http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-1018nicksabanvideo,0,2383914.wmvfile?coll=sfla-dolphins-front
Sounds like me! Totally agree with his point, not b/c he use to coach here, but his logic on how the game is suppose to be played out. When you coach a sport (or even a fan of a team), you are certainly glad for a win, however there are patterns/trends/tendencies that exist with coaches and their teams and some of these are not going to just go away. Wins will sometimes temporarily cover or delay issues that will probably arise later on. I wish people could be in some of the film sessions while coaches review a game, even after a win, you would think their team just lost. Winning is the bottom line....you just want your team looking good and executing while getting there.
He said something about a win not mattering that much if the team stinks at execution of the fundamentals and the assignments. Hmmm . . . I'm trying hard to think of a team that this statement might apply to, besides the Dolphins (even though the Dolphins lost.)
I have to agree 100%, a team shouldn't be satisfied with playing pitiful and winning. However we have posters here named after Saban who think the exact opposite. Champions aren't satisfied with barely getting by. Hopefully the players at LSU remember that philosophy and hopefully the new coaching staff feels the same way.
Good point, SF is inconsistant. He comes after me for spelling when another poster spells the same word wrong he ignores it. He doesn't like criticizim or people discussing the games or criticizing coaches but yet he does the same exact thing to the people who do it.
Nick Saban sure is smart. I really like him as a head coach. I think Miami will be a winner in a couple of years. Good interview, thanks for the link.
I agree with that and if that's all there was to it, then it wouldn't be so bad. But when people start verbally attacking a coach and/or a player like some here are prone to do; especially after a win, then that's crossing the line. At least I save my verbal attacks for losses. :grin: :hihi:
Everyone wants to go back and compare Saban's record over the first few years at LSU and point and say... see he isn't all that. :dis: Let this interview be the benchmark... the man IS all that. It was more than his Win/ Lose record. Having Saban was like having that certain something extra, that Lagniappe so to speak. It's like having a Randy Moss and Brett Farve on your team, ace in the hole. He taught WHY & HOW to win, he taught players how to be CHAMPS. You can say what you want about him, and Miles may have more sucess, but he'll have to really belly up to the bar to be as great a COACH and TEACHER as Saban was. JMHO :yelwink2:
