re: Meltdown on Gump board

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I live in a region outside of the South, and during the time between the Shula firing and Saban hire, a co-worker snidely said to me, "The problem for you Alabama people is you'll never find someone to replace Bear Bryant." He made fun of us for being too perfectionist and demanding of our coaches. When we hired Saban I was thrilled because I thought, finally, we got somebody who is so good we won't have that problem. Now, turns out my co-worker may have been right. Since we can't complain about his coaching ability, his work ethic, or really even his character (yes, I know he can be a jerk sometimes when he's mad but he seems like basically a decent person), what do we do? We decide to harp on his clothes, and anytime he says anything nice about Louisiana, we go into a hissy fit about how he doesn't love us, he wants to leave... Look, I don't know Nick Saban personally, but I do have one thing in common with him -- I have lived in several different states in my lifetime, and there are things I could say I "loved" about them all. If someone from one of my former homes asked me the same question, I would probably say something along the lines of what he said. Maybe not word for word, but pretty much the same thing. And just so you know, I like where I live now okay, but I also liked the last place I lived a lot, as well.

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