Is Kevin Steele the New John Chavis?

Didn't Steele try to stab Malzahn in the back at Auburn?

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy, I'm actually loving the thought of Malzahn getting stabbed in the back...


But has Nick just hired a locker room cancer?

Even Chavis was never a locker room cancer...

Miami can’t be used as a bench mark.

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Miami can’t be used as a bench mark.

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I see

Is this straight from the Alabama travel ball parents?

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But Steele will be getting his Alabama state pension, so he's untouchable

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I know a former school janitor with an Alabama state pension. He will be happy to know he is “untouchable”

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Is this straight from the Alabama travel ball parents?

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Bro I love trolling Bama as much as possible but one year at Miami is like a vacation stop.

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45 points to MTSU 45 points to Duke

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Bama fans shite all over Steele when he was at Auburn. Now he’s great. Go figure.

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Bama fans shite all over Steele when he was at Auburn. Now he’s great. Go figure.

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Member since Apr 2021

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How would you know

Both are from Dillon, SC and played at Tennessee in the late 1970s, don’t think Steele had Chavis’ killer Afro though

Bo Pelini

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Harry Rex Vonner

Is Kevin Steele the New John Chavis?

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Here's the fact of the matter - Steele was hired to do four things:

1. Be a placeholder until the guy Saban really wants on the defensive side is able to be hired

2. Instill more toughness on defense

3. Improve the linebacker play

4. Mentor new coach Armstrong, that guy has a bright future


Am I ecstatic over the hire? Probably not as much as I ought to be. But I generally try not to second guess Saban too much, he makes a LOT more money at coaching than I do. If Steele can do these two or three of these things well, I'll revise my hire rating to "successful hire".

And BTW, here's a bonus: I think Saban brought in Kiffen/Sark etc because of the offensive arms race in College football. And arguably Alabama has been rather successful at it. But, at the core, Saban would rather run the ball and play smash mouth football. Georgia has proven that you can control the ball, both run and throw, and decimate opponents - just like Bama used to do when Kirby was on Bama's staff. Rees gives us an opportunity to get back to that style of football. I predict the TE play will be off the charts next year.

But hey, all of the above is JMHO. For what it's worth.