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Gary Pinkel Shout-Out
Posted on 6/16/14 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 6/16/14 at 9:08 pm
From an espn story I saw on the Bama board.
Full story (it's about Saban climbing the coaching ladder)
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Full story (it's about Saban climbing the coaching ladder)
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Then Saban left. It was a risk Bohl understood he was taking from the moment he hired him.
"I knew the potential was there," Bohl said, before kicking himself decades later for including a buyout for taking another college job but not for one in the NFL.
"I was learning too," he said. Thankfully for Bohl, Saban had an eye for talent that went beyond recruiting. One of the last things he said before he left Bohl's office that day was, "You better go look at Gary Pinkel."
"Nick was a young person when he became the head coach at Toledo," Bohl said. "But when he left he just took his strengths and had them grow. Whatever he did at Toledo was easier at Michigan State. Whatever he did at Michigan State was easier at LSU. Whatever he was doing at LSU is easier at Alabama.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:49 am to deeprig9
I don't think Pinkel gets enough credit for what he's done at a school whose Football program that was in the Dark Ages of it's history. We've had 1 losing season since what, 2005?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:17 am to TigerCruise
I think GP deserves all kinds of credit. Even when I didn't think he was ready for the SEC after our first year, I still respected the hell out of what he's done for the program. No, we're no national power house. But yes, we are a competitive, exciting team to watch that will bite ya in the arse if you don't come ready to play.
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