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Coach Saban's Interview on ESPN Sunday Conversation

2007-01-17T09:23:00.000-08:00

Saban Halftime Speech

2007-01-12T12:55:00.001-08:00

Interesting Article about Saban

2007-01-10T07:55:00.000-08:00

Now What? Nick Saban: Causes -- and Effects...By Nelson Lardner

After weeks of endless, bald-faced, hollow denials wholly detached from reality, Nick Saban bolted from the Miami Dolphins and back into the college game last week, accepting an eight-year deal from the University of Alabama for some thirty-two million dollars.... Read the rest here.

Saban Press Conference Part 3

2007-01-06T13:47:00.001-08:00

Saban Press Conference Part 2

2007-01-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

Saban Press Conference Part 1

2007-01-06T13:44:00.000-08:00

Coach Saban

2007-01-04T14:18:00.000-08:00

This is why we need Coach Saban around. I bet we're going to be a lot tougher football team next year under his leadership.

A Good Argument For Why Moore Needs To Resign

2006-12-15T12:44:00.000-08:00

A journalist all the way out in Paris, Texas has pretty much summed up the whole situation at UA as well as suggest the first step to finding a solution. If you care about our football program you should take the time to read this insightful article. Read "Changes at UA Must Be Made", by Tyler Clifton

Tommy Bowden Should Not Be Alabama's Next Head Coach

2006-12-13T10:39:00.000-08:00

Like probably most of you I've been reading and hearing rumors of Tommy Bowden as a possible candidate for coach. If the rumors are true and the powers that be are actually considering hiring any Bowden(including Daddy Bowden), then our program is in worse shape than I thought. I think it would be a monumental mistake to hire someone like Tommy Bowden at this point. To me it would be the equivalent of hiring Shula over again and firing him again in three or four years.

The fact of the matter is that Tommy Bowden doesn't have what it takes to take Alabama, or any other college football team, to the place where we want our program to get back to and that's a National Championship. Tommy Bowden may be a great guy and all that good stuff but we all know what happened the last time we hired a "Good Guy".

We'd be better off looking into hiring a good assistant coach from a successful program than even thinking about hiring someone like Bowden.

Bryant Museum Tour

2006-12-13T10:25:00.000-08:00

Another Great Video About The Search

2006-12-10T14:29:00.001-08:00

Rich Rod Declines Offer For Alabama's Head Coaching Job

2006-12-08T14:56:00.000-08:00

Apparently Richie Rodriguez has declined the substantial offer made to him to become the next head coach at Bama. Does this surprise anyone out there in Tide land? Be honest with yourself, do you really still think the head coaching job at the University of Alabama holds the same prestige it once did? I'm sorry to say that it doesn't, and the sooner we recognize that fact and learn to live with it the better off we'll be.

Who wants or needs the kind of immediate pressure that is going to be placed squarely on the shoulders of whoever becomes our next coach? One guy has already basically said that it's not even worth a cool $50 million, and I can't blame him.

Our own past success and inability to accept anything but perfection next season is in fact preventing us from hiring a viable candidate that may actually be able to deliver that perfection or something close to it.

Ask yourself why someone like Rodriguez, who played at WV and now coaches there, would turn his back on his players and fans and just pick up and come to Alabama. Now ask yourself if you would want a guy with that kind of character, someone who shows no loyalty and only answers to the almighty dollar, to come to the University of Alabama. I know I wouldn't.

Anybody heard from Shula lately?

$50 Million Offer

2006-12-07T15:00:00.000-08:00

If you haven't already, you may want to read this article on the ridiculous offer we made to Saban. $50Million, are you kidding me? What kind of monster have we created with this whole mess? I'm afraid our impatience with Shula, the quick-fix attitude all of us seem to have, and the pressure being put on the school to find the next coaching god is going to come back to haunt us sometime in the future. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see many coaches dying to come to Bama, even if the offer is $50 mil.

Where Are You Coach?

2006-12-06T15:18:00.000-08:00

How Much Would We Pay For This Coach

2006-12-05T07:00:00.000-08:00

I bet we would make him the highest paid coach in the country.

Bama's Future Coach

2006-12-02T12:44:00.000-08:00

Is Rodriguez the One?

2006-12-01T07:30:00.000-08:00

It sounds more and more like West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez could be Alabama's next coach.

Read this interesting article.

Sounds like the Governor of West Virginia already knows something that we're likely to find out soon.

Another Candidate for Coach

2006-11-30T12:15:00.000-08:00

This might actually be funny if this guy wasn't such a tool.

Spurrier

2006-11-29T21:07:00.000-08:00

Is there anyone else out there in Bamaland who doesn't want to see this guy on our sidelines? Call me crazy, but I would rather see just about anyone other than Spurrier as our coach. If he did become the head coach, he would no doubt do it for one simple reason - $Money$. I guess I'm a little old fashion in that I would like our future coach to be someone who is loyal to the Alabama football program and not just chasing a higher paycheck.

Here's a little sample of what we can expect to see on the sidelines if "The Old Ball Coach" does grace us with his supremacy.

Fat Chance

2006-11-28T19:19:00.000-08:00

"We will immediately begin a national search for a new head football coach. I am seeking a proven head coach with a proven record of achievement who can reach the level of excellence that all of us desire."

Someone please tell me who the hell they think they're going to get with a "proven record of achievement" and what does that really mean anyway. Hell, Terry Bowden has a "proven record of achievement", but he couldn't get hired by a high school team at this point.

I just keep thinking we should have given Shula at least one more year with J.P. at QB with a good solid year of experience under his belt. What really did we have to lose anyway other than the $4 million we're losing in buying out his contract. Think of the things that could have been built with that money.

I'm sure every coach in America is just dying to come down to T-town and get in this perpetual mess. How about a little f-ing stability to try and build our program back to where it's supposed to be.

Does anyone think the coach who does end up getting the job is just going to come in and have some kind of miraculous season and satisfy all the fickle fans out there. Right, and I have a couple of tickets to next year's national championship game.

Videos That Tell the Sad Story

2006-11-27T13:38:00.000-08:00

Part of the reason Shula was fired is assholes like the guy who made this video and the pressure that was put on Moore and Co. to make a change. That pretentious prick Finebaum holds some of the blame as well. That arrogant ass wouldn't be happy if the Bear himself descended from heaven on a white horse and rode back into T-town to take over the coaching job. Finebaum's the classic example of the critic on the sideline never experiencing triumph or defeat.

Shula's Out and Bama's Image Is Tarnished Once Again

2006-11-27T12:25:00.000-08:00

So all you Shula haters finally got what you wanted, but at what price? I was just as disappointed about this season as any other Tide fan but where's the damn loyalty. How many other schools across the country would turn their back on one of their own like this, a guy who happened to be a very successful QB and who holds his own little place within the great Alabama football tradition.

I just don't get it. I swear if they would have just given the guy a couple of more years to get the program turned around he would have done so. Forget that though, in today's "I want it now", impatient society everyone wants a quick fix, a quick high to make all the pain go away and this is just another sad example of that. This "quick fix" may feel good to all of the Shula haters out there right now, but what about in a month or so when the recruits start turning their backs on the University, or a year or so from now when we're struggling through another season and losing another one to thumb boy over at the cow college.

So congratulations Tide fans, you've got what you wanted. Now what? Now we wait around while we hear rumors of all the big name coaches turning down an offer to come to a school with the greatest football tradition in the land. Why would they turn down such a prestigious job in college football? Let me ask you a question, why the hell would they want to come here where a trait like loyalty is a rare as wins against Auburn in the last five years.

Alabama Tradition

2006-11-09T12:25:00.000-08:00