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re: UAB Creates Athletic Foundation to Circumvent U of A Board of Trustees
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:59 am to JustGetItRight
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:59 am to JustGetItRight
Well, if UAT had not blocked Fisher's hiring, UAB would not be costing them anywhere near as much.
Guess it was worth it to them though.
Guess it was worth it to them though.
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Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:59 am to Bham4Tide
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Not going to happen. That guy is moving up the ladder faster than Speedy Gonzalas.
he'll be there a few more years so he can lock in his retirement from the State of Alabama. But he'll be gone soon after that.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:00 pm to FourThreeForty
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UAB doesn't succeed because they are located in quite honestly the shittiest city in the southeast sans downtown Atlanta.
Birmingham is Atlanta without the traffic and with more character. Atlanta and Dallas are typical Nouveau riche Southern Cities, with a sterile inner city. When the Minor League team built a stadium downtown, it broke the League attendence records. People will support UAB, when the do not have to attend games in that shite hole called Legion Field. Ask KY fans their opinion of LF.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:00 pm to StopRobot
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UAB's best hope is the Dome.
Which also is not going to happen. The NFL is not locating a team in a market it does not need.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:00 pm to FourThreeForty
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UAB doesn't succeed because they are located in quite honestly the shittiest city in the southeast sans downtown Atlanta.
You don't get around much do you?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:00 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Well, if UAT had not blocked Fisher's hiring, UAB would not be costing them anywhere near as much.
Fisher might have won 7-8 games a year for a few years and even gone to some bowl games before he left. And, like were under Watson Brown during his best runs, UAB people would still be nonexistent.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:01 pm to StopRobot
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Which also is not going to happen. The NFL is not locating a team in a market it does not need.
Yea it makes no sense either way.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:01 pm to AllBamaDoesIsWin
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Time for you take a visit to banland.
For what? I didn't mean to offend your soft heart.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:02 pm to undecided
UAB should just dissolve their team or go down in division or something.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:02 pm to thelawnwranglers
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good to know because it seemed like both of those were solid reasons if true
Well I wouldn't take either the Auburn or Alabama accounts as factual on whether Bryant was those things or not.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:03 pm to Pettifogger
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That given the choice almost everyone would choose to live in Birmingham over Tuscaloosa?
Are you counting Mt Brook, Vestavia Hills, Hoover and Homewood as Birmingham?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:03 pm to Bham4Tide
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Not going to happen. That guy is moving up the ladder faster than Speedy Gonzalas. The UAB program is a stepping stone program right now, they cannot and will not pay big bucks for a coach.
I think they'll get at least 2-3 years from home and hopefully he leaves a solid foundation for the next coach to build on.
CFB is King right now and UAB has to capitalize on that. I think getting a stadium and decent athletic facilities could go a long way in helping to achieve that
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:04 pm to Irons Puppet
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UAB doesn't succeed because they are located in quite honestly the shittiest city in the southeast sans downtown Atlanta.
Birmingham is Atlanta without the traffic and with more character. Atlanta and Dallas are typical Nouveau riche Southern Cities, with a sterile inner city. When the Minor League team built a stadium downtown, it broke the League attendence records. People will support UAB, when the do not have to attend games in that shite hole called Legion Field. Ask KY fans their opinion of LF.
Then ask Ole Miss Fans.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:05 pm to Irons Puppet
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Birmingham is Atlanta without the traffic and with more character. Atlanta and Dallas are typical Nouveau riche Southern Cities, with a sterile inner city. When the Minor League team built a stadium downtown, it broke the League attendence records. People will support UAB, when the do not have to attend games in that shite hole called Legion Field. Ask KY fans their opinion of LF.
LOL. Dude I like Birmingham but it has pretty bad traffic and way less character than Atlanta. Your points about Atlanta and Dallas are partially legitimate, but acting like Birmingham is some character-rich city is insane. It's Atlanta-light on that front.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:05 pm to Bham4Tide
Also, are you guys now saying you support the Dome? I thought all the OTM and outsiders vehemently opposed this?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:06 pm to Patton
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Are you counting Mt Brook, Vestavia Hills, Hoover and Homewood as Birmingham?
Partially, but Bham has a lot of interior improvement as well that makes it pretty attractive.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:06 pm to IAmReality
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UAB should just dissolve their team or go down in division or something.
as should South Alabama and most of these directional school programs. I don't even know why they exist. They cost students and universities millions of dollars and give very little return.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:07 pm to undecided
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I think they'll get at least 2-3 years from home and hopefully he leaves a solid foundation for the next coach to build on.
CFB is King right now and UAB has to capitalize on that. I think getting a stadium and decent athletic facilities could go a long way in helping to achieve that
I think the idea that commuter schools in big areas can "capitalize" on CFB being a big deal is total fools gold. Just my opinion, but almost everyone is a train wreck, even ones that have had success. The only ones I can think of that has had marginally sustained success is Central Florida
- South Florida
- UAB
- Georgia State
- MTSU
- FAU
- FIU
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:08 pm to Pettifogger
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Well I wouldn't take either the Auburn or Alabama accounts as factual on whether Bryant was those things or not.
Best answer. Truth probably lies somewhere in the middle
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:08 pm to Pettifogger
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Birmingham is Atlanta without the traffic and with more character. Atlanta and Dallas are typical Nouveau riche Southern Cities, with a sterile inner city.
LOLOLOLOL
Good gosh, Birmingham people know nothing about in-town Atlanta.
How bout next time you are in town you visit Kirkwood, Decatur, Edgewood, East Lake, Inman Park, Candler Park, Virginia Highlands, Morningside, East Atlanta, etc. It isn't our fault your trips to Atlanta only involve Buckhead and the Dome.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 12:10 pm
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