Down vote me all you want, but there’s a better way to go about removing the man who spent 35 years in the broadcast booth. No one is denying he’s slipped, no one is denying it was time for him to leave, but after giving his blood, sweat, and tears to The University of Alabama for nearly four decades, they should have went about this transition with a little more tact.

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Posted by FairhopeTider

Fairhope, Alabama

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:37 am to RollTide1987

For years, Eli did commercials for Salvatore’s Italian Restaurant in Bham. Eventually, Eli opened his own Italian restaurant nearby that competed with them. Salvatore’s pulled those old commercials out and played them everywhere. Soon after, Eli’s restaurant went out of business.

Hat tip to Salvatore’s for the the savvy business move.

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Posted by Roll Tide Ravens

Birmingham, AL

Member since Nov 2015

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Posted on 2/22/24 at 4:26 pm to RollTide1987

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Down vote me all you want, but there’s a better way to go about removing the man who spent 35 years in the broadcast booth.

What would that way be? They didn’t terminate him. They simply didn’t renew his contract. What other option was there?

Renew it, promise him the job, and then push him out while he is still under contract?

Renew it and let him keep doing the job as long as he wanted to (he said he wanted to do it for another 10 years) even if the quality isn’t good?

I 1000% respect Eli and all of that, but the options were either keep him there and let the decline continue until they were forced to kick him out of the booth, or simply not renew his contract before it gets to that point. It doesn’t sound like Eli had any plans to step away on his own anytime soon.

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