The post reads as if it's 4Q's assumption (which I'd agree with). IOW, I'd not worry about it as I highly doubt Marrone said that.Yeah, me either...
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What I read on this made it sound like Sark was ready to do the hire, but major backlash because Stoops is an "Oklahoma" guy made him retract it. Sounded like they are already trying to control Sark.
That’s what it sounds like to me as well......... his time there won’t be fun with them making all his decisions for him
Imagine being a head coach and getting ready to run a program, only to be told you will run it the way the boosters want it...... a recipe for disaster
And that is why many Alabama fans said that Sark may be stepping into a quagmire in Austin and it may not a healthy place to get back into a HC position. Yes, I wanted to keep him but I sincerely like him and wanted him to go somewhere he will succeed outside the SEC.
The arrogance of some fans and boosters really astounds me.
I mean, I get it... .a little. I was pretty young during Gene Stallings tenure at Alabama. Somehow, despite the success I started taking him for granted. I got it in my head that someone else could do it as good or better and by the time he was gone I was fairly ambivalent.
I then got to see what bad coaching really looks like. This type of arrogant ignorance seems to permeate some of these boosters, and I see it spilling over sometimes to Alabama supporters as well. I've seen people say they are tired of seeing Saban doing this and that, they're fed up with something that was said, what ever and it's like seriously? Best head coach ever and you're still complaining? You can't just go alright, I'm following his lead because he knows more about this than anyone ever, nope, still complain. Don't tell me what to do coach...
I guess it just goes back to college sports making people feel really entitled to how the process should be run. They're used to being treated a certain way, to having certain influence, and if you even scold them a little they act like someone wronged them horrendously. It has to suck terribly to deal with that.
Yeah, me either...
Marrone did NOT say his time was limited. Likewise, the author of the article neither said nor implied it.
It’s still, however, my expectation that he will be the Alabama OL coach for no more than two years..
Reason is, Marrone has been a college head coach. He’s been an NFL OC, and has been an NFL head coach twice. He’s spent decades in the NFL in other capacities.
That’s not the profile of someone who would be content as a long-time college OL coach.
I’m also guessing (hoping) that Saban got a 2-year verbal commitment from him. Not legally enforceable, but reneging on a promise to Saban isn’t exactly the way to resurrect a college or NFL coaching career.
It’s also possible that Marrone has had enough of being The Man, has plenty of money now, and just wants to develop OLs. And he might truly believe that today. But after a coach possessing the competitive spirit needed to build that resume has some time to de-compress from a setback, it’s hard for him not to want back in the big chair.
We’ll see. I think he’s a great hire. Even if he moves on after a few years, it’s not like we’ve had great continuity in that spot since Stoutland left for the Eagles. Hasn’t seemed to hurt recruiting.
I don’t care how many championships he wins, he should still let the second string run the offense instead of just handing the ball off
I`ve always believed that that was one of the very first things with which Mal Moore made certain that CNS would have no need to concern himself.
Well, I’ve always felt that if you have enough faith in someone to do the job you hired them to do, let them do the job without interference until they prove they are no longer capable of getting it done........otherwise, why hire them?
One of the unique aspects of college athletics is that it is so very much about more than a logical path to success. Though pride plays a part in almost all of life, it is an overwhelming feature of college sports. Thus, your "why hire them" question, while completely valid, loses a lot of it effect in college sports because so many boosters are about many things associated with success, rather than just being satisfied with achieving success - IMO, most of those are bad things related to pride. E.g., I want to be visible, I want to know my voice is heard, I have inside access, I, I, I...
One of Saban's wisest and most important achievements is minimizing this effect in his program. It is one of the greatest accomplishments of the Alabama program and especially its boosters - denying themselves to let him alone to focus on the path to success. They have given a lot without many of the typical perks - they should be appreciated and lauded.
No knowledge yet of who Saban is targeting for RB coach but I’d want this guy.
Robert Gillespie - Running Backs Coach - Staff Directory - University of North Carolina Athletics
Robert Gillespie joined the Carolina football staff on March 21, 2018, to serve as running backs coach under then-head coach Larry Fedora. When Mack Brown was hiredgoheels.com
I can just hear Mac now..............."If only Saban hadn't hired Gillespie"
Also heard, and in that tweet, that Jay Graham for TE/ST coach
I assume that Jay Graham is not implicated in any of the allegations of wrongdoing in Knoxville.
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