Talk:Lou Saban

Latest comment: 12 years ago by Go Phightins! in topic GA Review
Good articleLou Saban has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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November 5, 2012Good article nomineeListed

Collier

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Lou Saban's page makes reference to Joe Collier and the subsequent coach for the Buffalo Bills. That name is incorrect. Correct name is Joel Collier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.20.209.107 (talk) 19:57, 3 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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Reviewer: Go Phightins! (talk · contribs) 20:19, 31 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

I will review this article. Go Phightins! 20:19, 31 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

  • Thanks and apologies it's taken me so long to get to this -- I've had some real-life stuff come up. Anyhow, these look like great suggestions as usual, and I'll work through them now. --Batard0 (talk) 15:22, 3 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
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  • I get the general vibe that this comes from a bio on a team website in the first paragraph.
    • Agreed. It needs some adjustments for encyclopedic tone. I tried to make some tweaks here and there in an attempt to make it less glib and more neutral, but let me know if it still sounds off and I'll try to make some other adjustments.
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Address those and I'll come back for a quick look and then likely list it. Nice job as always. Go Phightins! 20:36, 31 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

I will look at this again tomorrow...I'm exhausted right now; just got home from a 15 hour day out and about. Go Phightins! 04:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

All right, I've responded to everything, unless you have anything else, I'm inclined to list it. Go Phightins! 17:16, 4 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
Thanks again -- I'm still looking for a quote re: him changing jobs a lot, but weirdly enough I'm still not turning anything up aside from him talking about himself. It would be nice to have, I agree. I did find this video of Bill Veeck talking in part about Saban and him breaking contracts, but I'm a little bit uncomfortable quoting directly from it, since it feels sort of like a primary source. He says: "Probably the greatest exponent of the peripatetic coach is a fellow by the name of Lou Saban, who has ended up in just exactly the right place. He's now president of the New York Yankees. He and George Steinbrenner deserve each other. Both illegitimate. But let me go back to Saban. I knew Saban first when he was playing for the St. Louis Browns [mistake, should be Cleveland Browns], and I had the Indians, and then all of the sudden he shows up as coach, first at Carroll [mistake], then at Northwestern and then he really got into action. He signed five contracts that he broke owing about four years on each." I can easily add this if you think it's valid. --Batard0 (talk) 10:45, 5 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
Not a huge deal, I'll list it in a few minutes. Go Phightins! 15:25, 5 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

I don't know how to edit the table properly, but Jim Caldwell ought to be included in the Tony Dungy branch, off the late Marty Schottenheimer's segment of Saban's coaching tree. Something like this is the relevant info: JC=Jim Caldwell
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