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Jim Wells retires as UA baseball coach
Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:00 pm
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TUSCALOOSA | University of Alabama head baseball coach Jim Wells will retire from his position effective today and will be replaced immediately by assistant coach Mitch Gaspard, The Tuscaloosa News has learned. Sources close to the program said UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore met with players Tuesday to inform them Wells is leaving. An announcement is expected later today. Tommy Deas and Andrew Carroll contributed to this report.
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Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:01 pm to RollTide MJ
Again ?
Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:06 pm to RollTide MJ
Is it real this time?
Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:12 pm to outsideroach
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Again ?
Yeah, yet again. Hope he doesn't start pulling a Brett Favre.
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Is it real this time?
I guess we'll see.
Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:21 pm to RollTide MJ
During the late 90s I thought the Bama baseball program was on the verge of doing something really special. It never came to fruition.
Why was Wells never able to build upon that success?
Why was Wells never able to build upon that success?
Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:25 pm to RollTide MJ
hate to see him go..
Posted on 9/1/09 at 3:52 pm to Xenophon
Who's coming to the plate now?
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:03 pm to Hero
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Who's coming to the plate now?
Gaspard?
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:04 pm to Hero
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Gaspard is expected to sign a three-year deal promoting him to head coach.
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:12 pm to RollTide MJ
[quote]Jim Wells retires as UA baseball coach[/quot]
i 'll never beat LSU
i'll just retire ( says jim wells)
i 'll never beat LSU
i'll just retire ( says jim wells)
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:12 pm to RollTide MJ
he's been wanting to retire for several years now. i think the adm. has talked him out of it once or twice. i'm sure he has his reasons, probably personal. he's a very good coach that seems to have lost the fire in his belly. happens a lot. the state of alabama has some good baseball. somebody highly motivated could bring the program back up in a few short years. i believe the UA fans would support the program if it was a winner.
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:15 pm to LSU GrandDad
GLAD FOR GASPARD
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:16 pm to tgr4evr
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i'll never beat LSU. i'll just retire (says jim wells).
you are sounding like some of the bama fans now (unless you're being facetious). saban has gotten tuberville and fulmer fired and soon to get miles, richt and meyer fired.
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:19 pm to tgr4evr
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i 'll never beat LSU
he's beaten LSU before
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:20 pm to RollTide MJ
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Why was Wells never able to build upon that success?
no academic lottery, iyam
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:43 pm to Alabama Slim
Yet, that didn't keep Alabama from having success in the late 1990s. Nor has it historically kept Mississippi State or Ole Miss from being rather successfull. Yes, a lottery in a state helps, but its not the sole reason for success.
Posted on 9/1/09 at 4:52 pm to CapstoneGrad06
He was going to retire a few years ago but the admin wasn't going to hire Gaspard which was his pick. So he came back and brought Gaspard in as his associate head coach to get him started. He rode it out for Gaspard. Gaspard owes him big time
Posted on 9/1/09 at 5:03 pm to Hero
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Who's coming to the plate now?
Favre
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Posted on 9/1/09 at 5:55 pm to tkeefer
retires or told to GTFO ???
Posted on 9/1/09 at 5:56 pm to RollTide MJ
We play baseball?
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