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re: Would Saban have been as successful if he had stayed at LSU?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:35 pm to Tarpon08
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:35 pm to Tarpon08
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Whats so crazy about it? No Bama dynasty to compete with in the West and in recruiting.
Bama consecutively landed in the playoffs, in the championship game, or 1 game short. Nobody is beating that.
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Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:36 pm to Landmass
Saban himself said leaving LSU was his biggest regret. He knows. The answer is yes.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:59 pm to Landmass
Yes.
So we are claiming the NCs that he won at Alabama.
They are ours.
Thanks
So we are claiming the NCs that he won at Alabama.
They are ours.
Thanks
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:02 pm to Tiger on the Rag
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I think 90% of football fans might would say even more successful.
2005 might have been worse.
I don't think he would have handled the program well immediately after Katrina.
At that time, Miles was the right kind of coach to navigate that mess.
ETA: Other than that, I think yes. Title wins in 2006 and 2007, then easily 6 more through 2023.
This post was edited on 9/2/25 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:04 pm to RTRnFlorida
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LSU is not and has never been and will never be Bama. Even before Saban Baka owned LSU
LSU went 7-1 against Bama from 2000-2007.
if Saban stays at LSU, then who knows who Alabama hires.
could me just another version of Dubose, Fran, Shula
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:06 pm to Nutriaitch
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then who knows who Alabama hires.
Dick Rod.
Which would have been fricking hilarious.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:08 pm to wadewilson
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then who knows who Alabama hires.
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Dick Rod.
Which would have been fricking hilarious.
didn't that hire already fall through before the push for Saban?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:11 pm to Nutriaitch
I don't remember, that was a long time ago.
Hell, maybe Alabama ends up with Miles for 1 year before he turns right around and bails for Michigan.
Hell, maybe Alabama ends up with Miles for 1 year before he turns right around and bails for Michigan.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:23 pm to Nutriaitch
Did you’re so stupid. We had been on probation. We got caught paying players. We didn’t have scholarships, we couldn’t go to bowl games for years. That wasn’t the bama of before or after. You’re talking out of your retarded arse. Now go cut someone’s grass or pressure wash their driveway little bitch.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:27 pm to RTRnFlorida
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RTRnFlorida
Thought you said Bama was going to run the ball?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:44 pm to SidewalkTiger
First drive we did and scored easily. 16 plays and ran the ball 15 times.
Opened it up for some dumb fricking reason and although we had almost twice as many passing yards as FSU’s QB, we shouldn’t have done that. Bad coaching. Bad bad bad
Opened it up for some dumb fricking reason and although we had almost twice as many passing yards as FSU’s QB, we shouldn’t have done that. Bad coaching. Bad bad bad
This post was edited on 9/2/25 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:54 pm to RTRnFlorida
That's the Grubb/DeBoer experience. I tried to tell you.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:48 pm to RTRnFlorida
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we couldn’t go to bowl games for years
Bama had a 2 year Bowl ban.
and that ban didn't happen until the middle of that 7-1 run.
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That wasn’t the bama of before or after.
3 years off probation
12-2 ('08
7-6 ('07)
6-7 ('06)
the 3 years on/after probation
10-2 ('05)
6-6 ('04)
4-9 ('03)
the 3 years before probation
10-3 ('02)
7-5 ('01)
3-8 ('00)
the 3 years brfore that 3 year stretch
10-3 ('99)
7-5 ('98)
4-7 ('97)
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:48 pm to Landmass
Yes
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:07 pm to Landmass
We could compare his five seasons at LSU to his first five seasons at Alabama and extrapolate the data.
LSU Nick Saban
48-16, 75%
3 West Titles
2 SEC Titles
1 National Title
Alabama Nick Saban
55-12, 82%
3 West Titles
2 SEC Titles
2 National Titles
Pretty similar with a little higher winning percentage at Alabama and one more national title. He averaged one national title every 5 years at LSU. He averaged one national title every 2.5 years at Alabama (over his entire career it fell to every 2.8 years on average).
He would have had a lot of success at LSU and won multiple national titles. Probably 3 or 4 more. But what is the logic that he would have been even more successful at LSU than he was at Alabama when his actual record shows the opposite?
LSU Nick Saban
48-16, 75%
3 West Titles
2 SEC Titles
1 National Title
Alabama Nick Saban
55-12, 82%
3 West Titles
2 SEC Titles
2 National Titles
Pretty similar with a little higher winning percentage at Alabama and one more national title. He averaged one national title every 5 years at LSU. He averaged one national title every 2.5 years at Alabama (over his entire career it fell to every 2.8 years on average).
He would have had a lot of success at LSU and won multiple national titles. Probably 3 or 4 more. But what is the logic that he would have been even more successful at LSU than he was at Alabama when his actual record shows the opposite?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:18 pm to captdalton
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We could compare his five seasons at LSU to his first five seasons at Alabama and extrapolate the data.
LSU Nick Saban
48-16, 75%
3 West Titles
2 SEC Titles
1 National Title
Alabama Nick Saban
55-12, 82%
3 West Titles
2 SEC Titles
2 National Titles
Pretty similar with a little higher winning percentage at Alabama and one more national title. He averaged one national title every 5 years at LSU. He averaged one national title every 2.5 years at Alabama (over his entire career it fell to every 2.8 years on average).
He would have had a lot of success at LSU and won multiple national titles. Probably 3 or 4 more. But what is the logic that he would have been even more successful at LSU than he was at Alabama when his actual record shows the opposite?
Saban came to LSU as a relative unknown with no SEC connections.
Saban at Bama already had those connections and SEC experience as well as a national title under his belt.
This really isn't that hard to understand.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:23 pm to SidewalkTiger
Didnt matter where he was as long as emmert was taking care of him and keeping ncaa off his back
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:47 pm to 19
Saban needed to go to the nfl to know it was for him and to fully commit himself to the college game
The nfl made Saban a better college coach
The nfl made Saban a better college coach
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:54 pm to RTRnFlorida
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RTRnFlorida
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No. Simple. LSU is not and has never been and will never be Bama. Even before Saban Baka owned LSU
Uh oh, touched a nerve with this fricker.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:59 pm to Landmass
I think he could have matched the same success at LSU as them being the state’s flagship school. Him going to Bama (a college flagship program) with unlimited charger access was like putting a fat kid in the bakery...he was going to eat.
I remember after he was hired a prominent REC member told me they would win the first NCS within 3 years of his hiring…he was one year too long in his statement.
I remember after he was hired a prominent REC member told me they would win the first NCS within 3 years of his hiring…he was one year too long in his statement.
This post was edited on 9/2/25 at 6:09 pm
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