re: Its official. Goff out at Alabama

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Cannizaro

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Cohen tree

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Trying to find out about the "Cohen tree" reminded me that Cohen is part of the "NW St. tree." That lil school in Natchi-trash keeps puttin em out.

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Cohen is part of the "NW St. tree." That lil school in Natchi-trash sure put out some head coaches.

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Dear Mr. Byrne, Let me begin by first telling you that the Alabama community absolutely understands the impossible situation in which you have been placed. In athletics, as with many professions, new management is very often saddled with underperforming personnel, administrators, coaches, and programs for which they had no input and bear little love. Nevertheless, as professionals, we forge ahead, mindful of that fact that our personal feelings on an antecedent hire still affects scores of people’s livelihoods, and, in your case, the well-being of young adults, their educations, and their families. Few competent professionals in the public sector want to make their initial impact felt by cleaning house or making a highly-publicized firing. Yours is a risk-averse profession in a field where too many irrational, mercurial voices urge you to imprudence.

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Keeping those things in mind, Alabama baseball coach Greg Goff must be terminated, and he must be terminated immediately. I say this not as fan of the program or the sport, although I am that. I say that as an alum, a father of a college student, a Tuscaloosan, and as someone who loves the University — every blade of grass, every brick — more than almost anything on this earth. And, I say this as someone with a louder voice than most.

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In his short tenure, Coach Goff has managed to take a competent-but-underperforming baseball program and reduce it to cinders. The ashes come not just from the execrable product he has put on the field, but from the bridges that he has burned, interpersonally and professionally, in less than a year.

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Bear in mind, I speak only from first-hand experience: I am not merely repeating innuendo, nor engaging in vicious rumor-mongering:

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He has managed to alienate first-round caliber draft picks; he has lost the faith (and allegiance) of several committed recruits with his caustic personality and inflexibility. I have heard from high school coaches in this state where he has damaged the ability of Alabama to recruit, including one memorable instance where he and his staff have been labeled persona non grata and shall be told they are no longer welcome should the occasion arise.

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You will, however, find countless instances — most of which have been televised, where this man has been nothing less than a petit tyrant; worse, has been a tyrant with poor judgment.

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It is a pattern and practice of very loudly denigrating, cursing at, and otherwise exploding towards teenagers, even when they succeed. Not one person on this team deserves the personal insults hurled at them from a profane supposed-adult. Embarrassingly for the University, and in what surely must be a first, he directed a profane tirade at SEC officials after a game sufficient to earn a suspension for the following game. In any competitive venture, tempers flare and harsh words are spoken. I know that. But when they are the corpus of your persona they reflect not just poorly upon yourself, but upon everyone associated with the program.

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It is the random team meetings following a loss where he threatens scholarships because “they are messing with his money.” It is the team meetings demanding what amounts to a loyalty oath.

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It is withholding, mislaying, or misappropriating meager travel per diem for reasons known only to Goff. I, among others, would be very curious to see an accurate accounting of the program revenue.

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