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Greg McElroy retires and joins the SEC network

Ole Man Dan

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Greg indicated during his last year at Alabama that someday he might get into politics.
(I personally think he'd be wasted as a politician... Better future in football.)
Wish him the best.
 
BamaJama17

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Well good luck to him with his future. It really sucks though he went to the Jets.


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He never really got a fair chance in NFL, and I am little sad to see him go. I blame Buddy Ryan for screwing this up. He'll be fine whereever he goes!
 
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There's no telling what Greg McElroy will accomplish. It might not have anything to do with football. He's a really capable guy.

As a player he's one of my all time favorites, right up there with Derrick Thomas and David Palmer. A couple of my favorite GMac moments: 2009 Arkansas game - with Bama up by 4 or 5 TDs in the 3rd Quarter an Arky D-lineman got a shot in on Greg and got up jawing. As the play continued to develop down field, GMac points at the scoreboard and, literally, lets him know the score. 2009 SECCG - pretty much the whole game.
 
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I remember in his first spring when he was an unknown that few even knew was on the roster. He took the field late in the day when the stadium was mostly empty and led a furious drive culminating in a touchdown pass under pressure while rolling to his right. I knew who he was and knew he was only a three star player but I thought to myself then that he was someone I needed to keep an eye on. This is why I stay and watch the entire A-Day game. You see the future.
 
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G-Mack didn't have the arm to be an NFL QB but he was so smart it gave him a chance. He'll be better off as an ESPN analyst, which I expect him to be very soon. If not, he'll probably make a billion dollars in business. Kids a winner, and it will pay off for him. I appreciate his efforts when he was at UA. His "dance down the sideline" first down, against Florida, in the SEC title game, was one of the greatest efforts I've ever seen.
I wish him the best of luck. He won't need it.
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bamamc1 said:
My 2 Cents: UA needs to hire Greg and put him in the Athletic Dept. in a capacity that will train him in all of the facets of running a Big Time program. He has the business degrees and sports knowledge not to mention the carisma needed to become a great sports agent.
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Ftfy. I agree with everything you just said, and maybe one day Greg will want to be an AD somewhere, but not this young. He wants to get out there and meet new people. I can see rather easily that he may want to do some type of sports representation. Maybe thats in front of the cameras, maybe not. I hope he gets hired by the SEC network so Tim Tebow and Greg McElroy can announce SEC games together lmao. Maybe even rerun games too!
 
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http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2014/03/greg_mcelroy_to_join_sec_netwo.html



"I hope they know that when I go down there, I'll be going with a very professional manner," McElroy said. "I'll be going to cover the game and be unbiased and tell what I really think. I think the world of every one of those schools and there's not one school I like more than any other. Of course, I went to the University of Alabama and I loved my time there, but at this point going forward, I'll have an unbiased opinion and will enjoy covering the game in a neutral way."
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Interesting words from GMAC. It seems he is talking to the fans (Bama fans) and prepping them that he's not going to be a homer and be biased towards Alabama.
 
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RJ YellowHammer said:
There's no telling what Greg McElroy will accomplish. It might not have anything to do with football. He's a really capable guy.

As a player he's one of my all time favorites, right up there with Derrick Thomas and David Palmer. A couple of my favorite GMac moments: 2009 Arkansas game - with Bama up by 4 or 5 TDs in the 3rd Quarter an Arky D-lineman got a shot in on Greg and got up jawing. As the play continued to develop down field, GMac points at the scoreboard and, literally, lets him know the score. 2009 SECCG - pretty much the whole game.
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I remember the 09 BCS, the first drive he was sacked, and GMac staring down Barrett Jones all the way back and inside the huddle. I think he got his point across. He was a competitor.
 
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RammerJammer14 said:
Well neither is Reece Davis, but we all know where his true allegiance lay.
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I envision McElroy to be a lot like Herbstreit in that he will have no qualms at calling it like it is even if it's toward his own. I think GMac is just covering his bases and laying some groundwork on what to expect from him.
 
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Bamabuzzard said:
I envision McElroy to be a lot like Herbstreit in that he will have no qualms at calling it like it is even if it's toward his own. I think GMac is just covering his bases and laying some groundwork on what to expect from him.
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Exactly. He's a young Herbstreit; very heady and classy guy. Don't expect him to just dote on Bama, like Herbstreit isn't a homer for OSU.
 
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