OT - Plaxico takes issue with Saban on Twitter
Plaxico Burress calls out Nick Saban on Twitter for how he left MSU. Saban commented today on players being distracted from playoffs because of the money and projections of where they might be drafted and Plaxico took issue. Seems Plaxico thought that he is pretty hypocritical, because he left for LSU for the same reason.
"$$$"
Just love to see Saban put in his place, even if it's from East Lansing.
At least Saban never went to jail for shooting himself in the dick
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He wouldn't go to jail for shooting himself in the dick unless it was out of state or near Auburn.
He'd just get his own wing in a hospital and everyone would say he was just getting medical tests to evaluate what makes him awesome.
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My wife left me.
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For Nick Saban or for LSU?
Saban has won multiple national championships since leaving MSU. Bad move? Hardly.
...but like Swaggy P...you missed the point.
My issue is slightly diffferent. Saban coaches kids who go to Bama because Bama's boosters pay the most of any in the game. Then he is surprised when they are thinking about money when it comes to the NFL?
I don't know which is making me laugh harder: Saban being burned by Plaxico or Sparty getting salt rubbed in an old wound.
If anything, this shows how delusional the Sparty's are... if they think he left for more money, and not simply because it was a better opportunity then they've entered an even deeper level of cluelessness.
to move to Alabama. Don't think Plax can argue that Saban didn't improve his situation.
I've always thought there should be some kind of karma rule for sentencing.
"Mr. Burress, you're sentenced to shooting yourself in the leg- served."
Saban must be hating the B1G this summer.
at the time. Rumor was MSU wouldn't pay him more than Izzo...
Seems he's found his spot and likes it there. More power to him, I say. Don't hate him - hate the system.
You missed Plaxico's point. Saban left before the season was over, which is similar to Saban's player's not playing as hard in the post-season. Saban's performance in LSU (player's performance in the NFL) isn't a part of the discussion.
He did skip town on Sparty before the bowl game, so technically before he had finished his season.
The point Plax is making is: Saban is a fucking hypocrite for criticizing kids for thinking about & making plans based on their futures when college coaches (like Saban) do the same thing all the fucking time (ex. coaches leaving for another job before the season ends... all the while selling current kids, recruits and the fan base wolf tickets up until that point knowing they will be out the door soon).
The millionaire coach gets to think about & make decisions based on his future all the time, but when a college kid does it, it's a problem? Isn't Saban's job to um, COACH through that? That's what these guys get paid for, right?
LSU is the only team in the state and sits in a hotbed of recruiting talent. The idea that he's a sellout is absurd. He then left, after winning a national title, to the Dolphins, a better job than LSU. When he realized hes a much better college coach he went to one of the crown jewel programs, Alabama. None of that is "selling out." This is MSU sour grapes.
Saban never would have won a championship at MSU. They don't have the resources to do it there.
They finished #2 the season before last.
and they didn't even make the NCG. They haven't won a title since 1966 and have won 8 total big ten titles in their history. Much better situation at LSU for Nick. Just look at his success. He went from having multiple 6/7 win seasons to being the class of the SEC and winning a NC.
A better argument would be that at the time he was at MSU they didn't have the resources or opportunity to truly be in the MNC conversation. Since that time the landscape of CFB has drastically changed. Now the teams that used to be on the outside looking in are on the inside because the playing field has been leveled. Traditional powers are no longer what they were by and large and teams with little winning tradition are now in the conversation to win the NC.
So by that rationale, Dantonio could string together - what - five consecutive undefeated seasons at a school with better resources if it gives you that type of win bump?
Do you believe neither TCU or Baylor - if in a playoff - could go 2-0 and win a NC? They have less resources than MSU. TCU will be top 3 to begin this year. Are you saying they could never pull this off due to revenue? I will have to tell Patterson his season is kaput before it even began because Texas has more money.
By the way MSU has more "resources" than FSU. And Oregon (most years Phil doesnt make a big deposit) Stop thinking this is 1983.
http://espn.go.com/ncaa/revenue
(this is from 2008 - I assume you think FSU could have won a NC at some point in the 1990s or 2000s. I didnt bother to find the most recent data but it won't differ much)
You are a young guy but at you age you think LSU was always good. They were not - they sort of stunk for many decades despite "resources". Just like FSU did before Bowden showed up. Just like Florida did before Spurrier showed up.
Obviously LSU is easier to win at then MSU - that's not the argument. But to dismiss it out of hand in an era of increased parity is funny.
Just checked for kicks the database for last year.
#17 in the country with 104.77M in revenue was FSU
MSU came at #18 with 104.67M in revenue
That $100K is apparently the diff btw winning a NC and not.
Do you believe GA has the resources to win a NC? Because they are behind MSU at $103.5M.
"resources" is a lame argument - you should stick to they dont get enough 5 stars. Big 10 schools are loaded with "resources"- Iowa and Minn are top 15 fergodsakes.
I can't remember the last non power team to win a national championship so I would bet against TCU or Baylor winning it. The cream tends to rise to the top in the championship and while FSU may not have the same resources due to BTN they have much better recruiting classes which contributes to winning.
Your champions are:
2003: LSU/USC
2004: USC
2005: Texas
2006: Florida
2007: LSU
2008: Florida
2009: Alabama
2010: Auburn
2011: Alabama
2012: Alabama
2013: Florida State
2014: Ohio State
In 11 years you have no power teams winning so it's possible that a non blue blood wins but the likelihood of it being MSU in a division with UM, OSU, and PSU is very slim. I would eat 500 lemons at once, eat both my shoes and upload on here if it happened
Oregon has not won a NC but has been "1 game away" multiple times. They dont play in a fertile recruiting pool.
So it can be done but it takes more good fortune- I could argue Michigan has the same issues as Oregon in fact of not having a ton of in state talent of a NC type. Same for ND actually. (yes they recruit "nationally" but most of their bread and butter is midwest).
Winning a NC is very difficult - its a small pot of schools. But anyone who is "1 game away" to me is also a viable NC contender and should be part of the conversation and that broadens the pool a bit. Some non typical teams are entering that fray.