New coach - Saban at Bama

Satan is the new Bama Coach. Did I read that correctly? :funn:

Damn right. And he's coming for your soul, SJ (if he hasn't obtained it already).

This from someone who pulls for a school where 70 percent of the students live in trailers? BWAHAHAHA.

And you'll get your competition, darlin'. Guaranteed. I bet you couldn't hammer a straight pin up Tommy Tubberville's sphincter right now.

JB you crack us all up :funn: :funn: :funn: I knew you would come out of your closet on this thread

Damn right. And he's coming for your soul, SJ (if he hasn't obtained it already).

Hey, did you know that Satan is an anagram for Santa?

Well...Roll Tide!!!

Well...Roll Tide!!!

Amen Brother/Sista!!!!!!!!

Amen Brother/Sista!!!!!!!!

This is a great day for us KDW!! :clap_1:

This is a great day for us KDW!! :clap_1:

I have faith my dear whitey that Bama will be back, and be back in a big way. :clap_1:

but what kind of person is Saban? and is he cute? ;-)

but what kind of person is Saban? and is he cute? ;-)

Not sure what kind of person he is......but he is cute!

OK, here is my official take on the $aban deal. I am a Saban fan, always will be. He is a heck of a good coach and nailed two SEC titles and one NC for LSU...for that, he will always have my fondest admiration. However, the man is not God-while he is a defensive genius his last game at LSU saw one of the largest last second defensive collapses I have ever seen. Furthermore, not-so-sexy Les Miles has a better record after two years than Nick Saban. Just a stat. Saban also was a great recruiter and he was very successful at LSU in large part because he built an effective wall around the state and prevented Florida State, Texas and Tennessee from loading-up on Louisiana talent like prior coaches had. I am not sure he can do that in Alabama as Tuscaloosa is in such close proximity to other SEC schools. He made Michigan State competetive but couldn't recruit above and beyond when he had to go up against Michigan, Ohio State and the usual Big 10 powers. I am not saying he will not be able to recruit at Alabama-he obviously will, it will simply be interesting to see how well he does in the heart of SEC country instead of on the perimeter that Baton Rouge is. I also wonder how enthused kids will be to play for a coach who obviously has very little program loyalty...I wonder if Tuberville, Richt and Fulmer might not point out the fact that the guy tends to stick around a program for a few years then bolts for greener pastures.:roll: I might be wrong, he may stay in Tuscaloosa until he retires, but for now he tends to pack his bags quickly. JB has already thrown down the guantlet and predicted trips to Atlanta and National Championships in a few years. Maybe. But what I promise JB and everyone else, and you can mark my words, after the 2007 season, Saban's name will be listed as a candidate for any and every NFL head coaching vacancy, and this will occur annually...it is a huge distraction. If you take him at his word, Saban would love to be a success in the NFL, but I also know he enjoys teaching college kids. So I will sit back and watch this saga unfold-the Bama nation is expecting HUGE dividends instantly as polishing their second place trophy from this years Independence Bowl isn't very satisfying. I understand that frustration. But hey, LSU is fresh off demolishing Notre Dame last night and will be loaded again next year. THAT is what I care about

Skunky, LSU was fun to watch last night.

And I hope we can steal your OC.

Especially now that our linebackers coach and hopeful contender for head coach "when the time comes" just fled for Bama.

Especially now that our linebackers coach and hopeful contender for head coach "when the time comes" just fled for Bama.

Jimbo would be a great head coach. Can we just cancel the next few football seasons and let Alabama claim some national championships without anybody getting injured on the field? My signature picture is from an Alabama blog-I kid you not, they photoshopped Bama colors over LSU colors-how insane is this going to get?

Jimbo would be a great head coach. Can we just cancel the next few football seasons and let Alabama claim some national championships without anybody getting injured on the field? My signature picture is from an Alabama blog-I kid you not, they photoshopped Bama colors over LSU colors-how insane is this going to get?

:nono1: Dr. skunky!!!

They did a good job with the photoshop though....can't wait for that trophy once again!!!!

:nono1: Dr. skunky!!!

They did a good job with the photoshop though....can't wait for that trophy once again!!!!

Don't you think Auburn should just close down football operations for the near future?

how insane is this going to get?

That is the best description of the Bama football program I've ever seen- INSANE.

Skunkape, I agree with most of your analysis, but he will be at Bama for a long time. NOBODY will be able to afford the buyout, and it's all guaranteed money, so Bama can't fire him (Shula was a bargain.) And as long as he is there, he will hurt Auburn and Tennessee in recruiting, so UGA benefits.

Don't you think Auburn should just close down football operations for the near future?

I ain't gonna get that cocky....yet. I will believe it when I see it. But man-o-man, I hope we beat the dookey out of them next year!!!! I need revenge, BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ain't gonna get that cocky....yet. I will believe it when I see it. But man-o-man, I hope we beat the dookey out of them next year!!!! I need revenge, BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why not work with Kurt and get a revenge countdown clock going? I would LOVE to see this:clap_1:

Why not work with Kurt and get a revenge countdown clock going? I would LOVE to see this:clap_1:

Now that would be SWEET!!!! Daddy-O??????

Jimbo would be a great head coach. Can we just cancel the next few football seasons and let Alabama claim some national championships without anybody getting injured on the field? My signature picture is from an Alabama blog-I kid you not, they photoshopped Bama colors over LSU colors-how insane is this going to get?

Again, laugh all you want. And while I appreciate your opinions, they are somewhat skewed and largely uninformed.

Alabama is not LSU. Prior to Saban's arrival in Baton Rouge, LSU was basically a middle-of-the-pack SEC program. And while Alabama has struggled the last ten years or so, this is THE bellcow program in the SEC - the program that put Southern football on the map and kept it there for 80+ years. That is why Saban took a PAY CUT to accept this job. That, and he simply prefers the college game. So despite your wishful thinking, he will never coach in the NFL again.

And say what you want about me "throwing down the gauntlet." Whatever. Alabama fans expect to compete for championships year in and year out. And that is precisely why Nick Saban was hired. He not only accepts those expectations, he embraces them.

I am not making any predictions other than Alabama will be a very solid program in the very near future. The rest of the SEC is just going to have to find a way to deal with it.

Have a nice day.

Don't you think Auburn should just close down football operations for the near future?

Please.:roll:
Let em enjoy it.

Again, laugh all you want. And while I appreciate your opinions, they are somewhat skewed and largely uninformed.

Alabama is not LSU. Prior to Saban's arrival in Baton Rouge, LSU was basically a middle-of-the-pack SEC program. And while Alabama has struggled the last ten years or so, this is THE bellcow program in the SEC - the program that put Southern football on the map and kept it there for 80+ years. That is why Saban took a PAY CUT to accept this job. That, and he simply prefers the college game. So despite your wishful thinking, he will never coach in the NFL again.

And say what you want about me "throwing down the gauntlet." Whatever. Alabama fans expect to compete for championships year in and year out. And that is precisely why Nick Saban was hired. He not only accepts those expectations, he embraces them.

I am not making any predictions other than Alabama will be a very solid program in the very near future. The rest of the SEC is just going to have to find a way to deal with it.

Have a nice day.

I thought Mississippi State had all the cowbells. JB, you crack me up.
Reality check time:
Alabama's complete 2007 schedule is as follows:

_Sept. 1, Western Carolina:nono1:

_Sept. 8 at Vanderbilt:roll:

_Sept. 15, Arkansas:shock:

_Sept. 22, Georgia:shock:

_Sept. 29 vs. Florida State:shock:

_Oct. 6, Houston

_Oct. 13 at Ole Miss;-)

_Oct. 20, Tennessee

_Nov. 3 at Mississippi State

_Nov. 10, LSU

_Nov. 17, Louisiana-Monroe:nono1:

_Nov. 24 at Auburn

Boy, you are really good with those emoticons :roll:

Too bad you're not quite as adept with the English language.

Get a clue and get back to me.

Moving target

By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
January 3, 2007





Watch: Saban accepts job Dolphins' reaction
More on Saban ? Jason Cole: It's not about the money

Nick Saban said there were things he missed about college football (like Bill Belichick doesn't coach there), so now he has stabbed Wayne Huizenga in the back the way he does to someone every couple of years.

Now Saban is off to Alabama, where the Crimson Tide will pay him tens of millions of dollars to restore the program to prominence, figure out a way to finally beat Auburn and, no doubt, claim that he is not interested in returning to the NFL or the Big Ten in two years while secretly feeding the rumor mill that he is.

That's the deal with this guy, who even by the pathetic truth standards of the coaching profession seems to redefine disloyalty and dishonesty by the hour. Saban can sure coach college ball, but he's about as straight as the Coosa River.

In recent weeks he repeatedly and repeatedly and repeatedly denied he was leaving the Miami Dolphins just the way he used to deny he was interested in leaving Toledo, Michigan State and LSU, even though just about every year he was doing just that.

"I'm not going to be the Alabama coach", said the new Alabama coach last week.

Hey, if recruits and their parents want to trust this guy with their future, well, here's hoping the booster checks clear.

The fact that Alabama, 6-7 this year ? its third non-winning season in the last four ? is dealing with a guy like Nick Saban tells you how desperate things have become in Tuscaloosa.

This used to be one of the premiere jobs in the country. Back when Alabama cared more about football than anyone else ? when it commanded the most TV time, when it built the biggest and best stadium ? it was the program of the South. Now it isn't the program of the state.

Alabama's natural advantages have been chipped away by scholarship limits, widespread television coverage, parity, facility construction booms across the country and athletic director Mal Moore's unique knack of hiring the absolute worst guy for the job.

Today, unlike when Bear Bryant was around, things are far more competitive, an era when Louisville, Wake Forest and Boise State can play in the BCS, when just about everyone in the Southeastern Conference has incredible commitment ? NCAA legal or otherwise.

It's not that Alabama can't be great again ? it is still a big-time program ? but it isn't as easy as it used to be. And comparisons to other historic programs that hit a rough spot ? Southern California, Texas, Ohio State ? don't wash because those programs are surrounded by huge populations. The state of Alabama has just 4.5 million people and Auburn is going to get at least its share of the best 18 year-old football players.

Saban is good enough that he will crank it up the way he did at LSU, where he won the BCS title in 2003. He might even beat Tommy Tuberville every so often.

But he stands in stark contrast with the two coaches who drove the Crimson Tide to their greatest glory.

Bryant and Gene Stallings were dignified men of supreme loyalty who had a love for all things Alabama. They wore jackets and ties on the sideline, casting an air of class. You couldn't imagine either man conducting his career as a series of charades, lies and flirtations in an annual quest to quench his inner-attention lust.

For Saban, however, there is no other way. Alabama can delude itself that it has enough money and enough tradition that things will be different this time, but soon enough there will be a new dream job ? Dallas Cowboys? Notre Dame? Hoover High?

Then he'll hold everyone hostage as he pulls one of these interested/not interested rituals. He'll drive everyone nuts, the Larry Brown of football coaches.

The guy is so unlikable that when he left Michigan State for LSU he famously sent a plane back to East Lansing to pick up all his former staff members who wanted to join him. The plane flew back to Baton Rouge empty.

That Alabama ? which could hire a dozen great, loyal coaches ? wants to deal with endless rumors and inherent distrust speaks to how it keeps making the same mistakes in the hiring process.

The blame for the coaching turnover usually (and wrongly) falls on rabid fans, who actually are no more rabid than most of the SEC. At Alabama, the blame should fall squarely on the powers that be, who, ever since Stallings retired, keep turning to instant gratification hucksters and suckers.

There was Mike DuBose ? the Flop from Opp (his hometown) ? who was perfect except for his habit of winning four games a season, breaking NCAA rules and sleeping with his secretary.

There was Dennis Franchione, who was a fine coach, but didnt care about Bama and left for Texas A&M after two seasons. There was Mike Price, who never coached a game because one night he got drunk and invited back to his hotel the world's hungriest stripper, who ordered the entire room service menu.

Finally there was Mike Shula, who was a good looking guy with a famous last name. Unfortunately he couldnt coach his way out of a houndstooth bag.

And now they go with Saban. Hey, he can certainly coach 'em up, so the mediocre seasons ought to end. And the likelihood that he winds up in personal scandal is pretty slim.

After winning the 2003 national title at New Orleans Sugar Bowl, the ever-dour Saban was asked whether he was going to walk Bourbon Street and get a Hurricane, hit Emeril's for some Andouille or even smile.

He said that was too fast-paced for him. He claimed he was going to have a Little Debbie cookie and go recruiting.

He didn't mention that it was probably for his next job.

...how about dem Cowboys?