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It’s both.

Makes DeBoer’s success that much more impressive - don’t you think :-)?

This is incorrect, IIRC, Stoops’ compensation was just a couple of hundred thousand less than Saban’s, who btw, had taken a pay cut to take the Alabama job.

I remember this because it was another example of the incredible bias against Alabama by the national establishment (in this case the media, as well as the NCAA, embodied in their disgraceful president, Brand). The media was trying to convince the public that pathetic Alabama was going to pay upwards of $10 mil to revive her desperate, despicable program because no one who could distinguish between a football and basketball or had an ounce of integrity or self-respect would take the job. And Brand, from whom we had not heard a peep when Stoops got his ~$3.2M salary, screamed bloody murder when Saban took a pay cut to accept his ~$3.4M. Less than a 10% difference.

I don’t know where you got $2.2 for Stoops but that is wrong. Charlie Weiss got something like that from ND for losing a close game to USC - for 10 years. And the ND admin was praised to high heavens for their forward thinking. And OU was acclaimed for having Joe Castiglione: “the best AD in the nation”. For jumping in the game Alabama was charged with “destroying the game of college football” ,thus, this kind of behavior had to be stopped.

And their new HC had to face months of unfair, mouth-breathing attacks, including outright lies, betrayal of confidence, along with more subtle misconstruing. How dare those rubes compete on a level playing field. The attacks never fully stopped during his 17 years. Now that he is away from Alabama, he is a kindly old sage with a refreshing honesty. Blah, blah, blah.

No, you are wrong - Alabama did not distort college football with their hiring of Saban, they just got in the game. Don’t listen to the lying sports establishment. Or maybe you are part of it or are a troll. I don’t know you.

Could you elaborate in some detail?

I disagree with many things you say but agree with this post in general, but not paying much attention to the media, especially local/state media, I’m ignorant of what specifically is happening. Any examples would also be interesting.

Since the traditional media has been greatly diminished, how much of a threat do you think their activities will pose?

In what way have they increased their fan base?

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DeBoer and Oats are almost identical in height, with DB just a tad taller. So, no, Oats isn’t near 6’4”. It’s strange I had thought Oats was a little taller myself - like 6’3” or so. Not sure where it came from.

Thank you so much for stating the obvious that Jay Bilas, et al. won’t acknowledge. i love Amari Cooper, Shaun Alexander, Julio Jones, Don Hutson, Joe Willie, et al., but I wouldn’t watch for free, a pickup game played by those players in their prime or an exhibition game if they were playing AU. They mean something almost exclusively in the context of officially playing for “ALABAMA” football in an NCAA officially sanctioned game.

I don’t know if I’ve seen a post more out of touch. You are either a fraud or know little about QB play. Keelon’s pocket presence is already very good and will be elite. His release and accuracy are elite. Probably by the end of the year, assuming he has just a decent OL and running game, he would likely be a top half of the draft pick if he were eligible and next year he will likely be the first pick in the draft.

He has an arm, release, instincts, legs, and especially the mental makeup combo that Alabama has never had.

Morgan & co appear to be elite D player evaluators, DeBoer and maybe Sheridan are great QB evaluators, as well as, WR evaluators.

It’s the only reason Alabama has a chance to remain viable with a chance to climb back to the top of the mountain.

Just like Oats and Murphy and their evaluation and persuasion skills are the only reason BB has any chance at national relevance. But they have an even steeper hill to climb.

Of course any rule changes can only help - but will they come.? Stankey has been out-witted at every turn. I don’t believe the conspiracy theories, IMO, as I’ve said for a few years, he is simply incompetent and despises Alabama.

It feels like Oregon is targeting the state of Alabama. They’ve gotten the number 1 ranked player 3 years running now. Like Lanning is enjoying shoving it down Alabama ‘s throat.