JB give us the inside scoop.
Shula is dunzo!
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While we all know that ESPN is to sports reporting what USAToday is to journalism, dumb-downed for simpletons. Here is the latest outburst by some wiseacre named Pat Forde. For brevity sake, I have included only what the dirty rotten scoundrel said about us, but here's the link in case you want to read the rest of his op-ed. Please keep in mind that the situation IS more complex then his description. ROLL TIDE!
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2678412
And then there is the cuckoo's nest known as Alabama (10). Irrational passion and general delusion don't just drive the bus at Alabama. They drive the wheels off it like Dale Earnhardt.
The Crimson Tide went from being in love with Mike Shula last year when he went 10-2 to firing him this year after he went 6-6. Surprise meter reading: 8.5. Then again, we probably shouldn't be surprised.
This is, after all, Alabama.
The unpardonable sin was Shula's 0-4 record against Auburn, but that still doesn't make this the right move at the right time for a program craving stability.
Don't look now, but lordly Alabama has become the single biggest burnout job in college football. The Tide's next coach will be the eighth in the last 25 years and the fifth this century. Nobody -- not even the bottom-feeding, revolving-door, dead-end schools like SMU, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, San Jose State and so forth -- has gone through five coaches as fast as Alabama.
Since Bear Bryant ascended directly into heaven on a dazzling white cloud, surrounded by a host of angels, the program flux has been ongoing. Only Gene Stallings has coached more than four years in Tuscaloosa without fleeing or being fired. Stallings lasted seven seasons in the 1990s, which now makes him look like Joe Paterno in terms of permanence.
Between the stability of Stallings and the turbulence of today, Alabama has been slammed with NCAA sanctions for buying an overweight, underproductive defensive lineman; scandalized by the indiscretions of first Mike DuBose, then Mike Price; dumped by Dennis Franchione, who convinced his players to "hold the rope" through probation but couldn't wait to drop it himself; and now it has fired the alum who helped drag the program through the toughest part of its penalty phase. Somebody find the prestige in that recent run.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2678412
And then there is the cuckoo's nest known as Alabama (10). Irrational passion and general delusion don't just drive the bus at Alabama. They drive the wheels off it like Dale Earnhardt.
The Crimson Tide went from being in love with Mike Shula last year when he went 10-2 to firing him this year after he went 6-6. Surprise meter reading: 8.5. Then again, we probably shouldn't be surprised.
This is, after all, Alabama.
The unpardonable sin was Shula's 0-4 record against Auburn, but that still doesn't make this the right move at the right time for a program craving stability.
Don't look now, but lordly Alabama has become the single biggest burnout job in college football. The Tide's next coach will be the eighth in the last 25 years and the fifth this century. Nobody -- not even the bottom-feeding, revolving-door, dead-end schools like SMU, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, San Jose State and so forth -- has gone through five coaches as fast as Alabama.
Since Bear Bryant ascended directly into heaven on a dazzling white cloud, surrounded by a host of angels, the program flux has been ongoing. Only Gene Stallings has coached more than four years in Tuscaloosa without fleeing or being fired. Stallings lasted seven seasons in the 1990s, which now makes him look like Joe Paterno in terms of permanence.
Between the stability of Stallings and the turbulence of today, Alabama has been slammed with NCAA sanctions for buying an overweight, underproductive defensive lineman; scandalized by the indiscretions of first Mike DuBose, then Mike Price; dumped by Dennis Franchione, who convinced his players to "hold the rope" through probation but couldn't wait to drop it himself; and now it has fired the alum who helped drag the program through the toughest part of its penalty phase. Somebody find the prestige in that recent run.
Insider info;-)
I love those things!! It's been years since I've had one of those.
What is a nickademis?
And, sorry to be a Debbie Downer here, but wouldn't it be awesome if everyone got as worked up about college ACADEMICS as they do about college athletics?? I think some schools should just chuck their academic programs and exist just for football and basketball, since they seem to already. More work goes into finding a football coach than a professor.
Alright, had to get that off my chest. Time to get ready to slurp down some Thai food!
Oh, I'm pretty much staying drunk these days. And eating alot of Xanax.
And Kurt, not sure what you mean by inside scoop. If you want to know the real reasons Shula was fired, I can lay that out for you because it's public record.
As far as the coaching search, I know nothing. There are a hundred rumors out there, almost all of them internet-based, so I dismiss those automatically.
To answer the question I think is on your mind, I do not think SOS is coming to Alabama. Yes, we could double his salary if that's what it took. But I don't think its about money with him. He's a unique guy and I just don't think the timing is right for him taking the Alabama job.
Just to throw someone out there, Rich Rodriguez is the name du jour. Tomorrow it will likely be someone else.
Personally, I want Paul Johnson from Navy. The guy has won everywhere, even consistently beating Jim Tressel when PJ was at Ga Southern. He is a hard ass and his players love him for it. Very similar to Meyer in that respect.
I guess that was a really long-winded way of saying I have no idea who the next coach will be.
You are SUCH A NERD!:funn: