OC and DC replacement discussion

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The Ols

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Jul 8, 2012
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I’d take a certain DC that’s coaching in a game right now…whose team hasn’t given up a point yet tonight…
Before anyone says anything I know he’s not coming….I was just saying never say never.😎
OK…you got me…why no DeMeco Ryans?
Edit: Directed @ 81 for the facepalm…not “calling you out.” Legitimately curious.
 
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Evil Crimson Dragon

Hall of Fame
Feb 4, 2018
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Statistically his numbers were pretty dang good…he held all but one SEC opponent below there scoring average…had the 4th hardest schedule yet maintained top 10, and in a lot of cases top 5 defensive statistics nationally. The quote I read had something to do with him being much more revered in the coaching culture than in that of Bama fans.
CNS and the rest of the coaching world vs what I think? Hmmmm…🤣
Edit: He is a Broyles Award Finalist. That’s amongst all coordinators on both sides of the ball in all of the FBS.I know that was mentioned earlier, but it’s pretty relevant here…
But his defenses couldn't stop UT and LSU when it counted...............
 
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KrAzY3

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Jan 18, 2006
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"flipin' da bird" to the NZAA is invitation for those that really do want to be the cause for Bama's demise to start rapid firing with any and everything they have. It's an absolute stupid maneuver IMO.
I'm obviously not an Auburn fan, but there's no question that their approach to the NCAA has paid off. Alabama did everything they were supposed to in reporting the textbook thing and the NCAA vacates a season full of wins.

Auburn hired two dirty head coaches and pays the best player in college football and they get a championship and a revitalized basketball program. All because they didn't bend a knee.

I'm just saying not bending a knee to the NCAA seems to work pretty well now. Especially since you can openly pay players if you do it correctly. Everything that got Alabama in trouble that I can recall in the past was improper benefits. You can now "properly" do all of that. There's nothing to get caught doing unless you are absolutely stupid about how you do it.

I'm not even sure what the NCAA is supposed to catch Alabama doing at this point. You can pay players without violating the rules now, so what on earth are we worried the NCAA is going to find out? That Alabama is too dumb to use boosters to pay players? That's exactly what Alabama got busted for in the past so I'd guess they at least know how to do that.
This reeks of desperation!
I do have a sense of desperation in terms of what's left of Saban's career. Golding is wasting precious years of the best college coach ever. If something doesn't change we will see more of the same.

2009-2017 gave Alabama 5 championships! 2018-2022 gave us one and that took arguably the greatest offense Alabama has ever had. I have no reason to believe the next 5 years under Golding would be any better than the last 5 years, and those have been the worst years of Saban's tenure (no coincidence they also consist of 5 of the 6 worst defenses Saban has had at Alabama). So yes, there is some desperation on my part.
 

RammerJammer14

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Aug 18, 2007
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No offense, but I think you're giving CJP way too much credit here.

He's as guilty as they are - he participated. Yes, it sucks that the utk admin was 100% complicit and is now throwing CJP under the bus, but that's the only way they have a hope of not being nuked here.

That said, make no mistake, both utk admin and CJP are guilty here.

Whether or not that makes him 'untouchable' remains to be seen, but, as much as I LOVE the defenses he fielded at Bama, I can't see any way Bama touches him while an almost certain show cause is hanging over him...
Yeah sorry that is what I meant. I’m not saying Pruitt wasn’t involved, I meant to say that the UT admin was also 100% involved. I can see how that wasn’t clear though.
 

mdb-tpet

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Sep 2, 2004
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His defense stopped Texas (sack, forced long field goal), Texas A&M, and Ole Miss on their final drives.
Yes, but his defenses HAD to stop those teams on the last play or we lose. Many of us will lean on the idea that the other team should not have scored enough in the first place to be in a position to win on the last play.

It reminds me of the Shula years when my wife pointed out how many highly ranked teams beat us, and I remarked that by losing to them, we help put them in the top of the rankings.
 

stlimprov

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Nov 9, 2005
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Some insight on the firing of CJP
This makes me think of the saying that you never want to owe a little money to the mob.

(The insinuation being that it is better to owe nothing, or to owe so much that they have a vested interest in keeping you alive.)