Nick Saban tells his defense: “Stop that *$&%& #5 from scoring!” during the ALA-ARK game.
Spurrier credits LSU success to Saban:
Steve Spurrier said he was not taking a dig at LSU coach Les Miles last week when he kept crediting former LSU coach Nick Saban for the Tigers’ recent successes. “I didn’t say anything negatively about Les and his coaches or anything,” Spurrier said on a teleconference. “I just said Nick Saban came in there and did a good job of fundraising for facilities improvement to get them at the level they are right now, which is true.” Spurrier added that he recently heard that 17 of LSU’s starters were signed by Saban. Actually, 19 players who have started for LSU this season were signed by Saban. Glen Guilbeau — Gannett News Services – There you have it. So when someone ask me” I don’t know why Alabama spent all that money on a Coach…..well, have you seen the monsters that play for LSU? If Saban had coached them last year and this year, he would have 3 BCS championships since 2000. And the last 2 would have been back to back. So go ahead, make fun of “the process” and his workaholic attitude, he has an eye for talent and a knack for winning. And the facts don’t lie.
Going into this game with FSU, there are all types of intertwining story lines between the 2 schools. Bobby Bowden wanted to coach at Alabama, but we decided to hire Bill”I cant beat AU” Curry . Kevin Steele was a coach at FSU, Jimbo Fisher was Nicks right hand man at LSU. Case in point:
What Bowden knew was that on Jan.3, the University of Alabama had hired Nick Saban to be its head coach. What Bowden also knew was that Saban shared his affinity for having a defensive specialist, and that hiring Steele was a powerful way to start a staff.
Saban did exactly that, and Steele is the defensive coordinator for No.22 Alabama (3-1), which plays Florida State (2-1) on Saturday.
Steele’s return against his former team is one of the game’s pertinent story lines, though he wishes it wasn’t. He’s declined all interview requests this week.
But in an August conversation with The Birmingham News, Steele called Bowden “an amazing human being” and described leaving Tallahassee as “the hardest thing I’ve ever done coaching.” So this game will have a bit of emotion on all sides of the ball. A former Nick Saban offensive protege’ vs a Bobby Bowden defensive protege’… should be a good matchup that goes down to the wire again. I hope we can put them away before that happens.
