Kyle Bennett was a special guest on the local sports talk radio show here in Shreveport. He is the owner of Kabco Builders and used to play for the university from 2002-2005. His spot was supposed to be about his business and promoting it. But once they found out he used to play for the University of Alabama it went from promoting Kabco Builders to him answering questions about his time at Alabama under Fran and Shula.
Regarding Fran- He said he was "a great coach but a horrible person". He recalled the first day of practice during his freshman year where he lined up with the wrong group for warm ups. He said he didn't realize his name was "Red headed m'effer". Which is what Fran called him for not lining up with the right group. He said the day Carl Torbush told them that Fran had left during the night to leave for aTm. Jarrett Johnson went nuts and went through and tore down every picture of fran and smashed it. He said Jarrett Johnson was a bad, bad dude. Not someone you mess with.
Regarding Shula- Put simply "Just a bad coach". He gave kudos to Shula for being a good person but he said he didn't know what he was doing as a HC.
I thought it was interesting to hear from a player's perspective about those years. He was asked had Coach Saban surpassed Coach Bryant in Tuscaloosa among the "new school" generation. He said "No but if he wins a few more NC's all bets are off."
Regarding Fran- He said he was "a great coach but a horrible person". He recalled the first day of practice during his freshman year where he lined up with the wrong group for warm ups. He said he didn't realize his name was "Red headed m'effer". Which is what Fran called him for not lining up with the right group. He said the day Carl Torbush told them that Fran had left during the night to leave for aTm. Jarrett Johnson went nuts and went through and tore down every picture of fran and smashed it. He said Jarrett Johnson was a bad, bad dude. Not someone you mess with.
Regarding Shula- Put simply "Just a bad coach". He gave kudos to Shula for being a good person but he said he didn't know what he was doing as a HC.
I thought it was interesting to hear from a player's perspective about those years. He was asked had Coach Saban surpassed Coach Bryant in Tuscaloosa among the "new school" generation. He said "No but if he wins a few more NC's all bets are off."
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