Bill Curry comes to mind. 7-5, 9-3 & 10-2 and we fired him because he didn't beat Auburn in his three year tenure.
Man, if only Shula could have beaten the Barn...we'd still be terrible
I couldn't agree more.
Spot on, thanks the corndogs are panicked.
Except that we didn't fire him--he bolted. Furthermore, he dragged the process out just to make us look bad.
Good read. Very much appreciated.
It seems I was one of the few who liked Curry pretty well while he was in T-town. I did see progress every year and liked it. Losing to AU stinks, especially with all of the events surrounding the 1989 game, but AU had dang good teams then. You are correct, though. If I recall correctly, we offered him an extension and a raise even though there were rumblings that some of the power brokers did not like him. In fact, I transferred to Bama from a junior college in January of 1990, and on my first night on campus for orientation, I walked over to the steps of Coleman Coliseum and watched the rally to keep Coach Curry. There wasn't a huge turnout, but it was also between semesters, so very few people were on campus. Ah, memories, it seems like just yesterday. Anyway, he went to UK; we got Stallings, who lost his first three games; we won a national title three seasons later; and, irony of irony, some said Stallings won the title with Curry's players. Hahaha, life is funny.
This is fantastic and will be a mistake if they let Miles go.
I liked Curry as well and thought he did an excellent job. But the moment he even started talking to Kentucky I was over it. At that point I thought, "He can't handle the expectations that go with being Bama's head coach".
Exactly. The moment he agreed to interview at KY he was done at Alabama, but he dragged the process out for another week just to make us look bad.
I think it's just as likely that Richt steps away from the game and does something else. He doesn't have the resume or the coaching chops to sate the nut jobs in Leon County.
This is Bob Davie's third year at New Mexico and they are going bowling. N Mexico has an all time win record of 43%. Davie is set for life there, they will be in MWC heaven going bowing every year. Miles and Richt can take the buy out, go to a lesser conference where their fame and recruiting will take losers to bowls and live out the next few years in peace and quiet while going out a winner.
I agree, and i remember wondering back then if people's attitudes suddenly changed about him because no REAL football coach would leave Bama for UK.
