Not sad for us LSU fans...lol
LSU didn't know when they had a good thing and then bitched about letting him go but mainly because he whipped their asses on a very regular basis!!
LSU did not "let Saban go." They absolutely knew what they had. Not a very informed take.
There was no way LSU could match the Dolphins' offer and the way Wayne Huizenga (may he rot in hell) rolled out the red carpet and private jets for him.
Skip Bertman tried everything he could to convince Saban to stay at LSU. It actually wasn't all about money. Nick Saban was eager to give the NFL a shot, his name was hot, he had his pick of the available jobs, and there was no talking him out of it, not even Skip. He had to scratch that itch.
Now that it's all over, and with 20/20 hindsight, what I wish could have happened is when LSU got wind Saban was coming back to college, they should have let Les Miles go and got Saban back to Baton Rouge. The Sabans liked BR and had a lot of friends there. He probably would have gone back.
