| FTBL Saban era wearing off at LSU

[Guest]

A good example of Saban's influence waning is the trash talk that took place last week before the LSU's loss to Florida.

It all started when Ricky Jean-Francois told The Orlando Sentinel that a hit from his defense can equate to "a car wreck without a seatbelt. ... If we get a good shot on (Tebow), we're going to try our best to take him out of the game. ... If he does get hurt, there's a trained medical staff at Florida."

Ricky Jean-Francois is not one of Saban's players—he is a product of Les Miles' brand of coaching...brash and stupid!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ick-saban-effect-is-wearing-off-for-les-miles

 

[bamarooski]

Great read! At least there is someone in Redstick who see's the light. RTR! :o

 

[rammerjammer]

Great read! At least there is someone in Redstick who see's the light. RTR! :o

Not exactly.....Authors Bio

 

[Guest]

great read. i think that he is right thought. you can see the difference from saban's lsu and les's lsu.

 

[bamarooski]

Great read! At least there is someone in Redstick who see's the light. RTR! :o

Not exactly.....Authors Bio

Well I'll be damned I knew it couldn't be true!He He!

 

[alagator]

A HUGE reach based on one game and a few isolated instances.

Most glaring in the article is how the author continually repeats the point that many of the LSU Seniors last year were 'Saban's recruits' and 'taught in the Saban way.' While I admit, Saban did in fact recruit those players but they spent far, far more time under the leadership of Miles than they did Saban. To imagine and assert that some of Miles' confidence, determination, commitment, and character ingrained in that squad over the three years and was not reflected in the performance of that team is false.

Miles is a goofy card, but he is not the dunce many foes like to portray.

I saw a 'damn good' Florida football team dismantle Miles' team last Saturday night. But I also remember Saban losing to Georgia something like 46-17 late in his tenure at LSU - fielding a team full of players recruited by Saban and schooled in the Saban way. Was that game the beginning of the end of Saban?

Methinks the author is guilty of a little more wishful thinking than reasoned analysis.

 

[Perdido Tide]

I doubt it. This is the largest rebuilding year in a while and we are still a top 25 team. Things will only get better in the next few years as the past recruiting classes mature on the field.

Just because Les doesn't sounds like a Rhodes Scholar in his pressers does not mean he can't coach. Some seem to forget that.

 

[TerryP]

I doubt it. This is the largest rebuilding year in a while and we are still a top 25 team. Things will only get better in the next few years as the past recruiting classes mature on the field.

Just because Les doesn't sounds like a Rhodes Scholar in his pressers does not mean he can't coach. Some seem to forget that.

I wouldn't pay much attention to this one TB...considering which side of the fence the writer resides on.

You know my opinion of Miles based on conversations we've had in the past.

Sadly, I see some in our fan base that seem to be looking for Miles to fail as much as enjoying our success.

 

[Perdido Tide]

Sadly, I see some in our fan base that seem to be looking for Miles to fail as much as enjoying our success.

Well that is natural and it it was makes football interesting. Ive just never understood why people think he is a bad coach -- other than the fact that he is incredibly entertaining behind the mic. The truth is there are no good reasons other than a large portion would like to see him go down because it elevates someone else. It's understandable.

Auburn has set themselves back a few years and I think that alone will keep Bama and LSU at the top. LSU may have a defensive coordinator(s) problem, but we'll have to check on that after a few more games.

 

[TerryP]

The only thing that has confused me so far is how this season is playing out.

I thought we'd have a good definition of what LSU was going to look like via the Auburn game. Then, I said, OK...Florida is going to tell us something...now I'm waiting for your trip to Cola to get an idea just what this team is made of...

Not unlike our season when I went from Clemson, to Arkansas, to Georgia...and I still have some question marks in some areas.

 

[Swamptick]

Most glaring in the article is how the author continually repeats the point that many of the LSU Seniors last year were 'Saban's recruits' and 'taught in the Saban way.' While I admit, Saban did in fact recruit those players but they spent far, far more time under the leadership of Miles than they did Saban.

While this may be true, there is some degree of error to it in my view.

Yes, they spent more time under Miles' leadership, but all the leadership on the football team they lived with for 3-4 years was from Saban. Saban's culture was in place when they were just greenhorn freshmen. So to a LARGE degree, Saban's influence and methodology, instilled in players that were there when last years seniors arrived, WAS in place and influenced them.