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[cbi1972]

The Washington Huskies now have a Belichick(Bill's son) at DC, (Pete Carroll's son) Carroll at OC and a Saban player (Vinnie Sunseri) as a secondary coach.

Vinnie isn't just a Saban player, he himself is son of veteran defensive coach Sal Sunseri.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Vinnie isn't just a Saban player, he himself is son of veteran defensive coach Sal Sunseri.

Of course. Just highlighting the coaching connections to 3 very successful coaches who all recently left their long time jobs.

 

[jthomas666]

If Ohio St is really lucky they will never have to see a play called by BOB

https://twitter.com/x/status/1753986247490478244

https://twitter.com/x/status/1754558514251350375

FINALLY, something doesn't go Michigan's way...

 

[Bpilktree]

Can Julian Sayin transfer for the 2nd time before he gets his first semester of college in? Maybe he goes and plays for BC if they can find couple million to pay him.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Can Julian Sayin transfer for the 2nd time before he gets his first semester of college in? Maybe he goes and plays for BC if they can find couple million to pay him.

My, my, my, how juicy is the irony....left a program because of lack of relationships, and instability to a program that... uh oh.

 

[Joefus]

Man I’ve seen some delusional fan bases but Ohio st fans are actually convinced if bob leaves they’ll get chip kellly as oc. Some pretty spectacular wackadooing goin on over there

 

[bamadwain]

That’s because the head coach left to become an NFL assistant I believe.

Yep, DC with the Packers

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Man I’ve seen some delusional fan bases but Ohio st fans are actually convinced if bob leaves they’ll get chip kellly as oc. Some pretty spectacular wackadooing goin on over there

They could go get Mike Shula.

 

[TitleWave]

They could go get Mike Shula.

Or Dave "O'Reilly" Radar if he weren't - OK, you'll just have to see this with your own eyes -

 

[rolltide7854]

I didn't notice either. I doubt people in Boston noticed. Some students actually at BC probably didn't notice

I thought they shut the program down after Flutie left.

 

[Tidelines]

I thought they shut the program down after Flutie left.

They should have.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

They could go get Mike Shula.

I never understood why he has never gotten another shot as a head coach at a smaller program. While he wasn't up to our standards, he did okay, considering everything. We were on probation with heavy, heavy sanctions for a few years, and scholarship limitations, yet he still managed at 10 win season. It was also his first time ever being a head coach. Given the circumstances, he could have done much, much worse. If Manny Diaz deserves another shot, then why not Mike Shula?

 

[rolltide7854]

I never understood why he has never gotten another shot as a head coach at a smaller program. While he wasn't up to our standards, he did okay, considering everything. We were on probation with heavy, heavy sanctions for a few years, and scholarship limitations, yet he still managed at 10 win season. It was also his first time ever being a head coach. Given the circumstances, he could have done much, much worse. If Manny Diaz deserves another shot, then why not Mike Shula?

He may be a rare coach who makes a better head coach than a coordinator. But from what I remember he was awful as a GM in the NFL.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Or Dave "O'Reilly" Radar if he weren't - OK, you'll just have to see this with your own eyes -

Rader. Radar was on MASH. LOL

 

[AlexanderFan]

I never understood why he has never gotten another shot as a head coach at a smaller program. While he wasn't up to our standards, he did okay, considering everything. We were on probation with heavy, heavy sanctions for a few years, and scholarship limitations, yet he still managed at 10 win season. It was also his first time ever being a head coach. Given the circumstances, he could have done much, much worse. If Manny Diaz deserves another shot, then why not Mike Shula?

He’s an NFL guy in that there’s a certain baseline level of maturity, accountability, and discipline he does not inspire, nor will he instill in players. He expects that to come from within.

 

[CB4]

I never understood why he has never gotten another shot as a head coach at a smaller program. While he wasn't up to our standards, he did okay, considering everything. We were on probation with heavy, heavy sanctions for a few years, and scholarship limitations, yet he still managed at 10 win season. It was also his first time ever being a head coach. Given the circumstances, he could have done much, much worse. If Manny Diaz deserves another shot, then why not Mike Shula?

In fairness to Coach Shula, he was dealing with significant sanctions. But let’s also remember that during that period he wasn’t necessarily the “relentless” recruiter needed to rebuild a program either. In recruiting, Alabama under Coach Shula was going to get what they were going to get- the players that WANTED to come to Alabama. Coach Shula lacked the ability to convince the fence sitter in recruiting that Alabama was the place to develop that talent. As an assistant in the NFL, selling a program wasn’t a necessity. He was primarily suited as a NFL assistant in his skill set, not for the “CEO” per se of a program such as Alabama. My understanding is, in terms of expectations and discipline, the program was less than optimal during that period. He expected players to be “self determined”, therefore things were less structured. You can do it in pros. Not necessarily a good plan for 17-21 year olds

And I believe possibly the reason no one else has pursued him as a HC at a smaller program is he may well let it be known through inner circles in college and pros the assistant/analyst or possibly a coordinator role in the pros is his comfort level. Nothing wrong with that.

However, I will be forever grateful to Coach Shula for coming into an extremely difficult and challenging situation and holding things together between the Dubose, Fran, Price, and CNS.

 

[JohnD]

I never understood why he has never gotten another shot as a head coach at a smaller program. While he wasn't up to our standards, he did okay, considering everything. We were on probation with heavy, heavy sanctions for a few years, and scholarship limitations, yet he still managed at 10 win season. It was also his first time ever being a head coach. Given the circumstances, he could have done much, much worse. If Manny Diaz deserves another shot, then why not Mike Shula?

If he truly wanted to be a head coach, he would have gotten another head coaching job. There's plenty of worse coaches out there, so he could have gotten back in it if he wanted to and had prepared himself for it. But he has not. I don't think he ever wanted to be a head coach, and was only doing Alabama a favor by taking the job.

 

[davefrat]

They could go get Mike Shula.

Although his tenure at Bama was less than stellar, he's actually pretty well-respected as an assistant/QB coach.

 

[BamaNation]

My, my, my, how juicy is the irony....left a program because of lack of relationships, and instability to a program that... uh oh.

... showed him the Benjamins.

 

[bamafan1966]

Vinnie isn't just a Saban player, he himself is son of veteran defensive coach Sal Sunseri.

Would like to see Vinnie on Bama's staff one day...