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re: Bill Battle, please retire.
Posted on 6/16/16 at 11:07 pm to Tom Haverford
Posted on 6/16/16 at 11:07 pm to Tom Haverford
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Bill Battle, please retire
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Posted on 6/16/16 at 11:10 pm to biggsc
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What a idiot plus you have Hootie Ingram who made Gene Stallings resign
Hootie
Mal
Sloan
Battle
Perhaps we should stop hiring old arse white men who happened to play or coach under Coach Bryant and move into the 21st century and hire people like Greg Byrne, Scott Stricklin, or Tom Jurich? Joe Alleva even hell.
These type people are typically so got damn out of touch but that doesn't matter to most Bammers...just take care of football, Paul! Paul!
Posted on 6/16/16 at 11:12 pm to Tom Haverford
Jeremy Foley is available 
Posted on 6/16/16 at 11:37 pm to Tom Haverford
Dude, sweet melt.
But why do you care so much about baseball?
And Bill Battle has made more money than your entire family probably ever will. He's not just some old dude that played for the bear.
But why do you care so much about baseball?
And Bill Battle has made more money than your entire family probably ever will. He's not just some old dude that played for the bear.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:35 am to Tom Haverford
I'd say he has done a pretty good job.
1. He didn't hire Saban, but he has stayed out of Saban's way and kept him happy.
2. He did not accept mediocrity in basketball, fired Grant, and hit a home run with Avery Johnson.
3. He has been a fundraising giant and has kept Alabama at the top in revenues and profit.
4. He runs a fairly clean and major-scandal free department.
5. He at least shows a willingness to improve baseball with a new stadium and pushing Gaspard out. Bama baseball has potential, but it's maybe the 9th or 10th best job in the nation's toughest conference.
1. He didn't hire Saban, but he has stayed out of Saban's way and kept him happy.
2. He did not accept mediocrity in basketball, fired Grant, and hit a home run with Avery Johnson.
3. He has been a fundraising giant and has kept Alabama at the top in revenues and profit.
4. He runs a fairly clean and major-scandal free department.
5. He at least shows a willingness to improve baseball with a new stadium and pushing Gaspard out. Bama baseball has potential, but it's maybe the 9th or 10th best job in the nation's toughest conference.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 3:44 am to biggsc
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What a idiot plus you have Hootie Ingram who made Gene Stallings resign
Just making up facts to support the premise.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 3:55 am to biggsc
Hootie Ingram didn't make Gene Stallings resign. Mike Dubose did. Ingram wasn't even the AD, Bob Bockrath was.
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 3:57 am
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:18 am to Tom Haverford
Second worst football coach in Tennessee history.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:29 am to Tom Haverford
Just shut the ever living hell up and go away you fricking troll.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:12 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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And Bill Battle has made more money than your entire family probably ever will. He's not just some old dude that played for the bear.
So making a lot of money qualifies one for being the Athletic Director at one of the top departments in the country?
My Goodness how do some of you get dressed in the morning?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:39 am to Tom Haverford
quote:This one statement sums you up, pal. It's obvious that you have an ax to grind with Battle and Gaston. Suggestion: You can do nothing about the hire or anything to do with the AD at Alabama, so get over it....and yourself and DWI!!
but this was a shite-awful hire for Alabama (even if it does work out) and there is no sugar-coating that.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:44 am to coachcrisp
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This one statement sums you up, pal. It's obvious that you have an ax to grind with Battle and Gaston. Suggestion: You can do nothing about the hire or anything to do with the AD at Alabama, so get over it....and yourself and DWI!!
Nope. It's basic common sense. The ends do not justify the means. We fricked this coaching search up so badly. It's almost comical if I didn't care so much. Battle is so out of touch. And his ego finally got the best of him in the end.
What was the hurry? Texas still hasn't hired a coach. His old arse got tired of people telling him no. Had to somewhat humbling for codger.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:45 am to Tom Haverford
Basically a lateral move from Gaspard
I would have though Bama could have got a better sitting head coach from a major program but looking at how Texas continues to whiff makes me glad LSU is not searching this go round.
I would have though Bama could have got a better sitting head coach from a major program but looking at how Texas continues to whiff makes me glad LSU is not searching this go round.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:45 am to Tom Haverford
ANYONE THAT GIVES BATTLE CREDIT FOR hiring AVERY JOHNSON, is clearly just a type person that casually follows sports and just reads headlines and zero attention or has no clue what happened in that situation
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:49 am to Tom Haverford
quote:So you're saying that the hire's success or failure has nothing to do with whether the hire was a good or bad one?...really?
Nope. It's basic common sense. The ends do not justify the means. We fricked this coaching search up so badly. It's almost comical if I didn't care so much. Battle is so out of touch. And his ego finally got the best of him in the end.
What was the hurry? Texas still hasn't hired a coach. His old arse got tired of people telling him no. Had to somewhat humbling for codger.
Tom, it's completely obvious that you don't like Battle or Gaston, but that only distracts from your actual opinion of the hire...don't you see that?
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 7:53 am
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:50 am to Tom Haverford
Well why don't you tell us big Tom? Since you know everything about the athletic department you should enlighten us.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:55 am to coachcrisp
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So you're saying that the hire's success or failure has nothing to do with whether the hire was a good or bad one?...really?
In some cases, yes. This is a terrible hire and we're just luck as hell if it works out, but most likely we're looking for one someone else in 4-5 years (or maybe 6-7 if the next blue-haired AD does not really want to fool with baseball either)
The way Battle limited his scope, we would not even consider assistant coaches. And some stupid fascination with the guy somehow needing a connection to Alabama preferably? Get the frick out you old bastard.
He inquired about Butch Hobson, tired to buy Josh Holliday (LOL), tried to buy John Cohen (lol again) offered Monte Lee...low-balled Godwin and refused to pay David Pierce's buy-out...entertainted the idea of bringing Bobby Pierce out of retirement with Alan Dunn (HCIW) and Frank Mennechino as his assistants.
Then it's like he panicked just hired this guy.
This is what happens when you hired an old former failed Tennessee football coach to be your AD
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 7:56 am
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:57 am to Tom Haverford
You scream about the difficulties of the job out of control of anyone in the AD, much less the head baseball coach. And then are pissed at the AD for the pool of candidates. Nevermind you wanted an assistant for this job. Which is in and of itself a much, if not more of, a gamble than a small school head coach.
If this is simply a rant on how Battle has conducted coaching searches, then we would agree. But it's more than that. You want to act high and mighty for being an Alabam baseball fan. And accuse the Alabama fanbase of not supporting it. Well, it eroded away long before Battle was AD. Hard for the average fan to support a sport that fell behind in facilities and its better days were a decade ago. Alabama fans will support a winning product (I.e. Softball). Let's at least give a new coach a couple of years to rebuild the program.
If this is simply a rant on how Battle has conducted coaching searches, then we would agree. But it's more than that. You want to act high and mighty for being an Alabam baseball fan. And accuse the Alabama fanbase of not supporting it. Well, it eroded away long before Battle was AD. Hard for the average fan to support a sport that fell behind in facilities and its better days were a decade ago. Alabama fans will support a winning product (I.e. Softball). Let's at least give a new coach a couple of years to rebuild the program.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:03 am to CapstoneGrad06
I'm pretty happy with the hire.
Montevallo was 6-15 his first year. They went to back to back D2 tournaments and a CWS his last 2 years.
Campbell was one of the poorest programs in Division 1 when he got there and had gone 18-42 the previous 2 years. After scuffling for a few years they went 52-22 in the Big South his last 3 years, ending with an NCAA bid.
Louisiana Tech was 34-72 the 2 years before he was hired. He leaves them with 42-20 and an NCAA bid.
Time will tell and he has to prove he can recruit and win on the biggest stage (always a concern in any sport when hiring a mid-major coach), but I don't see anything from his resume that shouts out failure to me. Baseball guys seem to think he has a bright future. We'll see how it goes. He's certainly not some utter disaster, though. That's ridiculous.
Montevallo was 6-15 his first year. They went to back to back D2 tournaments and a CWS his last 2 years.
Campbell was one of the poorest programs in Division 1 when he got there and had gone 18-42 the previous 2 years. After scuffling for a few years they went 52-22 in the Big South his last 3 years, ending with an NCAA bid.
Louisiana Tech was 34-72 the 2 years before he was hired. He leaves them with 42-20 and an NCAA bid.
Time will tell and he has to prove he can recruit and win on the biggest stage (always a concern in any sport when hiring a mid-major coach), but I don't see anything from his resume that shouts out failure to me. Baseball guys seem to think he has a bright future. We'll see how it goes. He's certainly not some utter disaster, though. That's ridiculous.
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 8:13 am
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:04 am to Tom Haverford
Well alrighty then. 
If this guy comes in and lights a fire under the program, what will you think/say then?
If this guy comes in and lights a fire under the program, what will you think/say then?
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