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re: Worst College Football Coaching Opening
Posted on 10/16/16 at 9:40 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 10/16/16 at 9:40 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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Will definitely be Alabama whenever Saban retires. Can you imagine the expectations of the fan base? The closest equivalent I can think of is when John Wooden retired as UCLA's basketball coach. Wooden won 10 national championships. Gene Bartow was hired following Wooden and only coached two years there. Had a great winning average those two years but left and started a program from scratch rather than trying to live up to Wooden's legacy. In fact both Bartow and the following coach had a better winning percentage than Wooden but both only lasted two years. The school went twenty years before they won another national championship following Wooden. There is no one that can fill Saban's shoes. In a few years, Bama fans better start bracing for a twenty year drought.
What about the time the Dallas Cowboys fired Tom Landry? They hired some guy by the name of Jimmy Johnson to replace him. I believe that ended up working out pretty well for them.
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Posted on 10/16/16 at 9:57 pm to Bench McElroy
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They hired some guy by the name of Jimmy Johnson to replace him. I believe that ended up working out pretty well for them.
Only problem is that his record sucked the first few years. He only coached at Dallas 5 years and his first two were records of 1-15 and 7-9. Don't think Bama fans would have the patience for that.
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