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Shula Statement

I hate this, I truly do. He was a good player who provided us with memories that will last forever. My natural inclination is to feel sorry for him for the same reasons that have been listed on this thread. But it's tough to feel sorry for a guy who will make $4 million just sitting around the house for the next few years.
 
Some people say Shula is stubborn and too loyal, others say he was too young and green or just plain not good enough, and didn't know what he was doing, anyway.

I say he had a clear vision of what he was trying to do, and that he believed in that, and believed in the coaches he had trying to do it with him. The whole season, right through to the end and still, he truely believed that if they all kept on a'keeping on, they would hit the jackpot soon. I respect and honor him for all of that--yes, whether he was right or wrong--and I wouldn't respect him if he were any other way.

Roll Tide, Coach Shula, Roll Tide.

:BigA:
 
CMS knew what was he was expected to do (clean house) in order to move forward next year. He didn't do it. I truly think he had had enough, and at 4 million dollars he saw a great out. If you do not want to be told what to do in terms of how to do your job then you tell your employer to stick it. I think that is what CMS did in this case, and personally I can't blame him. That said, I'm glad he is no longer coach at UA.
 
BamainBoston said:
Wow. It makes me sad and angry at the same time. If he had just gone into Mal and said that he was willing to do anything to make this work including replacing some guys who werent up to the level, he would still be coach today.
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You're right it is sad but I never believed he was the right coach from the beginning (easy to say now, I know). But I did like the guy. I just think this move was in the best interests of the university.
 
My Dad and I were talking on this subject about a month ago and I had told him that if CMS didn't or was unwilling to make changes in his staff then he would be gone at the end of the season. Even up till this past weekend he firmly believed that CMS would be here next year. I made a simple comment to him that I guess this weekend has seemed to back up and that was " Loyalty will get you alot of things, including Fired. "

I think CMS loves/loved Alabama and the football program and I sincerely think that his unwillingness to make changes was his downfall.

I will have to give CMS his due in that for the last four years we have not had to wonder what the NCAA was looking into now and will we be given the death penalty or whatever. CMS brought back that respectability to our program. I think had he been willing to make some real changes in his staff and in the way his offense was being run and called then he would still be at Alabama for at least another season.

While I personally don't think that CMS was the man to get us over the hump the the next higher level, I think he has , at least from a respectability point, laid the groundwork for future greatness at the Capstone.

Good luck, CMS, and here's wishing you success in whatever your next endeavor may be.

Roll Tide !!!!!!!!!!
 
A sad day indeed. I think you will actually find very few fans who weren't hoping that Coach Shula would be the next one to have his statue on the North Portico, even as late as the beginning of the Arkansas game this year.

It's also sad when you believe that someone has done their very best, and it just isn't good enough, especially when that person is very likeable. Happens in the world every day, just not on this visible a level.

Indeed, some of the very qualities that made Shula popular also led to his downfall -- loyalty, a great rapport with his players, a relatively even temper, a good deal of self-confidence....
 
Re: Shula's statement very classy.

FAN4EVR said:
Shula's statement was very classy, although I didn't expect otherwise. I sure hope he remains an active alumni at the U of A.:BigA:
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Active alumni? If I was Shula, I would never drive through the state of Alabama again! He needs to go to a proctologist after this past week. I'm glad he got fired, but it was a sorry display in terms of how it was all handled. Good luck, Coach Shula. Enjoy your $ 4,000,000.

jm
 
Opportunities for your dream job usually only come around once. I would like to think that the timing was just a little too early in Shula's career for him to take full advantage of the opportunity. However, as has been pointed out ad infinitum here, his personality just may not be conducive to a position as the head coach of a major university. He's an introvert and seems to be more comfortable dealing with offensive tactics than personnel issues and discipline. Management isn't for everyone. It seems that often the most talented people are the most unorganized and impersonal... not the best combinations for a manager of people.

He's a great developer of quarterbacks and seems to really enjoy that endeavor. That seems to be his skill. It might not carry the prestige and pay of a head coach, but there's a lot to be said for doing what you like and what is your gift.
 
the bamanation just lost a true warrior, and believer in the university. he has had a lot of adversity as coach. he took on a difficult job in correcting the direction of the program, which was in complete turmoil. no one wanted the job except he and crooms. both diehard tide men. will one got the ax, and the other is still coaching. of course miss state is not the prestigeous institution alabama is, but, maybe, they have the patience to allow their coach to continue. he has by far had a worst record than mike. gee 10-2 in the sec, loss 7 starters on defense, starting qb, a very average off line. everyone should have know this team would be 7-5 at best. lost a game to arks, because of a freshman kicker, and losing to a miss state team with murder on their hearts. the team not mike was unprepared for that game. well, played 4 top 10 teams on the road and could have won 2 of them. who else could say that. yes, coach shula is probably to loyal, and maybe he is just naive enough to believe in that. doesnt he know winning is everything. i believe mal moore, or maybe the boosters should have stressed that more. well now, the tide gets to see what they will get for christmas. a real coach or a pretender. i doubt many real character coaches will come running for this job. if it is about the money, they will come. but, the alabama tradition, and past is over and evidently forgotten.
 
bamar said:
well now, the tide gets to see what they will get for christmas. a real coach or a pretender. i doubt many real character coaches will come running for this job. if it is about the money, they will come. but, the alabama tradition, and past is over and evidently forgotten.
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Thanks for the keen insight, Nostradamus.

Bravo Sierra, sir.

(Note to self: contact tinisee bored of educayshun about puttin' punkshooashun and writin' classes back into high school).
 
bamajas said:
Considering it's as much of a "last word" that he'll ever get, and we'll be able to talk about him and the job he did from now on (and talk about the mediocrity of the "shula era"), I think it was pretty well-said...

...on a couple of side notes, was that thing handwritten? PF stumbled a lot over it... and how many times has Finebaum ever had to say "Roll Tide" before?

RTR...
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I actually don't think it's fair to talk about the "mediocrity" of his era. Up until this year he did as good if not far better (2005) than was expected. I think if he had just beaten MSU this year, and EXPECTED down year, he would still be coach. Was that loss enough to give him the boot in exchange for INCREDIBLY bad PR for our football program? I'm just not sure it was. Not yet.

Right now I'm jus pretty embarrassed to be a Bama fan, Shula or no Shula. The AD we have down there runs an absolute circus and house needs to be cleaned. I don't trust any decision they make.
 
I think what a lot of y'all are losing sight of is that in the final analysis, this was Mike's decision. When he refused to make the necessary changes, he decided his own fate. For the amount of money he was making, it shouldn't have been a shock to him that his employers had every right to set certain conditions in order to reach expected goals. I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I've never had a job where the employees set the ground rules and working conditions.

It's regrettable that it had to end this way, but inevitable if Shula refused to adapt.
 
Yep, we all enjoy working for bosses who not only tell us what to do but how to do it. Especially when they take the blame when their suggestions don't work either.
 
I think what a lot of y'all are losing sight of is that in the final analysis, this was Mike's decision. When he refused to make the necessary changes, he decided his own fate. For the amount of money he was making, it shouldn't have been a shock to him that his employers had every right to set certain conditions in order to reach expected goals. I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I've never had a job where the employees set the ground rules and working conditions.

It's regrettable that it had to end this way, but inevitable if Shula refused to adapt.
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I guess I haven't been privy to the inside info on what Coach Shula was told to do or what options he was given. Was he told to make changes to the staff,or change the players positions by the AD.This has been a rough year.I was at the games and could probably see what everyone else saw. Coach Shula is a very wonderful person that came to the call and got the program thru a really rough time. Of course some people have a short memory.

I just don't like the way it was handled. The team should have been told before the media got hold of it. That I blame for the so called Ad,President that handled the situation including the Board of Trustees.
 
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