Link: Greg McElroy on his SEC Network role, being critical of Alabama

rickvox79 · Mar 26, 2014

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20140326/greg-mcelroy-sec-network/

"I am going to be paid for an unbiased point of view and an unbiased opinion as to what I see on film," McElroy said. "Did I have a great time at Alabama? Absolutely. I could not be more grateful to the people I met and things I learned, but I also have to be fair to the fans of the Southeastern Conference and give an objective view of what I think of their team and Alabama's team."

Asked if he was capable of being critical of his old coach, Nick Saban, McElroy did not hesitate.
"I think I will be capable, absolutely," he said. "I think the world of coach Saban. He knows that. But I have to have an opinion and I have to be honest. Now my opinion might not always be right. In fact, there will be several times -- and maybe even a majority of times -- my opinion might be wrong. But I will have that opinion and stand by it."

Wonder how long it will take fans to want to start throwing bricks through his house windows once he criticizes Alabama for the first time. I know Herbstreit catches a lot of grief from Ohio St fans when he is critical of the Buckeyes. Hopefully our fanbase won't be too hard on Greg when he gives an unbiased opinion.

JustNeedMe81 · Mar 26, 2014

Might be a good thing though. Tim tebow will do the same.

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Kevin4Bama · Mar 26, 2014

rickvox79 said:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20140326/greg-mcelroy-sec-network/

"I am going to be paid for an unbiased point of view and an unbiased opinion as to what I see on film," McElroy said. "Did I have a great time at Alabama? Absolutely. I could not be more grateful to the people I met and things I learned, but I also have to be fair to the fans of the Southeastern Conference and give an objective view of what I think of their team and Alabama's team."

Asked if he was capable of being critical of his old coach, Nick Saban, McElroy did not hesitate.
"I think I will be capable, absolutely," he said. "I think the world of coach Saban. He knows that. But I have to have an opinion and I have to be honest. Now my opinion might not always be right. In fact, there will be several times -- and maybe even a majority of times -- my opinion might be wrong. But I will have that opinion and stand by it."

Wonder how long it will take fans to want to start throwing bricks through his house windows once he criticizes Alabama for the first time. I know Herbstreit catches a lot of grief from Ohio St fans when he is critical of the Buckeyes. Hopefully our fanbase won't be too hard on Greg when he gives an unbiased opinion.

If this is a reference to the Curry incident, IT NEVER HAPPENED. As far as being unbiased, Rece Davis seems to do OK and doesn't draw ire.

RTR91 · Mar 26, 2014

Kevin4Bama said:
If this is a reference to the Curry incident, IT NEVER HAPPENED. As far as being unbiased, Rece Davis seems to do OK and doesn't draw ire.

Rece Davis didn't play QB at Alabama, though. The average ESPN viewer wouldn't have a glue went to school there. Same can be said for any ESPN anchor who did not play college or professional athletics.

I think GMac will be unbiased. His comment makes me believe he's already been fairly critical behind the scenes.

Bodhisattva · Mar 26, 2014

I hope GM is as unbiased toward Alabama as Granny Holtz is toward Notre Dame.

rickvox79 · Mar 26, 2014

Kevin4Bama said:
If this is a reference to the Curry incident, IT NEVER HAPPENED. As far as being unbiased, Rece Davis seems to do OK and doesn't draw ire.

I should have used the blue font when making the "throwing bricks" reference. I was mostly being sarcastic. I do know that Herbstreit got off Twitter for a short time due to the amount of flack he was catching from Ohio St fans. But I think McElroy will do great and be as unbiased as he can be.

KrAzY3 · Mar 26, 2014

JustNeedMe81 said:
Might be a good thing though. Tim tebow will do the same.

Is he smart enough to? I know he's charismatic and a lot of people like him, but when he talked he always struck me as someone that required mental effort to summon words.

CoachJeff · Mar 26, 2014

KrAzY3 said:
Is he smart enough to? I know he's charismatic and a lot of people like him, but when he talked he always struck me as someone that required mental effort to summon words.

Look ok at all the talking heads that used to be jocks. Tebow seems as smart as most of them.

derek4tide · Mar 26, 2014

If Herbie can do it, Greg can.

DzynKingRTR · Mar 26, 2014

Bodhisattva said:
I hope GM is an unbiased toward Alabama and Granny Holtz is toward Notre Dame.

or Danny Kannell (sp?) is towards FSU

exiledNms · Mar 26, 2014

rickvox79 said:
Hopefully our fanbase won't be too hard on Greg when he gives an unbiased opinion.

I'd love to be this optimistic about our fanbase, but I'm fully anticipating that your optimism will be misplaced. <sigh>
"Did you hear what Gmac said? Why, he implied that OU scored more points than we did in last year's bowl game! How ungrateful of him! Apparently he's forgotten where he went to college..." (etc.) <another sigh>

Regardless, I think he'll do a very good job. I'm FAR more excited that he'll be on the network than I am about St. Tim being on it too.

CajunCrimson · Mar 26, 2014

Would Coach Saban want him to be unbiased? I would think he would.

Would Coach Saban be unbiased if he was in the booth? You bet he would

CoachJeff · Mar 26, 2014

GMac, unlike Herbie, will probably talk about Bama all the time. Ohio State isn't really at the level that Bama is at. Herbie isn't on the big10 network.

tide96 · Mar 26, 2014

I don't see how this will be any different than Herbstreit with Ohio St or Desmond Howard with Michigan. Everyone know they will be bias on the subject so they try to keep them out of a serious discussion when it involves Ohio St for Herbie and Michigan for Howard.

Or they just cut to Howard for the comic relief homer opinion on the subject.

TouchThatThang · Mar 26, 2014

RTR91 said:
Rece Davis didn't play QB at Alabama, though. The average ESPN viewer wouldn't have a glue went to school there. Same can be said for any ESPN anchor who did not play college or professional athletics.

I think GMac will be unbiased. His comment makes me believe he's already been fairly critical behind the scenes.

Given the success we've had (two NCs since GMac left), Greg really doesn't have much to be critical about. I know last season was a disappointment, but...

Personally, I can't wait to hear what Greg has to say about Bama and CNS. I think CNS will listen to a former (and very, very intelligent) player much sooner than the rest of the talking heads.

GrayTide · Mar 26, 2014

I fully expect Greg to call it as he sees it, you cannot ask for more than that.

BigBama76 · Mar 26, 2014

GrayTide said:
I fully expect Greg to call it as he sees it, you cannot ask for more than that.

I would expect that from him as well. There are a few on this board who do the same.

hollisx4 · Mar 26, 2014

TouchThatThang said:
Personally, I can't wait to hear what Greg has to say about Bama and CNS. I think CNS will listen to a former (and very, very intelligent) player much sooner than the rest of the talking heads.

Not following you?

You think CNS needs expert studio analysis in order to strategize his next moves or something?

MN-Tide · Mar 27, 2014

I seem to recall that he criticized his own Jets teammates back in his rookie year. He said some of his teammates were selfish, and really didn't care if they won or lost. That was from a rookie third-string quarterback. I have no doubt he will do a great job. I always liked hearing his comments about Alabama football on SiriusXM over the past couple of seasons.

afadam07 · Mar 27, 2014

Oh he's going to get criticized! Look at how we all criticize each other's opinions on here... As soon as he says something "wrong" in someone else's opinion, they will start.

I do think he'll do a very good job!

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