Nick Saban personally offers interview to BSU offensive coach

[Erika]

He personally called Harsin with an invite to Harsin. Harsin declines.

at www.idahostatesman.com

Go BSU!

[liberal renegade]

1. There's only one bad thing about Nick Saban

his word isn't worth spit. He won't last 8 years at Bama...

[trumad]

2. You've insulted spit....

BTW: Welcome to DU.

[Erika]

3. If he's that bad why did Alabama hire him?

Not a good omen, is it?

[Erika]

4. I'm proud Harsin chose not to interview

Go BSU.

[fishwax]

22. he'd be a sucker to tie hitch his wagon to saban's star

I think his career prospects are much better at BSU.

[Erika]

23. Harsin could be our next head coach

That's fine. He's 30 and Boise raised!

[fishwax]

32. yeah, exactly

Peterson will get plenty of offers from bigger programs, and surely that will leave the OC in a good position :)

[Erika]

34. We love him already

He's BSU.

[trumad]

5. Because they think he's a savior....

and folks who think that are blinded to the character of the man.

[Erika]

6. Life is more than football and BSU knows that

The first requirement of BSU is that they be academics, gentlemen, and play clean.

[RB TexLa]

8. Hard for anyone to last 8 years there when 10 wins won't even buy

you the next season.

Has nothing to do with his word, he said the same things all coaches say when considering a different job.

[Erika]

9. BSU has been blessed with good and decent coaches

Pokey Allen, Houston Nutt, Koetter, Hawkins, and now Peterson.

In the last 11 years they have sky rocketed the BSU program.

[RB TexLa]

12. I wasn't talking about Boise n/t

[Erika]

16. Excuse Me! It's spelled Boise

B O I S E. Thanks.

[RB TexLa]

17. ok

[Erika]

18. Remember Boise State University this way

We beat the Oklahoma Sooners. B O I S E.

[RB TexLa]

21. I loved seeing ZeroU fall to them

[trumad]

14. No ---he was more adamant than that...

and then he got indignant when pushed....

[RB TexLa]

15. he tends to speak more adamantly about everything than most people

just the way he is.

[trumad]

40. That's funny

so he's an adamant liar...er OK.

[fishwax]

19. welcome to DU

I don't think he'll last eight years either.

[northofdenali]

24. ROLLLLLLL TIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!!!

Don't know Saban but we haven't had a REAL coach since the Bear.

[piedmont]

25. You got a problem with Gene?

or did you just forget him? Roll Tide right back at ya!

[northofdenali]

27. Nah, but I lived in Birmingham during the Bear Era -

and got to meet The Man Himself because I worked at the local NBC affiliate where he hosted his weekly show with Gary Sanders (Gary was my boss).

Gene was a terrific coach. And I get weekly updates on all the Tide Teams! I don't really mind WHO coaches, as long as we win - AND WHUP AUBURN'S ASS!! :evilgrin:

[Elwood P Dowd]

28. Gary Sanders was the Auburn announcer

until the late 70's. Are you confused? I don't recall Gary doing an Alabama show. Charlie Thornton did Bear's TV show most of those years.

[northofdenali]

29. Yeah, Gary announced for Auburn, but he was Operations Manager

at Channel 13 when I worked there; he basically was in charge of what shows ran when, setting up for filming, etc. So I got to meet His Greatness in the Houndstooth Cap when he came in to film the show.

Gary was cool for an Auburn fan - gave me 50-yard-line tickets at Bryant-Denny for a 'Bama-Miami (FL) game. We won, of course! And I lost my voice for several days. It was my first live Bama game; I'll never forget it.

[Elwood P Dowd]

30. Gary was a great PBP man

The only ones Auburn's had that were better were Fyffe and Buddy Rutledge. Auburn's new guy is almost as bad as Eli Gold. Eli should stick to NASCAR and hockey. John Forney was your best announcer over the past 50 years (if you ignore his latter years when his skills had deteriorated).

[northofdenali]

33. Gary was also a great boss!

And a very nice man to boot. He really knew his (Stste of) Alabama sports, from baseball to football to basketball, even fishing (which ALL Alabamans know is of utmost importance) and once he quite announcing and took the OM job, never showed any Alabama/Auburn bias.

Except during THE game, of course!

[Broken_Hero]

42. Welcome to DU....

:hi:

[MoseyWalker]

7. Saban is a symbol of the past 6 years

lie. lie some more. pretend that you never said what you said. do whatever the hell you want to do. screw people who were relying on you. leave. make millions upon millions of dollars.

go to sleep with a smirk on your face. That's Saban.

[liberal renegade]

10. Thanks for the welcome!

been lurking for several years and decided to give my 2 cents.

Interesting little tidbit. When Saban left LSU for the Miami dolphins he sent the Dolphins jet back to Baton Rouge hoping to lure assistant coaches to join him, it returned to Miami empty.. that says a little something about his character, dontcha think?

[Erika]

11. So strange that Alabama would hire him n/t

And welcome.

[liberal renegade]

20. It won't be long

before his shenanigans have him coaching flag football at some city park. He has hurt way to many people and I hope his sorry ass get's black balled. Bill Cower will be the next head coach at Miami and I would almost bet more than half his staff joins him.....

[MoseyWalker]

13. I see him as THE symbol

of what corporate, fascist america seems to be today. He appears to embody all the neccesary elements.

Welcome to the wonderful world of DU!

[AngryAmish]

56. I see him the symbol of the corruption of public education

[Elwood P Dowd]

26. When he left Michigan State none of the assistant coaches followed

him to LSU. What does that tell you?

[piedmont]

31. Did they stay at MSU? If they did, I'm not impressed with their performance without him.

[Elwood P Dowd]

38. Saban's only good year at MSU was his last one before LSU

The other years he lost 5-6 games a season.

[blitzen]

35. Looks like Jimbo Fisher (offensive coordinator at LSU) may be following him

to 'Bama. Not a done deal yet, though.

As an LSU person, I have mixed feelings about Saban. He made us into a top-tier powerhouse, did it with lots of class and charisma, and graduated extremely high percentages of his players. From the beginning of his 5-year stint here, it was no secret that he would bolt for the NFL (he was considered to be an NFL guy at heart). His story now is that once he got there as head coach he realized he's a college guy at heart, and he wished he hadn't left LSU. That may be true or it may be BS. We'll see as his 'Bama career unfolds.

[Erika]

36. Bad remarks don't follow good coaches, do they?

Never heard one bad remark about a BSU coach who left the program.

[blitzen]

37. i don't know about the BSU coaches...but I do know about that BSU game

the other night. Totally amazing...I was jumping up and down in my living room in Baton Rouge. Likes lots of people around the country--although I do have a special affinity for Boise.

[Erika]

39. BSU said they were fighting it for the "little guys"

I've never been prouder of them or their coaches for the last 11 years. All top quality gentlemen.

BSU has heart. The Southern and Eastern teams seem so robotic and mechanical, void of emotion. Just my observation.

[trumad]

41. Are you fucking serious?

Ya ever been to an LSU game or a Gator game in the swamp?

"void of emotion"...too funny...

Boise wins one big game in their history and the next thing ya know their the prom queen of college football.

Not taking anything away from their great game....but lets see what you do the next 10 years before you anoint yourselves King of the NCAA.

[Erika]

44. That is how they appear. Yes, I am serious.

They come out there big, forceful, and mechanical.

Don't try to tell me they had the creativity of BSU or the heart. Boise has only been playing Division I for 11 years and we did it through heart.

Our football budget was about equal to Stoops annual salary this last year.

[trumad]

52. Oh I'm dying here....You're cracking me up.

The Miami Hurricanes of the eighties and nineties changed offensive schemes throughout the country with their pro-style offense. Steve Spurriers innovative offense at Florida won him an NC.

Bobby Petrino at Louisville.... you call his offense er forceful,and mechanical? He has one of the most creative minds in all of football.

And WTF do you mean forceful? You mean like big lineman and running backs who can run over opposing teams? And that's a bad thing? WHAT---you think football is just a finesse game with Statue of Liberty plays?

Like I said---props to your team in 2006. Really I mean that... But let me tell you whats going to happen. Number one: Your coach is gone within 2 years either to one of the forceful, and mechanical big NCAA schools or the NFL.

Number two: You'll go back to being Boise State. WHY? Well you said it yourself: "Our football budget was about equal to Stoops annual salary this last year".

Exactly....

[QC]

48. You're right--

they win one game and suddenly they're Bama, Penn State, and Notre Dame all rolled into one.

Still, though, I like them--always nice to see Oklahoma lose.

[Erika]

50. We are BSU

A smaller budget about equal to Stoops salary. Says a lot.

[Elwood P Dowd]

43. Jimbo is going to FSU

but Bama ran in today and offered him something like $700,000 a year to be OC. Most college head coaches don't make that kind of money. Bama is literally spending themselves into oblivion to win a few football games. I'm hearing over 4 million a year for Saban's staff. Unreal!

[Erika]

45. BSU's athletic budget was 3.5 mil

Hilarious.

[blitzen]

46. Is the Jimbo to FSU thing a done deal?

I've heard rumors both ways. The upside to FSU for him is that there would be a gentleman's agreement that he would take over for Bobby Bowden in a few years (assuming that they win).

[Elwood P Dowd]

47. It was a done deal for FSU until today

and might still be that. I think FSU was going to pay him close to 500K.

Jimbo was going to take the UAB job for 600K in December, but the same BOT that paid Saban 32 million said UAB couldn't pay Jimbo 600K a year. Now we know why - Saban wanted Jimbo at Bama back in December. You smell a rat? And the press in Alabama constantly bashes Auburn's BOT, while shit ten times worse goes on at Bama.

[blitzen]

49. yeah, I smell a rat...

Looks like Saban really did want out of the NFL--or maybe just out of the sinking ship (bad metaphor) that is the Dolphins. To be generous to Saban, maybe he realized that he's a college guy. That's his story anyway.

[Elwood P Dowd]

51. Saban is not a college guy

Saban is a Saban guy and a money guy. His methods don't work in the NFL. They work for a few years in college as long as he keeps on the move.

[knitter4democracy]

55. You've nailed it.

He's a worthless coach. The guys don't respect him, and he doesn't get results.

[knitter4democracy]

54. Absolutely! He wouldn't even coach the bowl game!!

What a jerk.

[knitter4democracy]

53. He's a total jerk.

I still can't get over when he left MSU before the bowl game that year. The school wanted him to finish the season, and he didn't. Jerk.

He has no loyalty, he has no honor, and he has no class.