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Former Alabama great Gene Stallings turned 86 yesterday.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 3/3/21 at 4:15 pm
Great coach and a better man.
Coached the greatest defense of the last 50 years in 1992.
Won national title in 1992.
Last of the old school coaches play defense and run the ball.
VS Auburn, LSU and Tennessee went 15-5-1.
Coached the greatest defense of the last 50 years in 1992.
Won national title in 1992.
Last of the old school coaches play defense and run the ball.
VS Auburn, LSU and Tennessee went 15-5-1.
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Posted on 3/3/21 at 4:22 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
Posted on 3/3/21 at 4:25 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
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Coached the greatest defense of the last 50 years in 1992.
7 starters from that defense were All-SEC; 3 were All-American that year and Langham was All-American the following year. 4 first round draft picks.
Made the guy who won all this into a punk:
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Heisman Trophy (1992)
Davey O'Brien Award (1992)
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (1992)
Maxwell Award (1992)
Walter Camp Award (1992)
Consensus All-American (1992)
Posted on 3/3/21 at 4:28 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
Your thread made me think something had happened to him for a split second.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 4:32 pm to ReauxlTide222
Great man and coach... I hate to wordsmith nit-pick but.... why is he a "former Alabama great"...?
It might not be common knowledge, but when Coach Bryant retired, he recommended Alabama hire Coach Stallings in 1983 .. but the school went with Ray Perkins instead. It turned out Coach Perkins' ego was inflated considerably to put it mildly, and he was only mildly successful while antagonizing a lot of influential backers.
When Perkins left, Alabama was in the throes of a faculty power play with all kinds of stupid academic types sounding off about becoming a Harvard or something. That is why that Georgia Tech alumni Bill Curry was hired much to the dismay of the football program...a lot of people remembered Bobby Dodd, the Saturday Evening Post article, whiskey bottles thrown at Bryant in Atlanta, and the ill will generated when that arse hole school left the conference.
Curry made things worse because the first thing he did was give a speech declaring that academics for his players came first... And the University President said about the hire, "at least the faculty will be pleased." Good god what a couple of tool fools....
It might not be common knowledge, but when Coach Bryant retired, he recommended Alabama hire Coach Stallings in 1983 .. but the school went with Ray Perkins instead. It turned out Coach Perkins' ego was inflated considerably to put it mildly, and he was only mildly successful while antagonizing a lot of influential backers.
When Perkins left, Alabama was in the throes of a faculty power play with all kinds of stupid academic types sounding off about becoming a Harvard or something. That is why that Georgia Tech alumni Bill Curry was hired much to the dismay of the football program...a lot of people remembered Bobby Dodd, the Saturday Evening Post article, whiskey bottles thrown at Bryant in Atlanta, and the ill will generated when that arse hole school left the conference.
Curry made things worse because the first thing he did was give a speech declaring that academics for his players came first... And the University President said about the hire, "at least the faculty will be pleased." Good god what a couple of tool fools....
This post was edited on 3/3/21 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 3/3/21 at 5:00 pm to Jacknola
Curry was a 3 win coach except at Alabama.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 5:02 pm to skrayper
Great defensive coach and good overall leader.
The one flaw is that he couldn't modernize his offense to keep up with what Florida and Tennessee were doing. Bama stuck with that "3 yards and a cloud of dust" philosophy all the way up to Saban for all practical purposes.
The one flaw is that he couldn't modernize his offense to keep up with what Florida and Tennessee were doing. Bama stuck with that "3 yards and a cloud of dust" philosophy all the way up to Saban for all practical purposes.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 5:05 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
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Great coach and a better man
Agree completely.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 5:23 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
Belated Happy Birthday Coach! Bebes will always be my favorite Tide HC.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 5:28 pm to Hback
I did some promotions with Coach Stallings and he was truly a nice guy.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 5:28 pm to skrayper
skrayper
If you're old enough to remember that 1992 game
you are definitely old enough to remember Max Howell
If you're old enough to remember that 1992 game
you are definitely old enough to remember Max Howell
Posted on 3/3/21 at 5:57 pm to Jacknola
My Freshman year 92. I would suggest everyone read the Story on John Mark his son. Gene is in his final act. Agree with the above post. He is a better Man that Coach.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:03 pm to UndercoverBryologist
You are right he was not going to change. He was hard nosed and tough.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:04 pm to KingOrange
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He is a better Man that Coach.
by all accounts he is a very good man, but judging by the other 4 coaches that won national titles at Alabama, he is a good coach but not a very good coach.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:04 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Your thread made me think something had happened to him for a split second.
Freaking this.. From now on any Coach Stallings threads should begin with a "he's ok disclaimer".. I bleed orange and blue, but I have mad respect for coach.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:07 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
quote:AMEN!!
Great coach and a better man.
He's one of the finest people who has ever been associated with college football.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:09 pm to BLG
Coach Bryant and Tom Landry hired him.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:10 pm to ReauxlTide222
That was one of the damnedest plays I've ever seen in a football game, much less a nat'l championship game!
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:13 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
I can see him now pacing the sideline in his suit and raising hell about something. Love that man.
Posted on 3/3/21 at 6:14 pm to ReauxlTide222
Can’t remember if it was Bebes, or somebody else who said “Lamar Thomas was running for a touchdown, Teague was running for his life.”
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