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Major Applewhite = Mike Shula
Posted on 12/17/16 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 12/17/16 at 5:39 pm
Congratulations Cougs on your "safe hire". This coach won't get hired away. 
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Posted on 12/17/16 at 5:39 pm to MikeyInTheHam
Tom Herman would have gotten best just as bad
Posted on 12/17/16 at 5:43 pm to MikeyInTheHam
Certainly a very unimpressive start for Applewhite. I don't dislike Applewhite, but I hope Fertitta is made a fool of.
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 12/17/16 at 5:45 pm to MikeyInTheHam
You never hire within. I would hate to be a fan of a team that hired within.
frick
frick
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 12/17/16 at 5:58 pm to crankbait
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You never hire within. I would hate to be a fan of a team that hired within.
frick
Think some Clemson fans have changed their minds about that?
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 12/17/16 at 6:30 pm to TidalSurge1
Or Florida State?
Posted on 12/17/16 at 6:34 pm to MikeyInTheHam
Same result would have happened under Herman
Houston only got up for big games this year. Can't blame that all on Applewhite.
Houston only got up for big games this year. Can't blame that all on Applewhite.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 6:58 pm to MikeyInTheHam
His name makes me want to punch him in the face
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:02 pm to reggieray420
He was unimpressive as the OC at Bama. There was no reason that he shouldn't have been able to win it all in 2008 with JPW and those fantastic Bama Bangs. It was all a set up.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:04 pm to Sid E Walker
Alabama was a 9-4 or 10-3 team in 2007. The shitty arse offensive playcalling killed momentum and then the bottom fell out after the LSU game.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:08 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Yeah, lost to UGA for crissakes. Almost lost to Nutt. ULM. Textbooks. That was a frustrating season.
I was afraid Saban would say frick it.
I was afraid Saban would say frick it.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:18 pm to MikeyInTheHam
I remember when Don Applewhite was coaching in the NFL......I liked that guy....
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:32 pm to Sid E Walker
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There was no reason that he shouldn't have been able to win it all in 2008 with JPW and those fantastic Bama Bangs. It was all a set up.
Applewhite was told to get lost after the 07 season. Right?
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:33 pm to sunseeker
Yes. McElwain was the OC in 2008-11.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:34 pm to MikeyInTheHam
didnt NS gracefully move him along after one year as the Bama OC
Posted on 12/17/16 at 7:53 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Alabama was a 9-4 or 10-3 team in 2007. The shitty arse offensive playcalling killed momentum and then the bottom fell out after the LSU game.
What killed 2007 was the textbook suspensions. That, and JPW throwing the most God awful 100 yard pick six against MSU.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 9:51 pm to MikeyInTheHam
Not even in the same boat. Shula got hired at Bama while the Tide was on probation to be nothing but a yes man to the administration and make sure the players didn't frick shite up any more than they already had.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 9:56 pm to BamaGradinTn
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What killed 2007 was the textbook suspensions. That, and JPW throwing the most God awful 100 yard pick six against MSU.
Just so bad
My uncle was jokingly yelling for a sniper in the stands to shoot JPW in the leg at the end of that game
JPW had some infuriating moments his first 2 years as the starter
Posted on 12/17/16 at 10:10 pm to Sid E Walker
During the 2007 season, Applewhite had John Parker Wilson attempt 40+ passes in five games and 30+ passes in ten games . Think about how absurd that is considering JPW's severe limitations as a QB and how turnover prone he was. As much as I dislike the guy, at least McElwain was smart enough to realize that the best way to win games was to limit JPW's pass attempts in order to keep turnovers and mistakes at a minimum.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 11:52 pm to Bench McElroy
As a Bama fan I can tell you that Kiffin is a much better coach than Applewhite. I think that was a dumb hire, that had to do with Texas ego more than coaching credentials and results on the field.
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