You all owe it to yourself to get informed about Coach Bryant. He was a driven perfectionist and also a coach that was completely flexible and honest. Era of small fast players stops, recruit big fast ones. Passing offense not working, go to wishbone. White players not good enough, recruit black players.

He was a completely original person who knew more about football than anyone alive. He was also a consummate judge of human character, and had the ability to forecast the probility of success of a young assistant coach. In his own words he had the ability to lift some players up, calm others down, until they all moved to the same heartbeat... a team.

And he never made excuses, never blamed his players, never hesitated to sit his best player for violating the rules, see Joe Namith, Ken Stabler, et. al. He did not take a damn "team vote" either.

I recommend you all read his book. Y'all will be completlety entertained and you will finish with renewed appreciation. I was fortunate enough to meet him many times. He was a great man in every sense... the only man other than General Omar Bradley and General William Westmoreland I ever met that made me want to automatically stand at attention.

And a whoever thinks that was a less competitive era doesn't know squat. The teams did not have internet reruiting services and digging top players out was a search. Didn't matter, Coach developed them in the true sense of the word. It is different eras...but do not underestimate how Coach Bryant was in the details like Saban... or like Frank Thomas for that matter.

This post was edited on 1/19/16 at 10:09 pm