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re: TAMU fans, the 'Alabama' coach you got in 2002
Posted on 7/27/13 at 9:07 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 7/27/13 at 9:07 am to RollTide1987
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Not true at all. He left Shula a lot of future NFL stars on the defensive side of the ball. That '05 defense, one of the better Alabama defenses in the last 25 years, was a product of Fran's recruiting. He sucked recruiting offensive players but he snagged a few NFL stars to play defense for him.
He left a starting defense. That's it. There was no depth at any position. He was simply able to put together 11 overlooked defensive players, in the two classes he signed and a third he started, that would make up the 2005 defense.
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Posted on 7/27/13 at 9:10 am to CapstoneGrad06
quote:to his defense, he was extremely restricted due to our sanctions.
He left a starting defense. That's it. There was no depth at any position. He was simply able to put together 11 overlooked defensive players, in the two classes he signed and a third he started, that would make up the 2005 defense.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 9:16 am to CapstoneGrad06
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He left a starting defense. That's it. There was no depth at any position. He was simply able to put together 11 overlooked defensive players, in the two classes he signed and a third he started, that would make up the 2005 defense.
He was only here for two years. It's difficult to build quality depth when you are limited by sanctions and run off as quickly as you came. Those players Fran recruited on the defensive side of the ball kept us in a lot of games we should have been blown out in in 2004 and was the main reason we won 10 games in 2005.
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