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re: Regarding Pete Golding's departure from Alabama...
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:31 am to ManBearSharkReb
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:31 am to ManBearSharkReb
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His wife is from the delta. Takes like 5 seconds to find out Pete went to delta state.
Which is on the opposite end of the state.
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:35 am to Henry Jones Jr
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Once Pete left, Saban saw the writing on the wall and got out. He knew without Pete, he was cooked.
How many national titles did Saban win after Pete left? Hell, how many title games did he even make?
I rest my case
The problem Saban had was not guys leaving but the fact he'd ran out of rolodex and quality coaches didn't want to hitch their wagon to a coach that may retire midway through their two-year contract.
Pete Golding left and he brought in Kevin Steele who had some undisclosed health issue that led to Saban essentially being the quasi-DC for a good chunk of the season. He needed to replace his DC and a few more coaches, and every interview had the "how long you got" question that he tried to answer as honestly as possible (it's year to year).
I think the feeling that he was not going to be able to land quality coaches did him in as much as players who had just pretty good seasons coming in and asking about comp.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:42 am to ManBearSharkReb
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Lane never had a defense that cracked the top 50 before Pete.
2021 Ole Miss was decent IIRC, in the 20's FEI wise.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:17 pm to Lucado
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Which is on the opposite end of the state.
Northwestern Mississippi is the opposite end of the state from Oxford?
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:22 pm to SidewalkTiger
His wife's sister and BIL live in Oxford and are both OM alums
He needed to leave Tuscaloosa because he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar in Alabama
He needed to leave Tuscaloosa because he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar in Alabama
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:22 pm to Pickle_Weasel
The French have never been very good at geography
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:29 pm to SidewalkTiger
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2021 Ole Miss was decent IIRC, in the 20's FEI wise.
51st in PPG and 60th in YPG. They were swiss cheese at the beginning of the year but improved dramatically in the last month or so. I think Durkin schemed it about as well as you could.
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:30 pm to DMagic
Saban protege confirmed
Posted on 7/6/26 at 1:00 pm to SidewalkTiger
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I know a lot of Alabama fans weren't happy with his performance and I just always assumed that he had been told to find another job.
Bama fans are still blaming Pete anytime their defense is bad. As if Saban didn't have the final say on the defense.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 1:06 pm to tigerbait17
His wife is from Cleveland MS. Cleveland is around 1.5 hours from Oxford and around 3 from Tuscaloosa. Neither are far drives.
Hammond, LA, where Golding is from is about equidistant from both
I doubt Pete Golding took a new job to be 1.5 hours as opposed to 3 hours away from Cleveland.
Hammond, LA, where Golding is from is about equidistant from both
I doubt Pete Golding took a new job to be 1.5 hours as opposed to 3 hours away from Cleveland.
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 1:07 pm to Pickle_Weasel
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Which is on the opposite end of the state.
Northwestern Mississippi is the opposite end of the state from Oxford?
Let's start slow. Which side of the state is the delta on?
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