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Why did Saban leave LSU?
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:44 am
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:44 am
The guy could have amassed a number of titles so great that no one would ever come close.
Seems weird that he’s going to do it at Bama now.
Seems weird that he’s going to do it at Bama now.
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Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:45 am to Lemonpuppy
Wanted to see if he could win in the NFL. He couldn’t.
He just recently admitted it was his biggest professional mistake ever
Personally I think it’s passing on Drew Brees for Dante Culpepper Lol
Or bringing that woman beater from Georgia onto Bamas campus where he proceeded to assualt more young ladies
He just recently admitted it was his biggest professional mistake ever
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The Alabama coach admitted his biggest professional regret was leaving LSU for the Miami Dolphins in an interview with Glenn Guilbeau of the Lafayette Daily Advertiser. "As it turns out, what I learned from that experience in hindsight was, it was a huge mistake”
Personally I think it’s passing on Drew Brees for Dante Culpepper Lol
Or bringing that woman beater from Georgia onto Bamas campus where he proceeded to assualt more young ladies
This post was edited on 8/18/20 at 10:48 am
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:46 am to Lemonpuppy
NFL called.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:46 am to Lemonpuppy
Couldn't wait to get out of Baton Rouge. Said it was a shite hole.
This post was edited on 8/18/20 at 10:47 am
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:49 am to Gary Busey
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Couldn't wait to get out of Baton Rouge. Said it was a shite hole.
Oops. Someone posted his actual thoughts before your nonsense. When keeping it real goes wrong.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:49 am to Gary Busey
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Couldn't wait to get out of Baton Rouge. Said it was a shite hole.
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"And I know a lot of LSU fans think I left for whatever reasons, but I left because I wanted to be a pro coach, or thought I wanted to be a pro coach. We loved LSU. We worked hard to build the program. If there was one thing professionally that I would do over again, it would've been not to leave LSU."
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:50 am to Gary Busey
Like Tuscaloosa is living in the high life. Man stop Tuscaloosa is just like any podump city out there.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:51 am to Lemonpuppy
It’s not a destination program
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:52 am to texag7
quote:Why’d A&blM make cups and engrave rings for their only victory over that program this millennium then?
It’s not a destination program
Stay woke California East A&blM
This post was edited on 8/18/20 at 10:53 am
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:56 am to Solo Cam
Pretty simple really. The dude wanted to be an NFL coach his entire life. Finally made it but realized it wasn't his style.
ETA: Bama fans were extremely lucky to have Saban fall in their lap.
ETA: Bama fans were extremely lucky to have Saban fall in their lap.
This post was edited on 8/18/20 at 10:57 am
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:57 am to Solo Cam
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"As it turns out, what I learned from that experience in hindsight was, it was a huge mistake”
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Part of the reason Saban was such an attractive NFL candidate in 2005 was because of his experience under future Hall of Fame coach Bill Belichick.
Saban served as Belichick’s defensive coordinator on the Browns from 1991-94. Though Belichick has led the Patriots to five Super Bowl appearances, he went 36-44 (a .450 winning percentage) in Cleveland, a worse NFL head coaching mark than Saban had in Miami.
"I never really wanted to leave LSU," said Saban, who succumbed to a belief in the back of his mind that the NFL was the place to be. "You kind of do something, and you learn about yourself a little bit when you do something. Which maybe you should have known that before you did it. But you didn't."
"Well, the day I landed in Miami and went to the first press conference,” Saban said. “I started to realize the difference between the NFL then and what the NFL was like before when I was in it with Bill Belichick from 1991-94 in Cleveland, before we had free agency, before the media had infiltrated sorta everything that was happening. I guess right then."
"There's so many factors that you can't control, whether it's the salary cap, how many draft picks you've got, what the age of your team is, what the contract situation with the players you have on your team is," he said. "And then all those things sort of affect your ability to improve."
This post was edited on 8/18/20 at 11:01 am
Posted on 8/18/20 at 10:57 am to Solo Cam
Saban was getting NFL overtures while at MSU
Then he turned down NFL jobs after 2001 season, at that point it was only a matter of time and after 2003 it was expected.
The real question is what did LSU see in Saban to make him the first million dollar college coach?
At that time LSU was not matching NFL dollars and the blank checkbook Miami was dangling with complete control.
Now Saban is siphoning all of Bama's money instead because he thought Culpepper was the answer over Drew Brees and the NFL players hated him.
Then he turned down NFL jobs after 2001 season, at that point it was only a matter of time and after 2003 it was expected.
The real question is what did LSU see in Saban to make him the first million dollar college coach?
At that time LSU was not matching NFL dollars and the blank checkbook Miami was dangling with complete control.
Now Saban is siphoning all of Bama's money instead because he thought Culpepper was the answer over Drew Brees and the NFL players hated him.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:02 am to Solo Cam
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where he proceeded to assualt more young ladies
Never happened.it was a false allegation.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:04 am to Lemonpuppy
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Why did Saban leave LSU?
Who the Hell wants to spend their career in Louisiana?
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:06 am to Lemonpuppy
If he had taken Brees instead of Culpepper he'd probably still be in the NFL
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:07 am to Mithridates6
More on his time in the NFL, if anyone is legitimately curious
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Saban took over a 4-12 Dolphins team, improving Miami to a respectable 9-7 and second-place AFC East finish in 2005. The next year his Dolphins went 6-10 before Saban decided to move on to Alabama.
Saban’s overall 15-17 record (a .469 winning percentage) is less than stellar, but it is far from awful.
And it is more impressive considering the circumstances, which included an old defense, poor quarterback play and an oft-suspended running back.
The 2005 team
Saban’s biggest challenge facing the 2005 Dolphins may have involved team chemistry. After quitting football for a year, running back Ricky Williams returned, following a four-game suspension.
Saban repaired a locker room alienated by Williams’ abrupt departure and meshed the RB talents of Williams and Ronnie Brown.
Most think of the early 2000 Dolphins as being a dominant defensive team. But while defensive end Jason Taylor (who had 12 sacks that year) and linebacker Zach Thomas made the Pro Bowl, the aging squad started seven defensive players 30 or older.
The entire starting defensive line — Kevin Carter (32 years old), Keith Traylor (36), Vonnie Holliday (30) and Taylor (31) — was older than 30, and it showed. The team’s defense ranked 18th in the league.
More problematic than the running back situation or the defense’s old legs was the QB play.
Gus Frerotte, the 34-year-old, journeyman quarterback, started 15 games for the Dolphins, completing just 52 percent of his passes.
Winning nine games with Frerotte as his quarterback is a testament to Saban’s ability to get the most out of his team.
The 2006 team
Saban knew he had to improve at quarterback, the weakest part of his squad, and the passing game became even more of an issue after Williams was suspended for the entire 2006 season, following his fourth violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.
Saban and the Dolphins looked at two veteran starting QB options, ultimately trading a second-round draft pick for Daunte Culpepper instead of signing free agent Drew Brees.
Although that decision now looks like a horrendous move, one must keep it in historical perspective.
Culpepper made the Pro Bowl in 2003 and 2004 before suffering a season-ending knee injury during the middle of the 2005 season. Brees suffered a complete, 360-degree tear of his labrum and a partial tear of his rotator cuff in the last game of the 2005 season. The shoulder damage was so bad that Dr. James Andrews told Sports Illustrated it was “one of the most unique injuries” he had ever seen.
Would you rather have a quarterback with a bad knee or a quarterback with a historically bad throwing shoulder?
Culpepper, though, struggled through four starts with the Dolphins, completing 60.4 percent of his passes for 929 yards, two touchdowns, three interceptions and a QB rating of 77.
Meanwhile, Brees completed 64.3 percent of his passes for 4,418 yards, 26 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and a QB rating of 96.2 while leading the Saints to the NFC Championship Game one year after New Orleans finished an NFC-worst 3-13.
The failure to choose the right quarterback would ultimately be the undoing of the 2006 Dolphins team and Saban’s tenure.
Backup QB Joey Harrington would start 11 games, completing 57.5 percent of his passes while throwing 12 touchdowns and 15 interceptions for a QB rating of 68.2.
After Saban left the Dolphins, Miami fell to 1-15 the next year.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:07 am to RD Dawg
I don’t know, beating that UGA arse is pretty sweet.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:10 am to paperwasp
Culpepper had great chemistry with Randy Moss, take that away and he was nothing special
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:10 am to Gary Busey
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Gary Busey
Lol typical window-licking Gump.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:12 am to RD Dawg
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Who the Hell wants to spend their career in Louisiana?
Coaches who beat UGA like a worn out drum.
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