re: Saban documentary doesn’t show LSU or Kiffin in a good light

LSU did more for sabans reputation than anywhere else he coached prior

Would bama have hired him from Mich st
Doubtful

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He's said multiple times leaving the college game was his critical mistake.

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You stop reading at the LSU quote.

Everyone else reads this and realizes he's talking about college football itself and LSU was just the last college team he coached at before heading to the NFL.

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But I found out in that experience that I like coaching in college better because you could develop players — personally, academically, athletically and all that — a little more than in pro ball."

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not because Baton Rouge was some mecca he regretted leaving behind.

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Baton Rouge has nothing to do with it. Tuscaloosa is a nicer Shreveport, so congrats. He made the job elite and really had zero reason to leave besides his NFL aspirations. I had no idea this is a subject Alabama fans have sat around and actually created a false narrative over but knock yourself out I guess

He also said he would have gladly gone back to LSU if had been an option. Also firing Kiffin cost Alabama a natty. He’d have 7 legitimate Championships (Covid doesn’t count) if he’d have waited a week. That was his Malcolm Butler moment.

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Miami fans wouldn't have been upset he left if that was the case. It's part of the fantasy LSU fans have come with over the years to cope.

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Says the fan base with a fantasyland story about how if Saban never left LSU, Alabama was going to walk in and pluck him from the program. This is completely subjective and have no idea why you retards actually sit around and discuss this

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As for Alabama fallen back - I've watched Alabama win 9 national championships and LSU has never been anything

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What are you even talking about? Top to bottom LSU's athletic department is stout, having won twice as many national championships. We've seen three national titles in football and baseball in the 21st century, and we have the same aount of final fours this century too. But I too can just make shite up

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Says the fan base with a fantasyland story about how if Saban never left LSU, Alabama was going to walk in and pluck him from the program. This is completely subjective and have no idea why you retards actually sit around and discuss this

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Nobody said this, nor does anyone have a reason to say this.

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What are you even talking about? Top to bottom LSU's athletic department is stout, having won twice as many national championships. We've seen three national titles in football and baseball in the 21st century, and we have the same aount of final fours this century too. But I too can just make shite up

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This is a discussion about football. Nobody gives a frick about baseball.

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Baton Rouge has nothing to do with it.

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Correct. And neither does LSU. And I'm not naive enough to think that Saban came to Tuscaloosa because he regarded it as some cultural center of excellence. He came because the job was open, the facilities were there, and the money was good.

I wouldn’t think leaving to go pro and then Bama to win 6 to be anybody’s critical mistake.

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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.

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My wife always tells me things would be a lot easier if I just listened to her.

In Nick's case, his wife is absolutely right to think or say that.