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Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:25 pm to
Posted by RuLSU
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2007
8131 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:25 pm to
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Bring me Cristobal when it happens.

I really liked Cristobal for Rutgers a few years ago.

The AD wanted to save money and the rest, as they say, is history.
Posted by Pacito
Member since Jan 2013
1244 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:27 pm to
I think there is something wrong with him. He has aged a lot in 1 year.
Posted by TT9
Seychelles
Member since Sep 2008
91172 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:39 pm to
He's a lights our recruiter and a lot of our fans won't like it but what Saban has done at Bama won't be matched.

He'd keep Bama in the championship conversation most years.
Posted by whodat77
Member since Jul 2019
142 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:54 pm to
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why leave Clemson? He can be the Bear Bryant there.


True, but it would be hard for him to turn down Alabama. Clemson is a great program, but being part of the SEC would be hard to pass up, especially for Dabo. He grew up in Alabama, he played football there, and he started his coaching career there. I would suspect there’s a part of him that would love to return to run their program.
Posted by TT9
Seychelles
Member since Sep 2008
91172 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 9:01 pm to
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. I would suspect there’s a part of him that would love to return to run their program.
not saying he would never return but why be the guy that replaces Saban? He's built an empire at Clemson, if he does come back, why not be the guy that brings Bama back to the top should the next hire ultimately fail?
Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
35613 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 9:06 pm to
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a great coach in a fresh context.


you mean the one that let a Heisman level QB transfer to win a title elsewhere?
Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
35613 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 9:09 pm to
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it would be hard for him to turn down Alabama


You're projecting, baw. Dabo knows that job was Hell on Earth before Munchkin Man landed. It's gonna be a black hole of despair for many moons. Many moons.
Posted by LSUGent
Member since Jun 2011
3185 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 9:20 pm to
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Not a chance this year. He might have pulled the trigger if he'd won a championship, but he wont go out on a low note with a mediocre bowl in his final season.


That’s literally how he left LSU so if history is any indicator...
Posted by RuLSU
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2007
8131 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 9:33 pm to
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He's a lights our recruiter and a lot of our fans won't like it but what Saban has done at Bama won't be matched.

If I were a 'Bama fan, this concept would terrify me.

You will not replicate Saban. There is no coach in America who can do what Nick Saban has done.

Other than Notre Dame and Miami, no programs have successfully hired 2-3 elite coaches. Alabama has two all-timers. Gonna be some time before they get another.
Posted by LSUSkip
Central, LA
Member since Jul 2012
24717 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 9:41 pm to
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Other than Notre Dame and Miami, no programs have successfully hired 2-3 elite coaches


Completely off topic, but it's amazing that at this point it looks like LSU will have a third straight coach win a national title.
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
9779 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 10:01 pm to
That’s part of Saban’s problem. After what he has accomplished people still show up at media days dressed as Bear. 50 years from now Bear will still be more important than Saban and he knows that.
Posted by LSU Alumnus
Member since Nov 2017
1831 posts
Posted on 11/13/19 at 10:47 pm to
So we should hope for a rematch this year to get in as many wins as possible?
Posted by TommyM
Conflict of interest
Member since Nov 2013
2566 posts
Posted on 11/14/19 at 1:13 am to
Everything I said last after the NC game has been proven right. Losing at home to Leatherhead from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles just seals it.

He's wasted the best collection of offensive talent he's ever had at Alabama with bad recruiting and lazy staff hires. All that's left is excuses and empty slogans. If he can't restore the "Alabama Factor" after getting embarrassed by a grown arse man who answers to the name Dabo then he needs to step aside for someone who can.

And when he does leave, I hope Cristobal isn't the best we can come up with.
This post was edited on 11/14/19 at 1:25 am
Posted by muletide
Orange Beach
Member since May 2019
342 posts
Posted on 11/14/19 at 3:16 am to
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I don't think he retires this year.

I hear it's going to be after the new year.
Posted by OldPete
Georgia
Member since Oct 2013
2898 posts
Posted on 11/14/19 at 7:56 am to
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If he can't restore the "Alabama Factor" after getting embarrassed by a grown arse man who answers to the name Dabo then he needs to step aside for someone who can.

That would be the same Dabo that 'embarrassed' two other national championship coaches, Bob Stoops (twice) & Urban Meyer, in addition to beating four other coaches with a national championship under their belt (Gene Chizik, Les Miles, Jimbo Fisher, and Mack Brown)...
This post was edited on 11/14/19 at 11:32 am
Posted by GentlemanTiger
Shreveport
Member since Oct 2019
105 posts
Posted on 11/14/19 at 9:10 am to
You talking about Cam Newton? This seems to be a pattern for Ole Urban.
Posted by rolltide32
Fort Payne, AL
Member since Nov 2013
6781 posts
Posted on 11/14/19 at 10:04 am to
Saban is more likely to sign a 5 year contract for $60 million to be the next HC + GM of the Atlanta Falcons than to retire this offseason
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14924 posts
Posted on 11/14/19 at 11:55 am to
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That’s literally how he left LSU so if history is any indicator..

True but he didn't "go out"; he thought he was "going up".
Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
11730 posts
Posted on 11/14/19 at 2:36 pm to
I remember LSU beating Bama, in Bama, after 14 years or so of losing to them, and I am convinced that is what caused Bear Bryant to retire. Although he died like 3 months after retiring.
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