Saban takes Bama job

[joseephuss]

That guy was amazing to watch. He could litterally do anything he wanted on the field. Name the sport, that guy could beat you in 10 different ways.

His "Bo Knows" commericial was going on while I was in college. Some guys on the Rugby club team made some "Bo doesn't know rugby" shirts. It was a funny shirt, but what made it funnier is that some of the guys actually believed it. I laughed at them.

Rugby is a tough sport. If Bo chose to play it back then, he would have been pretty good. Especially at the level of some of the college club teams that I saw. Very few of the guys were superior athletes at that level. It would have been funny to watch Bo run over and past some of these guys that wore the shirts. I would have been there with a magic marker to cross out the "n't".

 

[theebs]

I agree with lebatard about everything he said.

You cant do anything in two years. Then to come in and make horrible personnel moves, change the defense and lose, then leave....in two years are you kidding me.

I cant wait till he fails at bama and the boosters after two years buy him out and send him on his way.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I agree with lebatard about everything he said.

You cant do anything in two years. Then to come in and make horrible personnel moves, change the defense and lose, then leave....in two years are you kidding me.

I cant wait till he fails at bama and the boosters after two years buy him out and send him on his way.

Well, all I can say is that there is a reason the Bama job has been open for so long. Anybody who knows even a little bit about Tide Football knows that the Boosters run that program. In order for a coach to be succesful there, he would have to have 100% control, which I doubt will ever happen. The reason Franchion left after only one season at Bama was the Boosters. The reason Mike Shula got canned after taking them through two years of NCAA sanctions were the Boosters. The reason so many HCs looked the other way when Bama came calling were the Boosters. Listen to Bill Curry some time on what Bama Football is really like.

I don't believe for one minute Saben took this job for any other reason then the fact that they are paying him a great deal of Money. JMO of course.

 

[Alexander]

Saban will never coach in the NFL again, so he better hope he does great at Alabama.

What he did to the Dolphins owner is about as sleazy and spineless act I have seen any coach do in quite some time and I am sure it will not be forgotten.

 

[Concord]

Not surprised at all.

He always seemed to me to be more of a college coach anyway.

And that's a lot of money.

 

[joseephuss]

Well, all I can say is that there is a reason the Bama job has been open for so long. Anybody who knows even a little bit about Tide Football knows that the Boosters run that program. In order for a coach to be succesful there, he would have to have 100% control, which I doubt will ever happen. The reason Franchion left after only one season at Bama was the Boosters. The reason Mike Shula got canned after taking them through two years of NCAA sanctions were the Boosters. The reason so many HCs looked the other way when Bama came calling were the Boosters. Listen to Bill Curry some time on what Bama Football is really like.

I don't believe for one minute Saben took this job for any other reason then the fact that they are paying him a great deal of Money. JMO of course.

Bama shoud never had fired Mike Price. Sure, he made himself look like an idiot with his stripper encounter, but he is a good coach. Maybe not the best, but better than Shula.

 

[Rampage]

saban is a coward. run back to college cause he can't cut it in the big league's

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Bama shoud never had fired Mike Price. Sure, he made himself look like an idiot with his stripper encounter, but he is a good coach. Maybe not the best, but better than Shula.

You may be right Josee. There's something to be said for a Coach who comes to coach because of the fact that he wants to be at Alabama.

 

[tyke1doe]

Bama shoud never had fired Mike Price. Sure, he made himself look like an idiot with his stripper encounter, but he is a good coach. Maybe not the best, but better than Shula.

Price's situation was a huge PR disaster, and after Sports Illustrated ran its article and the hookers yelling "Roll Tide," the university had no other options but to fire him, especially since he hadn't established himself there yet.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

well, guess he knew he was in over his head

 

[joseephuss]

Price's situation was a huge PR disaster, and after Sports Illustrated ran its article and the hookers yelling "Roll Tide," the university had no other options but to fire him, especially since he hadn't established himself there yet.

Strippers, not hookers. :laugh1:

I disagree. It was ugly, but they could have gotten past it. He wasn't doing anything illegal. Just stupid.

Bama just isn't as big a deal as they think they are. If A&M wasn't stupid enough to fire Bear Bryant, then Bama is nothing.

 

[Sarge]

how many times did he deny this recently?

One has to deny these things until the deal is done. That's just the way it is.