As I recall, the Tiger faithful were pretty PO'ed at Saban then, thought we were not getting 1.2 million per year in coaching from him. There was not a "fire Saban" movement, but it would not have taken much more to get one started. That was pretty much put to rest in 2001 by winning the SEC and demolishing Illinois in the Sugar Bowl.
It didn't hurt that we beat a highly ranked Tennessee team the week after UAB and Josh Booty beat us.
Not as much a double standard as it was different expectations at the time. LSU football was just recovering from the decade of doom when Saban/LSU lost to UAB. The bar has been set much higher since then, fair or not.
Very much the truth. Unfortunately for Miles he is a victim of our success. Unfair is how highly regarded Saban is compared to Miles, even though Miles is the only LSU coach to put 3/10+ win seaso?s in a row.
