Coaches who were fired or resigned since Coach Saban

[kah13]

I wonder if Coach Saban has a list in his office where he marks off the coaches who have resigned, been fired, or taken a leave of absence since his coming to Alabama.

 

[rgw]

I've never really liked these inferences made between the arrival of Saban and a coach's departure. "They've been processed", etc.

In a sense, sure, the arrival of Saban has raised the bar for most of the other SEC programs. I really don't think Saban made Kiffin want to take a slightly more prestigious job in Kiffin's estimation. I really don't think Meyer got a medical condition due to Saban. I think Fulmer was skating for a few years in Tennessee - before Saban was even at Alabama - and 2008 was just the last straw. Bowden was in a do-or-die season and it wasn't so much the loss to Alabama but the string of losses in conjunction with the loss to Bama.

There is really only one firing/resignation that I think Saban had a good degree of baring over: Tuberville at Auburn. The boosters didn't like seeing Auburn getting their tails handed to them by Alabama on the recruiting trail and they knew they probably needed a change which is why Tubby was gone after his first losing season since year one in Auburn. Even then, you could argue that Tuberville was gone at first falter after Jetgate...but would that falter even have happened if he had Mike Shula to beat at the end of every season?

 

[kah13]

I meant it lightheartedly. Obviously, more factors exist for a coach to be fired, resign, etc. than the arrival of an opposing coach.

 

[KrAzY3]

I really don't think Meyer got a medical condition due to Saban

I'm not sure we have the complete story in terms of what was going on and what has gone on with Meyer's health.

This much has been made clear; Alabama stomping Florida triggered his latest set of problems and obviously Saban played a role with that.

 

[Dartigan]

I don't think CNS cares who he coaches against. Something that some people don't seem to understand is that he goes to work everyday with a relentless determination to make himself, his staff and his team better, a'ight. Focusing on other administrations is clutter. It's nothing but a waste of time doing that, a'ight. If it doesn't help us to get better, make us stronger, learn our assignments, CNS doesn't want any part of it. So I don't know why we can't just worry about what WE are going to do TODAY to REMAIN a championship caliber team, a'ight!

 

[crimsonaudio]

Really?

This kind of thread makes Bama fans looks stupid.