but he and the other coaches mainly speak of how irresponsible Kiffin was.
And now they're friends. Lane is obviously at the very least much less of a shithead he was. What exactly is the point of the thread? This board has day and night shifts talking about and researching LSU athletics. this is nothing they haven't discussed ad nauseam,.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:37 pm to tigerbait2010
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We were the first program to build a football operations center because of Saban and one of the first student athlete academic centers
The documentary stated just the opposite, that LSU was probably the only major program without one when he arrived. Saban had it built after he arrived.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:40 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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The documentary stated just the opposite, that LSU was probably the only major program without one when he arrived. Saban had it built after he arrived.
That's why I said we were the first do build those facilities because of Nick Saban?
eta: the ops center was the first of its kind. I am sure other schools had a student athlete academic center
This post was edited on 10/13/26 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:41 pm to topcat88
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Yet has said multiple times he should have never left. Not hard to google. The reason he wanted to back out was because of how much pressure there was. He even commented of the amount of people at the press conference.
This is LSU fans reading into what he said.
He was talking about leaving college football in general for the NFL, not LSU specifically.
He never had a buyout at Alabama. He was free to leave at any point in his career and it would have cost teams $0 to get him. He could have at any point went back to LSU, but he never did.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:41 pm to Ramblin Wreck
If saban doesn’t coach at LSU he never coaches Bama
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:43 pm to Crimson Wraith
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Saban didn't retire to LA for a reason.
Damn sure didn't buy a lake house on Lake Pontchartrain.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:44 pm to CBandits82
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If saban doesn’t coach at LSU he never coaches Bama
Bama would have found a way to bring him home.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:44 pm to 3down10
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He was talking about leaving college football in general for the NFL, not LSU specifically.
He never had a buyout at Alabama. He was free to leave at any point in his career and it would have cost teams $0 to get him. He could have at any point went back to LSU, but he never did
He's said multiple times leaving LSU was his critical mistake. He could have accomplished what he did at Alabama at LSU.
Just take your victory and 6 natties. Be grateful the Dolphins convinced him to leave.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:45 pm to 3down10
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This is LSU fans reading into what he said.
Nobody can spin like a corn dog.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:45 pm to topcat88
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Yet has said multiple times he should have never left.
Because he knew the college game was where he belonged, not because Baton Rouge was some mecca he regretted leaving behind.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:45 pm to CBandits82
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If saban doesn’t coach at LSU he never coaches Bama
Maybe, maybe not. If he stayed at Mich State maybe he takes the Bama job instead of Fran or Shula.
Either way, he still would have been Saban no matter which major program he settled at. He would have ended up dominating at some other program
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