Jay Tate reporting Trooper out at AU

[Leeroy]

I wonder if he'll try to get D. Craig from (FSU?) to help with the recruiting?

Why? He could have kept TT and CL if he wanted to stay on that road.


Roll Tide

 

[CRMSNtide]

A caller on JOX yesterday said Trooper was the glue holding the barn together, that they had to keep him.
I guess their fans will be disappointed in this move.

Anybody with brains should realize you can't keep a fake thug like that around, it's a smart move getting rid of him.

 

[TiderJack]

We'll see for sure, but I have a gut feeling that Malzahn will be more successful than many here are admit, assuming he's not reigned in by the Board and it's friends.

Now how he gets to be successful will be the rub, and for how long he is the coach will be anyone's guess. I do feel like he'll be the next Petrino in that Auburn will be a strong 3rd in the division, occasionally working into second place.

You do realize success at both Bama and *U is defined by beating each other. Once Gus goes 0-3 or 0-4 against Bama/Saban he will be gone also and he won't be considered successful.

 

[OreBama]

I wonder if he'll try to get D. Craig from (MI6) to help with the recruiting?

Getting Daniel Craig would be great for AU recruiting.

 

[AlistarWills]

I'm surprised. Impressed and surprised.

Hope this isn't the first step toward the thorough housecleaning that program so desperately needs....I kind of like the way it's been.

Malzahn can't fire, Dye, Rane, or Lowder.

 

[TidefaninOS]

Why? He could have kept TT and CL if he wanted to stay on that road./QUOTE]

That was my point. It was posted that he wanted to keep TT, but was overruled. If that's
the case, he could possibly bring in D. Craig - same kind of recruiter as TT, right?

 

[TidefaninOS]

You do realize success at both Bama and *U is defined by beating each other. Once Gus goes 0-3 or 0-4 against Bama/Saban he will be gone also and he won't be considered successful.

Can't agree with this. Yes, it helps any Bama coach to beat *U, but I wouldn't say success is defined by that at Bama. (It does at *U, though).

 

[FF4bama]

Malzahn can't fire, Dye, Rane, or Lowder.

^^^^
THIS

 

[TiderJack]

Can't agree with this. Yes, it helps any Bama coach to beat *U, but I wouldn't say success is defined by that at Bama. (It does at *U, though).

Bill Curry?

 

[glasscutter256]

I wouldn't be surprised if Mahlzahn went after D. Craig at FSU. If Gus was over ruled on keeping TT, then it was to satisfy the NCAA. I would imagine Craig has a pretty good thing already at FSU with Jimbo.
I'm sure he'll get a pretty nice severance settlement.

 

[crmsntd91]

I disagree with this big time. I think Malzahn is a better coach than Chizik, but he is not on the same level as Bobby Petrino.

We can say what we want about Bobby Petrino, but he could turn average joes into All-American QB's. Gus has to have an All-World player for his system to be sucessful. We have witnessed it already. Two 8-5 seasons without Cam, one of those seasons his offense was ranked 100th nationally. 8-5 is not going to get you 3rd in the SEC West, it will take 9-10 wins to place 3rd in the SEC West.

Texas A&M is the new Arkansas, just with a higher ceiling. Auburn is the new Mississippi St, just with a higher ceiling.

We'll see for sure, but I have a gut feeling that Malzahn will be more successful than many here are admit, assuming he's not reigned in by the Board and it's friends.

Now how he gets to be successful will be the rub, and for how long he is the coach will be anyone's guess. I do feel like he'll be the next Petrino in that Auburn will be a strong 3rd in the division, occasionally working into second place.

 

[CapstoneTider]

Not sure what all he has going with recruits but many will go elsewhere. I doubt they will follow him because he won't have the pockets setup.

 

[BamaDMD]

Not sure what all he has going with recruits but many will go elsewhere. I doubt they will follow him because he won't have the pockets setup.

I just heard on the radio that the 5star RB from Georgia just decomitted because of Tooper getting canned.

 

[TidefaninOS]

Bill Curry?

HA! Knew you were gonna say that. It's true that Curry never beat the Barn, but he had a couple of good seasons at Bama. (Didn't he win the SEC his last year?) The point I was trying to make is that *U could go 1-11 with a win against us, and call it a successful season. That's not the case w/Bama, IMO.

 

[CapstoneTider]

I just heard on the radio that the 5star RB from Georgia just decomitted because of Tooper getting canned.

Wonder if Foster will switch back, but he may be a lightening rod.

Everywhere he goes recruiting picks up but no doubt he's dirty. But in a slimy kind of way, these coaches know he can get down to a players level and find out "what's it gonna take my man, tell uncle Troop?"

 

[4Q Basket Case]

You do realize success at both Bama and *U is defined by beating each other. Once Gus goes 0-3 or 0-4 against Bama/Saban he will be gone also and he won't be considered successful.

Gotta disagree here.

Success in Tuscaloosa is defined as winning championships. Beating the barn figures in primarily because it's hard to win a championship if you lose the last game of the regular season. Secondarily because of the intra-state rivalry.

If you offered the typical Alabama fan the choice of an 8-5 season with a win vs the barn, or an SEC Championship, but with a loss to the barn, the significant majority would take the championship.

The barn, however, defines itself by beating us. Those guys would be happy with 4-8 forever and always, so long as one of the four was us.

Visit their museum and compare it to the Bryant Museum. The Bryant is a monument to SEC and National Championships. Theirs is a monument to wins over us.

 

[HELENKELLERMRI]

Bet you Trooper left his firing with his cell to his ear calling recruits bad mouthing Auburn. Oh well they made that bed.

 

[TidefaninOS]

Gotta disagree here.

Success in Tuscaloosa is defined as winning championships. Beating the barn figures in primarily because it's hard to win a championship if you lose the last game of the regular season. Secondarily because of the intra-state rivalry.

If you offered the typical Alabama fan the choice of an 8-5 season with a win vs the barn, or an SEC Championship, but with a loss to the barn, the significant majority would take the championship.

The barn, however, defines itself by beating us. Those guys would be happy with 4-8 forever and always, so long as one of the four was us.

Visit their museum and compare it to the Bryant Museum. The Bryant is a monument to SEC and National Championships. Theirs is a monument to wins over us.

Heck, I didn't even realize they had a museum! Where is it.......inside Toomer's drugstore? (I've always wanted to go over there and gaze at that people's championship trophy!)

 

[BamaDMD]

Wonder if Foster will switch back, but he may be a lightening rod.

Everywhere he goes recruiting picks up but no doubt he's dirty. But in a slimy kind of way, these coaches know he can get down to a players level and find out "what's it gonna take my man, tell uncle Troop?"

don't know but since he's back in play, LSU and Geogia are hitting him hard.

 

[BamaDMD]

Heck, I didn't even realize they had a museum! Where is it.......inside Toomer's drugstore? (I've always wanted to go over there and gaze at that people's championship trophy!)

I'm still laughing at that one.