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Bear Bryant letter to incoming recruit surfaces
Posted on 5/13/12 at 7:29 am
Posted on 5/13/12 at 7:29 am
Cool sh*t.
I'm thinking the letter was written around 1980 as the letter claims 6 championships with the latest one in 79.
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I'm thinking the letter was written around 1980 as the letter claims 6 championships with the latest one in 79.
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Posted on 5/13/12 at 7:47 am to CFBFAN1121
sounds like he penned that while drunk
Posted on 5/13/12 at 7:54 am to CFBFAN1121
Chris got a lot of letters.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 9:55 am to CFBFAN1121
Some peculiar stuff in that letter.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 9:56 am to Elleshoe
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sounds like he penned that while drunk
Actually it read like he dictated it, which in those days, he probably did. It had a very informal tone consistent with speech, not writing.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 10:16 am to CFBFAN1121
Posted on 5/13/12 at 10:27 am to Alahunter
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Always check mine or Chilld's posts
Come on bruh, you know me. I know this has probably been posted here.
I'm taking note that Bear said Bama had 6 NCs in 1980. Now Bama has 14.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 10:30 am to CFBFAN1121
Every Bama fan knows Bear was a humble man and had great humility. He didn't wanna make yall feel that much worse by mentioning the others.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 11:07 am to CFBFAN1121
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I hope you will share your problems with me whether it be at home, at the dorm, in your school work, with teammates, with coaches, with training regulations, self-discipline or even flying a kite. If you do that, I will try to help you
Probably why he was loved, though still feared and respected, by his players
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if I can’t, I’ll recommend you get a job, join the Army, or join the Foreign Legion, but, in any event, to reside in another state.
Odd wording but is seems he is basically saying if he (Bryant) can't then no one can (at least in the state of ALabama).
Posted on 5/13/12 at 11:10 am to CFBFAN1121
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I'm taking note that Bear said Bama had 6 NCs in 1980. Now Bama has 14.
Coach Bryant went to his final rest not hearing Brother Atcheson's sermon. If so, perhaps the 'amen' would not have been unanimous, we'll never know.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 11:18 am to CFBFAN1121
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"Nothing's too good for winners. I want to love you, pat you, pet you, brag on you and see you hoot, run and shout and laugh, pray, hug, kiss, and win with humility. If we lose, I want all of us to be unhappy, no one to have any fun, and expect only what is reserved for losers but take it with dignity while planning to come back."
This may not be properly understood nowadays but it must be remembered: the 'everyone should win a trophy...kumbaya" mentality was not only foreign at that time, I'm not sure if it had even been conceived yet.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 11:35 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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This may not be properly understood nowadays but it must be remembered: the 'everyone should win a trophy...kumbaya" mentality was not only foreign at that time, I'm not sure if it had even been conceived yet.
Well said.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 11:43 am to CFBFAN1121
The degree to which you comment upon the things that Alabama or its fans do that bother you is absolutely mind boggling. I just don't understand why you can't let Alabama be Alabama, right or wrong, and focus on your own team.
Posted on 5/13/12 at 4:25 pm to Bellabama
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and focus on your own team.
Hear, hear
Posted on 5/13/12 at 5:36 pm to CFBFAN1121
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letter claims 6 championships with the latest one in 79.
Sigh...you people.
Take another look and you will see that those are the six National Championships that Coach Bryant won while he was the head coach at Alabama.
Someone deserves a big DUH
Posted on 5/13/12 at 6:08 pm to Broken Coyote
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Take another look and you will see that those are the six National Championships that Coach Bryant won while he was the head coach at Alabama.
It doesn't say that. It's official letterhead of the University not Coach Bryants' tenure. Atcheson didn't make changes to SIG till 1986, according to Museum Curator Watson. Not a flame. Simply saying that's the way it was.
This post was edited on 5/13/12 at 6:23 pm
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