In 2000 when we (the LSU students) all got an email from Saban after the Tennessee game that year. We had won in OT and rushed the field. We all got an email from Saban a few days later saying that he appreciated our enthusiasm but that rushing the field would no longer be tolerated at LSU because from now on we will “expect to win those games”. I don’ t think I’ve ever been more pumped up ever.

He didn’t write that email, thats for sure. There was no talk about the process and how we as fans should cheer relative to our commitment to the team….

are trying to do is push the new system to sell/give/trade student tickets. I bet he did not even read that letter.

Coach Saban does not sound like the type of man who would allow an email or any other type of letter to be distributed in his name without giving it his personal blessing.

This letter going out, in my opinion, is an excellent example of his attention to detail. Every detail. He understands as well as we all do the importance of the fans and he is making an extra effort to give us fans our part of the ownership of the team’s success. They certainly win the games and take ownership of that but he is giving us the credit that we are due. I really appreciate that. He actually addressed that in his closing statements on the “Hey Coach” show last night. I love the way he involves everyone in the team’s success. It makes being a fan that much more fun. He knows that he does not have to send out an email to fill the student section or any other part of the stadium. Hell, we packed the stadium with 2 practice games.

Coach Saban is just trying to make us his “12th man on the field” like he said on the Hey Coach show last night. That shouldn’t piss anyone off. Makes me feel like part of the team. It actually has me kind of pumped up. I am going to go do 3 pushups and take some Milk of Magnesia (spelling?)

This is just an example of the attention to detail that has made him, and his teams, as successfull as they are. I am not willing to question anything that man says or does at this point.

I have noticed that as well, but I don’t care. I guess it can get annoying but I think it is just a security blanket for him because he has never seemed comfortable talking to groups of people. There is not a lot of diplomacy with him because he has a goal that he is hell bent on reaching and he doesn’t seem to suffer fools very well.

I don’t care if he talks with his hands, or line dances during the press conferences, as long as he does not start doing this:

Teeing up an imaginary golf ball while he is talking to me. Anyone ever do that to you? I HATE THAT !!!!!!!!! Literal translation to that goofy body lanquage… I am so disinterested in this conversation that I am going to play an imaginary golf game.

You know what, the next time some cubicle jockey does that to me I am going to fall back to throw an imaginary pass. I might even scramble around in the pocket a little bit. How funny would that look to someone who is looking on but out of earshot? The only way it could be funnier is if I was a porn star by trade.

Trust me he wrote it. It might not look happy, but it’s happy!

RTR