Mike Shula named South Carolina OC

Other than when they play Bama, I hope he does really well. Mike clearly made mistakes as HC but talk about a lost cause he inherited. I remember even CNS (then LSU HC) said about Mike at the time "I don't think anyone could have done a better job under those circumstances."

Scholly reductions and major injuries hampered him badly. Still had a 10 win season in 2005.

He was always sort of meant to be the patsy to eat the worst of the sanctions while being a classy ambassador for the program that kept his nose clean from any major NCAA misdeeds.

Considering that the worst thing that happened in his era was the textbook scandal that was really just UA's SUPE Store having a really exploitable system for book vouchers that some athletes figured out how to game, you can't even really blame him for that incident. It wasn't something that the Athletic Department did but the NCAA made sure to make a mountain out of mole hill of it. That was an early digitizing of point-of-sale systems gaff not a real compliance issue.

Out of the “Mikes”, he’s my favorite.

Was on campus when he came in, great guy, humble and appreciative. Very happy for him.

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With players getting paid now, it is time for the NCAA to reinstate those 21 wins from 2005-2007.


Not sure if the 8 wins and one tie from 1993 can be reinstated too. Is it still illegal to sign napkins?

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The NCAA reinstated Penn State's wins from almost 40 years of Joe Paterno shielding Jerry Sandusky. I think we can disregard their opinion and just reinstate them ourselves.

Still don’t like his coaching decision vs UF in 2005 with Croyle and Prothro still in the game in the 4th.

Man, I was at that game. Top 5 loudest I've ever heard Bryant-Denny. Always wonder how that season ends if we put in the backups and Prothro never breaks his leg.

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Man, I was at that game. Top 5 loudest I've ever heard Bryant-Denny. Always wonder how that season ends if we put in the backups and Prothro never breaks his leg.

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I’ll never forget the look on Urban Meyer’s face as he was introduced to the SEC and Bama. And yes, I’m sure Shula might like to have that decision to do over again. It was a tragic injury for Prothro but it could have also happened in the 1st quarter. Who knows.

So we'd better get ready for the Jumbo Package on the road next season.

During the Shula era I met a member of the UA women's golf team. She had interacted with Shula and had only good things to say about him. Said that he treated the female student-athletes with the utmost respect, and demanded the same of his players.