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Bama's #Jetgate: BOT Trustee Flew w/ AD to Meet w/ Avery Johnson
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:51 am
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:51 am
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@JohnArchibald: So Finis St. John flew with Bill Battle to meet with Avery Johnson. More shades of Lowder. LINK #freeuab #SACS
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it and/or have it swept under the rug by Saban's buddy Mark Emmert
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Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:53 am to undecided
What does this mean
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:53 am to undecided
here's the thing... bama didn't have a coach at the time and AJ was not currently employed as a coach at another school. besides that 100% fricking identical
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Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:54 am to undecided
24/7
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:54 am to undecided
Why is this a big deal?
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:55 am to Crowknowsbest
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Why is this a big deal?
OP can't decide
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:56 am to undecided
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undecided
Go away.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:56 am to Crowknowsbest
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Why is this a big deal?
It's not
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:57 am to Crowknowsbest
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Why is this a big deal?
It's not. The only time it is a big deal for a BOT attending a meeting with the AD and a prospective coach is when they do so on the BOT member's plane secretly while they still have a current coach that has yet to be fired and they go meet a sleazeball coach at another school behind that school's back and have a handshake agreement in place to hire said sleazeball to replace the yet to be fired HC.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:57 am to undecided
This is juicy stuff. You should consider starting your own blog. No seriously, it's that good.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:57 am to undecided
Jesus tap-dancing Christ
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:00 am to undecided
The SECr: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:00 am to undecided
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hose who forget the past are doomed to repeat it and/or have it swept under the rug by Saban's buddy Mark Emmert
Another swing and a miss by the OP....
Waiting on auburnphan and the rest of the NtY swag crew.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:01 am to hg
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Jesus tap-dancing Christ
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:01 am to HailToTheChiz
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John Archibald @JohnArchibald · Apr 5
What did Bobby Lowder and Auburn have that Bama and Bryant don't? LINK via @aldotcom #freeuab
What Alabama's board of trustees looks like now, Auburn's looked like 10 years ago. Back then, Auburn was placed on probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which argued that Lowder exerted too much influence on the board because of trustees' ties to his bank, and he used that influence to micromanage the school and - in his case - the football team.
Five of Auburn's 14 trustees at that time had connections to Lowder's bank. Lowder ran Colonial Bank and two trustees were on the bank's board of directors or an affiliated board. One trustee used the bank for financing and another borrowed money from the bank.
They were no more connected than the UA board is now.
Of 17 current UA trustees, seven have ties to either Bryant Bank or Protective Life Corp. as do two trustee emeriti.
UA Trustee Johnny Johns is CEO at Protective Life, while Trustee Vanessa Leonard and Trustee Emeritus John McMahon sit on Protective's board of directors. Trustees Paul Bryant Jr., Karen Brooks, Gov. Robert Bentley and Barbara Humphrey, have ties to Bryant Bank, as does Trustee Emeritus Angus Cooper II.
Lowder gave a lot of money to Auburn.
Like Bryant Jr. gave to Alabama.
Lowder loved Auburn, of that there is no doubt.
Like Bryant no doubt loves Alabama.
It finally prompted then-Gov. Bob Riley to consciously begin the process of appointing new and independent trustees to Auburn's board, people who were not beholden to Lowder. But of course the governor now - Robert Bentley, whose son works for Bryant Bank - could not simply appoint independent trustees to the Alabama board if he wanted to.
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Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:02 am to undecided
Boy you knocked this one out of the park.
I hope you wear a helmet
I hope you wear a helmet
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:02 am to undecided
Wait.
You're serious, aren't you...
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:07 am to Tuscaloosa
I Downvoted first. 
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:07 am to undecided
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Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it and/or have it swept under the rug
Posted on 4/7/15 at 9:09 am to undecided
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undecided
You, good sir, have some issues. Help is available if you reach out for it.
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