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re: The interesting think about Saban to WVU rumors....
Posted by Lukes on 12/21/07 at 9:29 am to omegaman66
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Another thing. How in the hell is Saban going to retire from Alabama when stupid alambama fires every decent coach they hire when they don't go undefeated???
Problem is, that's a myth.
Perkins - Quit to coach in the NFL
Curry - Quit to coach at Kentucky. (Granted, he was under ridiculous fan pressure because he couldn't beat auburn, but if he hadn't quit, he wasn't going to be fired.)
Stallings - This one qualifies. He was forced to quit by the president of the university (now at South Carolina). I was not a Stallings fan, but he was a good coach and getting rid of him was idiotic.
Dubose - Quit because he was an idiot on and off the sideline.
Fran - Quit for a job at Texas A&M.
Price - Fired because of stupidity. The team was in a REALLY bad place because of the sanctions, Fran leaving, and left over Dubose residue. They could not take a chance on Price. There is no way of know whether he would have been a good coach or not.
Shula - Anyone who thinks we fired a good coach when he got the boot is lying to themselves. It was funny to see how every opponent though he was one of the worst coaches in the league....until he was fired and suddenly BAMA had fired another good one.
Saban - History indicates that he's a mercenary who will be around for less than 5 years and then he will leave.
In short, BAMA firing all these quality coaches is a myth. Stallings was 1 and Curry (although many people do not consider him a quality coach when you look at his overall career) was run off by fan pressure, but was not fired.
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it's a no win situation there. If you don't win...you're fired. If you do win and then have a down year...FIRED. Bama fans, boosters, media will not be happy until they find another Bear Bryant who wins championship after championship and hardly ever loses. That won't happen in todays SEC so no coach will ever be good enough.
Forget about the loud morons. It's what the BOT that makes the decision. I spoke directly with one of the BOT members before the season started and can tell you for a fact that they expected the type of year (final W/L record) and did not have looney expectations that many associated with Saban taking over. Saban won't get the boot because of the W/L record. If he gets the boot it will be because the team is not moving in a positive direction.
Luke
You are wrong. I can tell you without a doubt that the BOT did not expect big things this year or next. Saban was hired to rebuild the program and that's not something that can be done simply by hiring a coach. The BOT member I talked to before the season started was hoping for 6-7 wins this year.
There are idiot fans out there who would disagree, but the folks that make the decision had realistic expectations.
Luke
There are idiot fans out there who would disagree, but the folks that make the decision had realistic expectations.
Luke
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