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re: At what point does Greg Byrne's seat start getting hot?
Posted on 5/7/23 at 5:55 pm to phil4bama
Posted on 5/7/23 at 5:55 pm to phil4bama
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I would have picked up the phone and called Jonty Skinner and told him until he told me no, I wasn't interviewing anyone else.
I do believe Jonty retired, but had a late change of heart and ended up taking a job at Indiana. He quit like 3 weeks after Coley bailed on us lol. I forget which up and comer assistant bailed on Indiana, but Jonty coming in there was basically a huge favor to Ray Looze at IU. I 100% agree about calling until he said no. I would've kept calling after that, but that's me. The man has nothing but my fullest respect as a coach and former tide athlete.
For all I know Jonty could've signed off on Coley, but I'm incredibly doubtful given their diametric approaches to coaching. I won't pretend my former club coach didn't change his spots from trash yard enthusiast to a more refined high intensity coach that got us Caleb Dressel.
How's your daughter doing? She still working in the athletic department while at school? We need moar inside scoops.
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Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:51 am to MoarKilometers
Sadly, Moar, after her stellar record her freshman year, she got more involved in her sorority leadership and SGA and let her job in the AD go after the 2020-21 year. Her record while on staff:
Football: 13-0, SEC champs, Natty!, arguably one of the greatest football teams in NCAA history, playing an all SEC schedule and destroying all comers.
Basketball: SEC regular season champs (first since 2002), SEC tourney champs (first since 1991), lost in the Sweet 16 to UCLA in a close game, Oats won SEC COTY.
Gymnastics-SEC champs, finished 5th in the Elite Eight, Bama's last appearance in the championships.
Women's Swimming and Diving: 4th place SEC championships, 5th NCAA championships for the highest ever finish for the ladies at NCAA's; 400 Freestyle relay national champs for the 1st time ever. Ironically, my daughter was a part of her high school's first ever women's team to make it to the Florida High School State Championships. The event, 400 freestyle relay!
Men's Swimming: Finished in the top 15 at NCAA's for the 7th straight year.
Softball: SEC tourney champs, Regional champs, Super Regional Champs, lost in the Semifinals of the WCWS to FSU, Bama's last appearance in OKC.
Women's Cross Country: 8th place in NCAA's, second highest finish ever.
Men's Track and Field: Indoor, 3rd in SEC, outdoor, 2nd in SEC tied for best finish since 1985
Women's Track and Field: 3rd at SEC outdoor(best finish in 25 years), 4th in NCAA outdoor
Rowing: 2nd in Big 12 (SEC does not sponsor rowing), first NCAA appearance in team history.
Women's basketball: First NCAA tourney appearance since 1999, lost in Round of 32 to Maryland.
Baseball: Despite that POS Bohannon, made NCAA regionals for the 1st time since 2014.
So yeah, I've been trying to talk her into going back in the AD for Alabama's best interests!
Instead, she's got some position in the SGA cabinet, will graduate on time next spring with dual degrees, currently a 3.948 GPA (trying hard to get that red mortar board, but I don't think she has enough classes left) and appears to be headed to law school at UA unless she scores high enough on the LSAT to go to a higher ranked law school. But at 25th (per US News rankings), and tied with Notre Dame, Bama ain't too shabby and she should be a lock for admission in Tuscaloosa.
Football: 13-0, SEC champs, Natty!, arguably one of the greatest football teams in NCAA history, playing an all SEC schedule and destroying all comers.
Basketball: SEC regular season champs (first since 2002), SEC tourney champs (first since 1991), lost in the Sweet 16 to UCLA in a close game, Oats won SEC COTY.
Gymnastics-SEC champs, finished 5th in the Elite Eight, Bama's last appearance in the championships.
Women's Swimming and Diving: 4th place SEC championships, 5th NCAA championships for the highest ever finish for the ladies at NCAA's; 400 Freestyle relay national champs for the 1st time ever. Ironically, my daughter was a part of her high school's first ever women's team to make it to the Florida High School State Championships. The event, 400 freestyle relay!
Men's Swimming: Finished in the top 15 at NCAA's for the 7th straight year.
Softball: SEC tourney champs, Regional champs, Super Regional Champs, lost in the Semifinals of the WCWS to FSU, Bama's last appearance in OKC.
Women's Cross Country: 8th place in NCAA's, second highest finish ever.
Men's Track and Field: Indoor, 3rd in SEC, outdoor, 2nd in SEC tied for best finish since 1985
Women's Track and Field: 3rd at SEC outdoor(best finish in 25 years), 4th in NCAA outdoor
Rowing: 2nd in Big 12 (SEC does not sponsor rowing), first NCAA appearance in team history.
Women's basketball: First NCAA tourney appearance since 1999, lost in Round of 32 to Maryland.
Baseball: Despite that POS Bohannon, made NCAA regionals for the 1st time since 2014.
So yeah, I've been trying to talk her into going back in the AD for Alabama's best interests!
Instead, she's got some position in the SGA cabinet, will graduate on time next spring with dual degrees, currently a 3.948 GPA (trying hard to get that red mortar board, but I don't think she has enough classes left) and appears to be headed to law school at UA unless she scores high enough on the LSAT to go to a higher ranked law school. But at 25th (per US News rankings), and tied with Notre Dame, Bama ain't too shabby and she should be a lock for admission in Tuscaloosa.
This post was edited on 5/13/23 at 12:50 pm
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