Recent content by Hankster2

For one it allows you to begin your coaching search publicly and get out in the front of the line. I would imagine that Florida's recent actions are going to increase pressure on Tennessee to rip the band-aid off now as opposed to waiting till the end of the season.

Kind of depends on what you define as the "product". For me it's more than just the W-L numbers. When I arrived at UofA in the early 90's I was underwhelmed by the AD facilities considering this was supposed to be one of the top football institutions in the country. Bryant Denny wasn't much to...

Re: Whiny Bret Bielema: "I've Been Guaranteed We'll Never See that Official Again" Trying to displace some of the blame by casting shadows on the officiating which may or may not have cost you 7 points when in fact you managed to lose by 19 (25 not counting garbage-time against the backups)...

Another interesting bit I noticed on the video was the turf underlay for preventing concussions. I'd be interested to know how something like that would affect lower body ligament injuries. The argument against the cleats players use is that the traction technology a long time ago surpassed...

Re: A New Helmet For Football''s Concussion Problem Understood and agreed, but my point wasn't for or against what this helmet manufacturer is doing. It's more along the lines of: From the days of no helmets to now, technology has been consistently applied to make the game safer by wrapping...

Re: A New Helmet For Football''s Concussion Problem Agreed. I still believe technology can provide a viable solution to the problem, but I feel like it's only being utilized in the same vein of progress that got us here (i.e. injury prevention only). I feel technology could be used just as...

I don't even know where to start on this one. From my recollection, when Brodie walked out on the field he was the undisputed starting quarterback and leader of the offense. No one was clamoring for the backup. The talent was obvious. It had been a long time since you could say that about the QB...

Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here) Not trying to get in a back and forth or lecture you on anything. I'm just pointing out it's not a very good comparison. That 7-6 season, while not a championship season, was an improvement over the previous season... so not a dumpster fire...

Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here) Characterizing it as a dumpster fire is a bit of revisionist history. It was consistent and expected back then that our schedule would be back-loaded with losses due to the nature of our schedule and the fact that we didn't have much in the...

I'm not sure what your point is exactly. Is it not OK that I have a problem with the players attempting to dictate the coaching staff? If things are as bad as the players say (and I have no reason to believe they're not) I hope we'll see more incriminating pictures than that one. The...

I fully understand your point. Still, what stands out to me is attempting to dictate the coaching staff. I think this severely weakens their position.

Yes. Only because I think "unsafe training rooms" is a subjective statement. Maybe there's toxic mold and the weights fall off the racks onto the players. Maybe there's one mat in the corner that's a trip hazard. There's probably more to "safety equipment purchased but denied...". I don't know...

There's obviously two-sides to the finances/player-treatment angle and not knowing the details, it's hard to say who's in the wrong or right. The part that jumps out at me: The players are also using the boycott to dictate the hiring/firing of the coaching staff. Apparently one of their demands...

Re: Assistant Strength/Conditioning Coach Placed on Leave I'd think that would severely limit your hiring pool. "Ties to an agent" is a rather ambiguous term. For all we know this guy met an agent once. I'd be willing to bet there aren't many coaches in CFB who don't at least know some agents...

Re: D.J. Fluker should have been paid by Alabama This doesn't worry me much. I'm assuming the money has been all but traced to DJ's front door. All that's up for discussion now is a) how much, b) whether he thought it was an agent payment or just a loan, and c) whether anyone in the AD knew...