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Greg Byrne….overrated
Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:54 pm
I mean other than the Nate Oats hire wtf has he done worth a damn?
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Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:56 pm to mistaken4193
Other than hiring a final four coach??
Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:57 pm to scottydoesntknow
Can you read?
Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:59 pm to mistaken4193
The fundraising alone disagrees with you
Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:59 pm to mistaken4193
Byrne was hired with one true assignment: keep the football train going whenever Saban stepped down. So far it looks like he didn’t succeed. Oats is his saving grace.
Still can’t believe he doubled up our OOC over the next few years. What a stupid move that was.
Still can’t believe he doubled up our OOC over the next few years. What a stupid move that was.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:59 pm to mistaken4193
Best AD in my life time and I'm 41.
Byrne hired according to the criteria set forth by majority of fan base: history of winning, exciting offense, etc. Deboer was the one the said yes. Deep down I bet Greg would be open to hire assistant coach but the boosters would oppose it.
Ou hired Bob Stoops, who was dc at UF. OSU hired Ryan Day as oc first but hciw. Texas hired Sark who was oc at Bama. The best part of hiring an assistant is you don't have to bend over with the huge buyout, etc. b/c the leverage is not there.
Byrne hired according to the criteria set forth by majority of fan base: history of winning, exciting offense, etc. Deboer was the one the said yes. Deep down I bet Greg would be open to hire assistant coach but the boosters would oppose it.
Ou hired Bob Stoops, who was dc at UF. OSU hired Ryan Day as oc first but hciw. Texas hired Sark who was oc at Bama. The best part of hiring an assistant is you don't have to bend over with the huge buyout, etc. b/c the leverage is not there.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 3:08 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Best AD in my life time and I'm 41.
Mal Moore and Bill Battle were both significantly better.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 3:21 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Byrne hired according to the criteria set forth by majority of fan base: history of winning, exciting offense, etc. Deboer was the one the said yes. Deep down I bet Greg would be open to hire assistant coach but the boosters would oppose it.
Pretty sure Saban wanted Rees and that obviously didn’t happen.
We’d have been much better off, retained more of Saban’s staff and in turn likely kept Sayin and Downs among others.
Maybe next time Byrne should consider what the best coach in CFB history thinks we should do and not a bunch of rich boosters.
This post was edited on 8/31/25 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 8/31/25 at 3:24 pm to RollTide4Ever
Man we have all gone crazy after one game 
wouldn’t trade Byrne for anybody I can think of
wouldn’t trade Byrne for anybody I can think of Posted on 8/31/25 at 3:31 pm to geauxtigs99
Bill Battle signed one of the worst merchandising agreements in the history of college athletics and flubbed basketball coach after basketball coach
Posted on 8/31/25 at 3:36 pm to mistaken4193
Saban and gottfried were both hired while Moore was either an AD or assistant AD.
Patterson and Murphy won most of their championships under his leadership. You are delusional. Alabama has had an influx of west coast students and tuition since Saban brought Alabama to national prominence and it’s showing in the student body percentage and apparently the athletic department as well. Greg is a west coast athletic director and probably thought Alabama was free eats when Saban was still winning 12 games every year. But now that Saban is gone he is gonna have to suit up or shut up because the Alabama fan base is a pressure cooker for the ADs too. Not just the coaches.
Patterson and Murphy won most of their championships under his leadership. You are delusional. Alabama has had an influx of west coast students and tuition since Saban brought Alabama to national prominence and it’s showing in the student body percentage and apparently the athletic department as well. Greg is a west coast athletic director and probably thought Alabama was free eats when Saban was still winning 12 games every year. But now that Saban is gone he is gonna have to suit up or shut up because the Alabama fan base is a pressure cooker for the ADs too. Not just the coaches.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 3:44 pm to Bear88
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Man we have all gone crazy after one game wouldn’t trade Byrne for anybody I can think of
I’m not going crazy but it’s more than just one game. It’s 5-5 over the last ten games. It’s losing to unranked teams. It’s missing playoffs when Alabama was a part of 90% of the playoffs since it was only two teams. Now it’s 12 and Bama can’t sniff the playoffs.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:05 pm to labamafan
Well it nots his fault . Using that logic we might as well blame the president who hired Byrne
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:09 pm to Bear88
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Well it nots his fault . Using that logic we might as well blame the president who hired Byrne
Well, Stu Bell is retired so no luck on that front.
If the football situation goes really poorly and the contract prevents the boosters from finding the cash to make the change then you can bet on Byrne’s head being on the chopping block. Someone is going to pay for that hypothetical business snafu and the president had nothing to do with it and the trustees aren’t going to be held accountable for such things.
This post was edited on 8/31/25 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:20 pm to Tide Groupee
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He made the best available hire at the time according to all the information he could gather.
Nope.
I can name 2 better candidates that weren’t even considered.
Byrne went after Sark and 2 Pac12 coaches who were the hot names at the moment because they were in the CFP. It was lazy as hell.
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Who else could he have gotten? Who else would've been better?
Right now, it looks like anybody with a fricking pulse would have been better.
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Whoever we would've hired would've had a trainwreck of a QB room to deal with, no talent at WR except a 17 year old, a mess of an Oline, and no Dline talent.
I know a guy who would have walked to Tuscaloosa to take the job who took a 5th-string running back and turned him into a pretty good QB and is the best QB coach in college football. But, he’s not gay so he’s a no-go, apparently.
Nick Saban had an OC that took Jalen fricking Milroe to the CFP and won the SECCG against UGA.
The QB room really wasn’t/isn’t the problem. The coaching is the problem.
This post was edited on 8/31/25 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:24 pm to geauxtigs99
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Mal Moore
Yes.
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Bill Battle
Hayul no.
Although, in Battle’s defense, he didn’t hire this worthless, FCS-level, lost, soft, retarded frickwad we have, now. So, plus one for Battle over Byrne, there.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:33 pm to Chancellor
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Although, in Battle’s defense, he didn’t hire this worthless, FCS-level, lost, soft, retarded frickwad we have, now. So, plus one for Battle over Byrne, there.
Except he hired basically the basketball version of all those characteristics you mentioned in Avery Johnson
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:46 pm to Chancellor
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Byrne went after Sark and 2 Pac12 coaches who were the hot names at the moment because they were in the CFP. It was lazy as hell.
This isn't entirely true. I've danced around this before, but I'll just say it now. I personally know one of the pilots that flew Byrne on the coaching search. It was a corporate plane belonging to a booster. First stop was the panhandle. He was there overnight and into the morning trying to hire Norvell. They then flew to Texas and sat on the tarmac waiting to find out if Sark would meet to talk. Sark said no. They then flew to Seattle.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:50 pm to VaBamaMan
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First stop was the panhandle. He was there overnight and into the morning trying to hire Norvell.
I mean, that’s even fricking worse- if that’s possible.Posted on 8/31/25 at 5:04 pm to Freight Joker
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Saban’s staff and in turn likely kept Sayin and Downs among others.
Lol, no they wouldn’t have.
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