Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
For the Alabama fans, any rumors of potential replacements? Other than Spurrier, of course.
rumors other than Spurrier include:
Nick Saban
Bob Stoops (how, I don't know..but it is a rumor)
Bob Petrino
Rich Rodriguez
Jim Grobe
Paul Johnson (Navy head coach)
Greg Schiano (rumored for every job opening though)
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
For the Alabama fans, any rumors of potential replacements? Other than Spurrier, of course.
rumors other than Spurrier include:
Nick Saban
Bob Stoops (how, I don't know..but it is a rumor)
Bob Petrino
Rich Rodriguez
Jim Grobe
Paul Johnson (Navy head coach)
Greg Schiano (rumored for every job opening though)
Grobe and Johnson are the 2 most likely. Also have heard they are looking at Graham from Rice. If Johnson comes get ready for the flexbone in the SEC.
Which would be a mistake given Alabama's personnel (accurate QB, two outstanding WRs with young ones up and coming). Johnson has run other offenses before though.
Just for Bama fans: Bryant Jr.'s plane
Originally posted by: jhayx7
Being a student at the University of Alabama and a longtime Alabama fan, THANK GOD THEY FIRED SHULA!!
Originally posted by: Gibsons
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
For the Alabama fans, any rumors of potential replacements? Other than Spurrier, of course.
rumors other than Spurrier include:
Nick Saban
Bob Stoops (how, I don't know..but it is a rumor)
Bob Petrino
Rich Rodriguez
Jim Grobe
Paul Johnson (Navy head coach)
Greg Schiano (rumored for every job opening though)
Grobe and Johnson are the 2 most likely. Also have heard they are looking at Graham from Rice. If Johnson comes get ready for the flexbone in the SEC.
Which would be a mistake given Alabama's personnel (accurate QB, two outstanding WRs with young ones up and coming). Johnson has run other offenses before though.
Just for Bama fans: Bryant Jr.'s plane
ooh, good link. Looks like Austin right now, so I'd guess Gene Chizik is getting an interview. UT and Auburn fans will be hoping for Greg Davis, but I doubt 'bama is that stupid.
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: Gibsons
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
For the Alabama fans, any rumors of potential replacements? Other than Spurrier, of course.
rumors other than Spurrier include:
Nick Saban
Bob Stoops (how, I don't know..but it is a rumor)
Bob Petrino
Rich Rodriguez
Jim Grobe
Paul Johnson (Navy head coach)
Greg Schiano (rumored for every job opening though)
Grobe and Johnson are the 2 most likely. Also have heard they are looking at Graham from Rice. If Johnson comes get ready for the flexbone in the SEC.
Which would be a mistake given Alabama's personnel (accurate QB, two outstanding WRs with young ones up and coming). Johnson has run other offenses before though.
Just for Bama fans: Bryant Jr.'s plane
ooh, good link. Looks like Austin right now, so I'd guess Gene Chizik is getting an interview. UT and Auburn fans will be hoping for Greg Davis, but I doubt 'bama is that stupid.
Actually I was hoping Ron Zook would make a return to the SEC @ bama. Another theory I heard was the plane is stopping in Austin to pick up some strippers then it is heading to El Paso to lure Mike Price back.
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: jhayx7
Being a student at the University of Alabama and a longtime Alabama fan, THANK GOD THEY FIRED SHULA!!
That's going to hurt recruiting. Four head coaches in 6 years isn't good for recruiting. As an Auburn fan, I'd like to thank Mal Moore.
Originally posted by: Nick5324
Originally posted by: Juno
greg schiano will never be going anywhere!!
... until the Penn State job becomes available.
For the last four years, Mike Shula has been given a pass due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding his hiring at Alabama. In this, his fourth year, the team has shown little-to-no improvement and has now lost to the worst team in the SEC, Mississippi State. What is the likelihood that this is Shula's final season coaching the Tide? Who is likely to replace him?
-- Curtis, Leeds, Ala.
Back in 2003, when Alabama was going through yet another coaching change, I wrote a pretty critical column about the school and the state, saying the reason why the Crimson Tide have failed to sustain any long-term success since the Bear Bryant era is their penchant for chewing up and spitting out coaches. And now, it's happening again. No question, this has been a disappointing season for the Tide, and last Saturday's loss was horrendous. Has Shula done a good coaching job this season? Of course not. But hear me now: The worst thing Alabama could do right now is make yet another coaching change.
Most Alabamians remain in pretty strong denial about just how far the program has slipped -- and about just how directly two major NCAA sanctions and a gazillion coaching changes have contributed to that -- but think about it: Under the Bear, 'Bama was the undisputed king of the SEC. Over the past decade, however, the Tide have been no better than the sixth- or seventh-strongest program in the conference (behind Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, LSU and, at times, Arkansas). The one thing Alabama needs more than anything is stability. If it fires Shula -- who, despite what this season's record might indicate, has done a very good job recruiting and did just win 10 games last season -- who is it going to replace him with? Butch Davis? Do you really think he's going to be there for 10 years? No, he'll be back to the NFL as soon as he has any kind of success, and then you're starting this process all over again.
I beg of you, Alabama fans, to try something new for a change: It's called "patience." Get off Shula's back. I'm sure he'll make some staff/program changes during the offseason. And if things don't get better next season, then you have my full permission to hang him in effigy.
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Stewart Mandel wrote about the Alabama situation a few weeks ago here. I completely agree with him.
For the last four years, Mike Shula has been given a pass due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding his hiring at Alabama. In this, his fourth year, the team has shown little-to-no improvement and has now lost to the worst team in the SEC, Mississippi State. What is the likelihood that this is Shula's final season coaching the Tide? Who is likely to replace him?
-- Curtis, Leeds, Ala.
Back in 2003, when Alabama was going through yet another coaching change, I wrote a pretty critical column about the school and the state, saying the reason why the Crimson Tide have failed to sustain any long-term success since the Bear Bryant era is their penchant for chewing up and spitting out coaches. And now, it's happening again. No question, this has been a disappointing season for the Tide, and last Saturday's loss was horrendous. Has Shula done a good coaching job this season? Of course not. But hear me now: The worst thing Alabama could do right now is make yet another coaching change.
Most Alabamians remain in pretty strong denial about just how far the program has slipped -- and about just how directly two major NCAA sanctions and a gazillion coaching changes have contributed to that -- but think about it: Under the Bear, 'Bama was the undisputed king of the SEC. Over the past decade, however, the Tide have been no better than the sixth- or seventh-strongest program in the conference (behind Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, LSU and, at times, Arkansas). The one thing Alabama needs more than anything is stability. If it fires Shula -- who, despite what this season's record might indicate, has done a very good job recruiting and did just win 10 games last season -- who is it going to replace him with? Butch Davis? Do you really think he's going to be there for 10 years? No, he'll be back to the NFL as soon as he has any kind of success, and then you're starting this process all over again.
I beg of you, Alabama fans, to try something new for a change: It's called "patience." Get off Shula's back. I'm sure he'll make some staff/program changes during the offseason. And if things don't get better next season, then you have my full permission to hang him in effigy.
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Stewart Mandel wrote about the Alabama situation a few weeks ago here. I completely agree with him.
For the last four years, Mike Shula has been given a pass due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding his hiring at Alabama. In this, his fourth year, the team has shown little-to-no improvement and has now lost to the worst team in the SEC, Mississippi State. What is the likelihood that this is Shula's final season coaching the Tide? Who is likely to replace him?
-- Curtis, Leeds, Ala.
Back in 2003, when Alabama was going through yet another coaching change, I wrote a pretty critical column about the school and the state, saying the reason why the Crimson Tide have failed to sustain any long-term success since the Bear Bryant era is their penchant for chewing up and spitting out coaches. And now, it's happening again. No question, this has been a disappointing season for the Tide, and last Saturday's loss was horrendous. Has Shula done a good coaching job this season? Of course not. But hear me now: The worst thing Alabama could do right now is make yet another coaching change.
Most Alabamians remain in pretty strong denial about just how far the program has slipped -- and about just how directly two major NCAA sanctions and a gazillion coaching changes have contributed to that -- but think about it: Under the Bear, 'Bama was the undisputed king of the SEC. Over the past decade, however, the Tide have been no better than the sixth- or seventh-strongest program in the conference (behind Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, LSU and, at times, Arkansas). The one thing Alabama needs more than anything is stability. If it fires Shula -- who, despite what this season's record might indicate, has done a very good job recruiting and did just win 10 games last season -- who is it going to replace him with? Butch Davis? Do you really think he's going to be there for 10 years? No, he'll be back to the NFL as soon as he has any kind of success, and then you're starting this process all over again.
I beg of you, Alabama fans, to try something new for a change: It's called "patience." Get off Shula's back. I'm sure he'll make some staff/program changes during the offseason. And if things don't get better next season, then you have my full permission to hang him in effigy.
I agree with Mandel to a point. However, when you saw the number of just plain bad coaching decisions over the course of the last few games (especially the AU game) and then the decision to keep Connelly as the offensive line coach and move Ungerer from special teams coach to coaching the tackles and tight ends, it was clear that Shula had to go.
What is interesting is that just last year Mandel called Shula stupid and now he's arguing for Bama to keep Shula?
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Stewart Mandel wrote about the Alabama situation a few weeks ago here. I completely agree with him.
For the last four years, Mike Shula has been given a pass due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding his hiring at Alabama. In this, his fourth year, the team has shown little-to-no improvement and has now lost to the worst team in the SEC, Mississippi State. What is the likelihood that this is Shula's final season coaching the Tide? Who is likely to replace him?
-- Curtis, Leeds, Ala.
Back in 2003, when Alabama was going through yet another coaching change, I wrote a pretty critical column about the school and the state, saying the reason why the Crimson Tide have failed to sustain any long-term success since the Bear Bryant era is their penchant for chewing up and spitting out coaches. And now, it's happening again. No question, this has been a disappointing season for the Tide, and last Saturday's loss was horrendous. Has Shula done a good coaching job this season? Of course not. But hear me now: The worst thing Alabama could do right now is make yet another coaching change.
Most Alabamians remain in pretty strong denial about just how far the program has slipped -- and about just how directly two major NCAA sanctions and a gazillion coaching changes have contributed to that -- but think about it: Under the Bear, 'Bama was the undisputed king of the SEC. Over the past decade, however, the Tide have been no better than the sixth- or seventh-strongest program in the conference (behind Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, LSU and, at times, Arkansas). The one thing Alabama needs more than anything is stability. If it fires Shula -- who, despite what this season's record might indicate, has done a very good job recruiting and did just win 10 games last season -- who is it going to replace him with? Butch Davis? Do you really think he's going to be there for 10 years? No, he'll be back to the NFL as soon as he has any kind of success, and then you're starting this process all over again.
I beg of you, Alabama fans, to try something new for a change: It's called "patience." Get off Shula's back. I'm sure he'll make some staff/program changes during the offseason. And if things don't get better next season, then you have my full permission to hang him in effigy.
I agree with Mandel to a point. However, when you saw the number of just plain bad coaching decisions over the course of the last few games (especially the AU game) and then the decision to keep Connelly as the offensive line coach and move Ungerer from special teams coach to coaching the tackles and tight ends, it was clear that Shula had to go.
What is interesting is that just last year Mandel called Shula stupid and now he's arguing for Bama to keep Shula?
I'm not an Alabama fan (actually, I'm a Vol), so I'll have to trust your judgement that the things he has done this season were stupid. What I really agree with Mandel on is that for a long time Alabama has been trigger happy with their coaches. Since Alabama won 10 games last season, I would have to think that this season is a fluke. In my opinion it would take some really really serious screwups to justify firing a coach 1 year after a 10 win season, and only 3 years into a coach's tenure. I just don't see that at Alabama, so I think they are making a mistake.
Originally posted by: jhayx7
Being a student at the University of Alabama and a longtime Alabama fan, THANK GOD THEY FIRED SHULA!!
Dont forget about Coker being fired too.
Originally posted by: jlbenedict
With Brodie graduating last year from 'Bama, didn't they start a freshman quarterback this year?
Originally posted by: Redking
Originally posted by: Nick5324
Originally posted by: Juno
greg schiano will never be going anywhere!!
... until the Penn State job becomes available.
Schiano's not leaving Rutgers for Penn State or Miami. He is lucky that Rutgers is the closest college football program to New York City, the media capital of the world. In his own words, the "sky's the limit".
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2675783
Originally posted by: Queasy
Shula out at Alabama
Amato out at North Carolina State
Koetter out at Arizona State
This after Coker was mercifully let go from Miami on Friday.
Now that's a surprise... WTH is Alabama doing snooping around in Austin?Originally posted by: A5
Chizik to ISU.
http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://sp...676900&name=FPT-2676900-112713&srvc=sz
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Stewart Mandel wrote about the Alabama situation a few weeks ago here. I completely agree with him.
For the last four years, Mike Shula has been given a pass due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding his hiring at Alabama. In this, his fourth year, the team has shown little-to-no improvement and has now lost to the worst team in the SEC, Mississippi State. What is the likelihood that this is Shula's final season coaching the Tide? Who is likely to replace him?
-- Curtis, Leeds, Ala.
Back in 2003, when Alabama was going through yet another coaching change, I wrote a pretty critical column about the school and the state, saying the reason why the Crimson Tide have failed to sustain any long-term success since the Bear Bryant era is their penchant for chewing up and spitting out coaches. And now, it's happening again. No question, this has been a disappointing season for the Tide, and last Saturday's loss was horrendous. Has Shula done a good coaching job this season? Of course not. But hear me now: The worst thing Alabama could do right now is make yet another coaching change.
Most Alabamians remain in pretty strong denial about just how far the program has slipped -- and about just how directly two major NCAA sanctions and a gazillion coaching changes have contributed to that -- but think about it: Under the Bear, 'Bama was the undisputed king of the SEC. Over the past decade, however, the Tide have been no better than the sixth- or seventh-strongest program in the conference (behind Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, LSU and, at times, Arkansas). The one thing Alabama needs more than anything is stability. If it fires Shula -- who, despite what this season's record might indicate, has done a very good job recruiting and did just win 10 games last season -- who is it going to replace him with? Butch Davis? Do you really think he's going to be there for 10 years? No, he'll be back to the NFL as soon as he has any kind of success, and then you're starting this process all over again.
I beg of you, Alabama fans, to try something new for a change: It's called "patience." Get off Shula's back. I'm sure he'll make some staff/program changes during the offseason. And if things don't get better next season, then you have my full permission to hang him in effigy.