KING IS DEAD LONG LIVE THE KING: COACHING COUPS GALORE

This sucks; I was looking forward to watching Jeff Bowden and Mike Shula butt heads in the Offensive Ineptness Challenge in Jacksonville next year.

I’m willing to beat a Helen Keller quarter that Rich Rodriguez is the next Alabama head coach.

Only on this site can you find a link from Forbes magazine talking about the firing of an ASU coach. Nothing gets past the eyes of Orson.

You can bet that Rich Rodriguez and any other hot coaches will get nice and rich in the off-season. They’ll either take the money and run to a new program, or they’ll tear up their old contracts and get nice fat new ones from their current schools (see Charlie Weis in 2005).

I think the odds are that Rodriguez stays at WVU (with an extension, raise and hefty buyout). There may not be enough money to tempt an otherwise sane individual into putting up with Alabama’s completely delusional fan base.

Now please, please let Tommy Bowden take a job elsewhere. Pleeeease.

5o I gue55 thi5 mean5 that Mal Moore’5 coaching 5earch i5 going better than expected.

From what I’ve heard, only 3 coache5 have turned him down.

a beautiful day indeed

Fucking bloodbath yesterday. I think the GWB Decider of the Year award has to go to Bama, which manages to give its coach a contract extention and raise after 1 good year, and a massive buyout after the next.

The message board degenerates are dead fucking certain Spurrier’s leaving Carolina for Bama. My money would be on Jim Grobe or Paul Johnson, but I didn’t think Spurrier would end up in Columbia, either.

I think the GWB Decider of the Year award has to go to Bama, which manages to give its coach a contract extention and raise after 1 good year, and a massive buyout after the next.

Actually, this is the second time in four coaches (if you count Mike Price) that they’ve done that. Mike “I did not have sexual relations with that secretary” DuBose got the same treatment in 1999-2000 (fairness compells me to note a big ditto toTerry Bowden and Auburn during 1997-98).

Still, I’d say the definitive example is Dave Cutcliffe…

Whew!

Let’s see if the Bama admin can make two good decisions in a row.

I can only hope that we let go of Shula this year because we already have a better replacement lined up.

My greatest fear is that everyone is just flirting with us to improve their current situation and we’re going to get left out in the cold.

It’s been a long hard century Bama and I can only hope that we are finally coming in from the cold.

It should be pointed out that Shula’s plan for improvement was to reassign duties amongst his current staff. Obviously, that was too little too late and he got the axe.

Don’t see Spurrier leaving Columbia for Tuscaloosa. Let’s compare
Columbia: no expectations, sane boosters, plenty of money, Cock-a-Boose’s, Augusta National an hour away and this: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/11/26/bc.fbc.footballbet.shoo.ap/index.html

Tuscaloosa: unrealistic expectations, crazy-ass boosters, plenty of money, Paul Bryant, Jr., Indian Hills Country Club fifteen minutes away and this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1626939

The funnie5t thing to me about the name5 being brandied about for the Bama job i5 that 5aban was 2-3 v5 Tuberville while at L5U and he had better talent than AU every year, and 5purrier i5 0-3 in hi5 la5t 3 meeting5 v5 Tub5.

Another rumor I’ve heard i5 that Mal Moore called Hou5ton Nutt and Nutt turned them down. If that’5 true, than 5aban and 5purrier have already turned Bama down OR it lead5 to the more amu5ing conclu5ion that Mal Moore went after Nutt fir5t.

I think NewAZtiger nailed it.
Tommy Tuberville is a better coach than Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier, and Houston Nutt was the first choice for the Alabama job.
That sounds about right.

Houston Nutt first choice?

Come on.

The bottome line is that Auburn won’t have Shula to kick around anymore.

Don’t ever take any chatter about Nutt or Spurrier or Saban, or for that matter Tuberville too seriously. They’re all represented by Jimmy Sexton, who has made a very, very lucrative career out of playing the media to get raises for his clients. That dude has every football writer in the South on speed-dial.

Bama_buck, do you know why it really doe5n’t matter who coache5 at Bama? The Athletic Department i5 a joke.

Ray Perkin5, Bill Curry, Gene 5talling5, and Denni5 Franchione were all R-U-N-N-O-F-T by the AD. Dubo5e and Price I can under5tand, and even to 5ome extent 5hula. But 5hula wa5 given the 5horte5t 5tick, and con5idering that Fran thought he could only win 3-4 game5 in 2006 at Bama, 5hula did a pretty good job. Clo5e lo55e5 with a young team u5ually mean lot5 of win5 the next year.

One thing i5 for 5ure, there goe5 another recruiting cla55….

Alabama has no problem in the recruiting department (just ask Auburn — they have to go to Georgia to find talent) — it’s what the coaches do with that talent that’s been the problem.

I wonder if Alabama will offer the position to Croom since he beat them this year and he played for the Bear. What do other minds think about that idea?

Tom Coughlin should be available soon.

NewAZTiger — I know it’s a blast to taunt the beaten rivals, but for the love of God stop typing like a brain addled 14 year old LEETist. All those 5s are making my eyes bleed.

BTW…is the AZ for Arizona? Whereabouts are ya in this part of the world?

My sources tell me the Bear’s cyrogenically frozen sperm is squirreled away deep in the annals of Foster Auditorium and the Board of Trustees have planned to impregnate Pat Summitt so we can avoid these type problems 30 years down the road.

Three words, Bama Fans: SYLVESTER FREAKING CROOM!! We’ll give you a discount on his buyout.

Alas, even Bama isn’t stupid enough to hire the Slytanic.

I was in Phoenix, but have since moved back to Alabama.

Heh. Slytantic.

At last we are reaping the benefits of not hiring the first black coach in the SEC.

This would be a much bigger story if Sly were getting the boot, and I’m not sure he would have done a whole lot better than Shula (Kines) has done.

Chow to Arizona State? Norm go terrorize some other conference damnit!

Hack, if I remember correctly, Auburn got the majority of the top prospects in Alabama last year (Yes, I know BAMA got the top one). Look for that to repeat this year with another loss in the Iron Bowl and another coaching change.

As far as going to other states- can you blame us?
In the last 3 years, we’ve landed the top player in Georiga (Tray Blackmon) Maryland (Ben Tate) and for this class, Arkansas (Kodi Burns).

“My sources tell me the Bear’s cyrogenically frozen sperm is squirreled away deep in the annals of Foster Auditorium and the Board of Trustees have planned to impregnate Pat Summitt so we can avoid these type problems 30 years down the road.”

That reminds me of a GIJoe cartoon where Cobra Command attempts to create the ultimate military leader: Sun Tzu, Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, etc, by combining their DNA. The combintation of Pat Summitt and the Bear would be very impressive. But what might happen you would end up with one good twin and one who was a total failure.

Since none of you care let’s mention Cincinnati. As a reminder of what it means to be a Bearcat football fan let’s relive the last 10 days. Nov. 18 – UC wins the biggest game in the history of the program over Rutgers. Nov. 25 – UC finishes 7-5 and will go to some fairly uninteresting bowl game. Nov. 27 – Dantonio takes the Michigan State job. The last 10 days are emblematic of where UC fits in the landscape of major college football: spoiler and stepping stone.

Ouch. Spurrier didn’t just say no, he said “hell no, not even for 10 million dollars”.

Go Mal Go!!!

Not shocked…figured the ususal Barner suspects would be here. Figures.

Go ahead and think Tuberville’s the second coming. Without the asistants he hired after JetGate, he’d be, well, gone. How soon we forget.

Smartest thing that big-eared bastard ever did was figure out he needed to get out of the way. He’s still a low class, smarmy turd of a human being. In other words, a perfect fit at Darwin’s Waiting room in Lee County.

Never thought Mother Supurrier was going to Alabama. Ditto Saban.

Bama would do well with Jim Grobe or Paul Johnson.

Dewar’s (hic)

PD’sL

Oh, and UGA still kicked your ass.

Cincinnati fan,
I think you’ll end up with Jimbo Fisher as your next HC, so you’ve got that going for you. Helps your team and hurts LSU, everyone’s a winner (except Les).

BG,

You are very correct in your assesment of UC football. My question to MSU is why Dantonio? I know he has ties to the school and a resume that says this is the next step. But I really think it is a bit of a reach. I say this because I really wanted Dantonio to stay at UC for another 2 years. I knew with success he would bolt, but 7-5 really isn’t success. I wish him the best. Let’s just hope we don’t get some up and comming MAC coach. After this blood bath there is some talent available. I say UC needs to go get it.

Something about “Felcher Shitkiss” just tickles the funny bone.

The last 10 days are emblematic of where UC fits in the landscape of major college football: spoiler and stepping stone.

Comment by BG — November 27, 2006 @ 11:42 am

Stepping stone? Hasn’t it been more like a graveyard for the past thirty years — except for Tim Murphy, and he left to take a I-AA job.

Your AD hired Brookhart at Akron and could do a lot worse than just bringing him south. Failing that, Miami fans still have a lot of respect for the coaching ability (but not the interpersonal skills**) of your DC, Pat “Benedict” Narduzzi, and he’ll be a good HC for someone some day.

• (The story is that Narduzzi informed Terry Hoeppner that he had interviewed for the UC job by calling him from his new office in Clifton. And then he pried loose several Miami verbals.)

DevilGrad,

I get it you’re a disgruntled Red Hawk fan but UC is a decent job with its move to the Big East.

UC is a glass half-full, glass half-empty kind of program. They have upgraded the program with fantatstic new training facilities and play in a BCS conference. The problems are well-known: pro-sports city, lack of fan interest and lack of pay. Dantonio was earning compensation similar to SMU’s Phil Bennett. The only two BCS-conference coaches to earn less than Dantonio this season are Ted Roof and John Bunting.

There are only 65 BCS-conference football jobs. UC played Virginia Tech, Louisville, West Virginia, Rutgers and Ohio State this season. When you play that many good teams eventually the odds suggest you’ll beat at least one of them. Including the 2006 season, UC has played in a bowl game 6 of the last 10 seasons. Deconstruct your bias, it’s a better job with the move to the Big East.

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HEY mike shula

DOOO do do do doo

HEY mike shula

we just beat the hell out of you
rammer jammer yellow hammer
no one wants to coach at alabama

contrary to dumb message board dorks following bear jr.’s plane flying around the country

Actually, I was in favor of Crooming four years ago. And I’m not so sure that that would have been a bad choice.

But if we’re discussing minority hires, there’s a skinny, black Bear Bryant up in Seattle who might be avaliable…