Question: Who do Tide Fans want after Saban?
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IIRC, Bryant/'s first choice was Stallings.
Curry was largely in part because of the Alumni President at the time...(insider information on that one).
Bowden would have been phenomenal as a replacement at the time. His discipline in his latter years kind of gives me doubts, but that is in hindsight.
Stallings made one crucial mistake (Langham) in his career here, but was a solid hire.
The years between Stallings and Saban were an absolute train wreck! :cool2:
Agree!
I remember when we hired Kiffin and everybody hated the hire because of his past and antics. Yet we largely embraced him and his quirks.
Dabo may grate on some folks here, but they absolutely love him over there. I could see that happening here as well... :cool2:
At the very least, he will get a monster raise out of considering us, so he will... :cool2:
I’ll let some others who are more in the know with the specifics, but I’ll remind you that he coached under Dubose. So there was a lot of shenanigans going on by that coaching staff to include Dabo. It’s also worth noting that Fran tried to hire him but Mal basically told him “Hell no”.
The point was that there isa large part of the Alabama fans that don’t want Dabo that don’t want him due to his tenure here. It’s not just his “aww shucks” personality.
All current SEC coaches will be retired, fired or dead before CNS leaves Alabama. Thats the rumor I'm hearing.
I think CNS will have a lot of input into whomever replaces him. That being said, he has a good relationship with Dabo and would have an opinion on if he was capable. Don't think for one minute that CNS wouldn't say exactly what if thought off the record to Byrne or whomever is conducting the search.
HUH! Never heard that before and I thought I had some inside connections...:blush:
For the record, I hated the Kiffin hire, never liked or trusted him and never will. I felt the same way about Franchione and Curry. As for Dabo, I don't think he will ever leave Clemson unless the program goes to hell and he is run off. I suspect CNS will be around another five years and a lot can happen.
I also think Stallings was Bryant's first choice.
"Years later, Bryant discreetly voiced his preference for a successor to the Alabama administration. He recommended Stallings."
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-28-sp-159-story.html
It's been all over this message board for over a decade. It comes up on every single thread about this topic, and many others.
I was on campus Stallings first year. What I remember at the time is that it was written and said that CPB's first choice was finally on campus.
The only way I would ever be accepting of Urban Meyer would be as an OC in Sabans rehab program.
Dabos antics drive me nuts and the other sutff surrounding his previous tenure by themself are enough to worry about the red flags.
Pruitt, if he does good at UT, I think he would do a great job here
Rich... I mean Smart... nah we don't want a mediocre coach
I guess we need to worry more about finding a fountain of youth instead .
Dabos antics drive me nuts and the other sutff surrounding his previous tenure by themself are enough to worry about the red flags.
Pruitt, if he does good at UT, I think he would do a great job here
Rich... I mean Smart... nah we don't want a mediocre coach
I guess we need to worry more about finding a fountain of youth instead .
I believe that Coach Stallings was the first choice but was under contract with the Cowboys and believed contracts were NOT made to be broken in the middle of the season so the admin went another way instead of waiting. They were concerned about "recruiting" in 1983/4 instead of long-term benefits that would have come from CGS.
Kinda like how the PTB wanted Bowden to "interview" for the job. SMH.
I'm glad Coach Moore put his career on the line, got on that plane and flew to Miami not knowing CNS's answer and sat outside his house for a week !
As I stated previously, I think science will figure out a way to perpetually keep CNS as our coach so the premise of the question is moot!
Kinda like how the PTB wanted Bowden to "interview" for the job. SMH.
I'm glad Coach Moore put his career on the line, got on that plane and flew to Miami not knowing CNS's answer and sat outside his house for a week !
As I stated previously, I think science will figure out a way to perpetually keep CNS as our coach so the premise of the question is moot!
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Respectfully - this has been hashed out on the board for years and person after person here says this. This notion came up after Bryant Jr - at Stallings's introductory PC - said, "This is what Papa wanted."
Bryant was the AD for Pete's sake. I realize it's debated and to a degree we'll never know. But if Bryant wanted Stallings in 1982, there's no reason to think he couldn't have gotten him. Yeah, he said he was removing himself from the search but does anyone actually believe that?
I can buy that. You ever heard Tim Wilson's standup about Bowden? It's hilarious.
"Coach, your team stole half the shirts out of a Dillard's?"
"They DID, they DID......but they're good kids...."
Oh yeah.
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