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re: A coach that did well for you, but was never truly embraced.

Posted on 4/25/11 at 6:22 pm to
Posted by VenturaHog
Member since Dec 2010
140 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 6:22 pm to
Lou Holtz.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
117998 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 6:22 pm to
David Cutcliffe. We just wanted him to get Eli.
This post was edited on 4/25/11 at 6:25 pm
Posted by flbeachtiger
Tampa, FL
Member since Mar 2011
553 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 6:32 pm to
I an not sure a significant portion of the LSU fan base appreciates Les at all. I think there are too many who just tolerate him.

I don't think the UF fans ever appreciated anything Zook did. That cupboard was far from bare when Urban took over, especially on defense.
Posted by TheSandman
Notasulga
Member since Nov 2010
19432 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:51 pm to
Definitely agree with Bowden.
Posted by cjared036
Houston, tx
Member since Dec 2009
9569 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:39 pm to
Shula.

Can't believe he hadn't been mentioned. He got things under control after the Price "It's Rollin' baby" episode. Won some games in 2005. ( but left Prothro in the Florida game). Recruited some major pieces of the 2009 championship.

He is also an alum. Former Qb.

But almost every bama fan laughs at him.
Posted by Bow to Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
1830 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:53 pm to
Bowden?.... are y'all kidding? He won with a "stacked" deck for two seasons, then went in the tank. He couldn't recruit and left our program on the brink of becoming like a mississippi school. Plus we had to make him sign a contract not to run his mouth. Imho he doesn't deserve love from au
Posted by Bow to Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
1830 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:54 pm to
For au I would say tubbs
Posted by gatorrocks
Lake Mary, FL
Member since Oct 2007
13989 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:57 pm to
B.S. about Meyer. As much as I like Muschamp, I wish Meyer could have stuck around for a while.
Posted by PrideOfTheSouthland
Gateway to the South
Member since Nov 2010
1778 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:00 pm to
I can see what your talking about. Can't really put your finger on it, but I can see what your talking about.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
88658 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:12 pm to
Honestly, Jim Donnan. Sure he wasn't a national title level coach, but that's not what we needed at the time. We were coming off the AWFUL Goff years and needed anything to stop the bleeding. He went 5-6 in his first year and missed a bowl. But followed that up with a 10-2 mark, then went 9-3, 8-4, and 8-4. He went 4-0 in bowl games, broke a 9 year drought to UT, and beat UF for the first time since the 80s. He had his mistakes for sure (the DC coaching carousel, the Quincy fiasco, losing to tech, etc) but he took our program up to the next tier.

Mark Richt then took us up another notch, but Donnan did a lot of good for our program.
Posted by 87BAMAGRAD
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2009
949 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:13 pm to
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Shula. Can't believe he hadn't been mentioned. He got things under control after the Price "It's Rollin' baby" episode. Won some games in 2005. ( but left Prothro in the Florida game). Recruited some major pieces of the 2009 championship. He is also an alum. Former Qb. But almost every bama fan laughs at him.


I agree with this :Kige:. I have no problems with Mike Shula. Don, however, should have kept his mouth shut when Bama hired Saban. It could never happen, but I wish Shula could have stayed on and learned under Saban.
Posted by BradPitt
Where the wild things are
Member since Nov 2009
13389 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:34 pm to
Dear God, Shula was a disgrace to Alabama football. He took a team capable of contending for SEC titles and transformed them into a fat bitch's diarrhea.

Sure, Joe Kines won 10 games for Shula in 2005, but that team's potential was far better than 10-2. Hell, three teams with losing records SHOULD HAVE beat us that year. In addition, against two of those teams, Alabama's offense didn't even score a touchdown. There's a massive difference between luck and a complete and utter fluke.

Anyone who has the audacity to defend Shula aka Satan's gift to Alabama football should be castrated immediately.
Posted by DaStain
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
2125 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:58 pm to
Les Miles is the obvious answer here
Posted by ohiovol
Member since Jan 2010
20957 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:14 pm to
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but played for the school up north.

Muschamp played for Michigan?
This post was edited on 4/25/11 at 10:16 pm
Posted by ohiovol
Member since Jan 2010
20957 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:16 pm to
Not sure about football. I don't remember Majors.

What about DeVoe in basketball?
Posted by Enfuego
Uptown
Member since Mar 2009
9925 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:23 pm to
Miles at LSU for sure
Posted by ohiovol
Member since Jan 2010
20957 posts
Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:24 pm to
Now that I think about it, Doug Dickey probably fits the description for Tennessee.
Posted by BamaInHsv
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2008
17889 posts
Posted on 4/26/11 at 8:29 am to
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WDE24

quote:

Franchione at Bama

Go frick yourself. Seriously.

Mike Shula took over our program when no one else wanted it... did the very best he could, and no one liked him. I will always appreciate that.

Franchione was looking for a meal ticket, and he fricked himself HARD. Justice is good.

You're a fricking idiot for assuming we would ever want to embrace that asswipe.
Posted by BamaInHsv
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2008
17889 posts
Posted on 4/26/11 at 8:30 am to
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BradPitt

I fricking hate you now. You ungrateful POS.
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37470 posts
Posted on 4/26/11 at 8:39 am to
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Anyone who has the audacity to defend Shula aka Satan's gift to Alabama football should be castrated immediately


Puhlease. Shula was fricked from the get go with the NCAA sanctions. No 5* recruits wanted to play for Alabama when they were on probation. Dude was fighting an uphill battle the entire time he was at Bama.

That said, some of his game day coaching pissed me off to no end. But I still appreciate him taking the job when no one else would.
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