Bill Curry Locker Room....thing

[CapstoneTider]

Did Bill's speech seem a little contrived? I saw two players towards the back look at the camera at the end with a look like, is it over, are we still filming?

I can picture ESPN, his old buds, approaching him about doing a locker room speech, Bill excepting and spending time writing it, and the whole thing then coming off a little stiff. Yes Sir!

 

[mikes12]

Very uninspired, if you ask me.

 

[Tide1986]

Made me think about how much he let his 1989 Alabama players down.
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[Bama323]

They called Curry a "master motivator" on ESPN earlier. I was thinking...I think my Dad made better speeches to my team when he was coaching me in PeeWee ball...
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[AlabamaSooner]

There's some venom in this thread

 

[PalmBayBama]

It's pretty much the same speech they aired from Georgia State's first game this year. The whole "I will not let you down" thing is kind of catchy, but I can see how it could get old hearing it every game all season.

 

[3rdandLong]

Ah well we won the game easily, as we should have. Curry will never coach in Bryant Denny again, so let's let it be. This was likely the only time Georgia State will be on national TV for quite a while, if ever.

 

[chris]

Some more of his "hockey spewing" that I despised when he was here! Those clips of him in crimson on the telecast brought back bad memories! Thank goodness he's gone!!

 

[AlabamaSooner]

Ah well we won the game easily, as we should have. Curry will never coach in Bryant Denny again, so let's let it be. This was likely the only time Georgia State will be on national TV for quite a while, if ever.

There's no telling what will happen, but I could see GSU going the route of a South Florida or Southern Miss in a few shorts years. Play the big dogs on the road, work your way up, and then they're getting a good bit of exposure. The fact that they are in the middle of Atlanta is a huge factor. Now, they're not going to take over Tech, but the "if ever" statement will be proven false within the decade I'm sure.

Regarding Coach Curry, I wish him all the best and hope he and his program continues to get better. Always have had a lot of repect for him.

 

[CrimsonNan]

I know this is mean after we "whupped" Georgia State so bad tonight - as expected. But I wonder if Curry is telling his team that "this won't happen again". I seem to remember that as his standard excuse every Sunday on the Bama Show when we lost.

Anybody else remember that? I do, and I'd yell at the TV and say, "Yeah not until next Saturday"

 

[JD95]

Bill Curry = fraud

The truth hurts.

 

[AlabamaSooner]

Bill Curry = fraud

The truth hurts.

Give me your thoughts on why he is a fraud.

 

[CrimsonPride]

Very uninspired, if you ask me.

I said the same extact words last night. My husband said the the speech seemed contrived to him.
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[chris]

Bill Curry = fraud

The truth hurts.

I'll add "self-important pompous ..."!

 

[BamaNation]

he is a fraud in the same sense that Franchione is a fraud. He got players to believe in him and themselves, told them he would never let them down, etc etc etc, and then bolted b/c he was so insecure and couldn't even convince himself that he was a good coach. I LOVE Coach Stallings' line from a couple years ago when Stallings heard Curry rehash his tired (and untrue) 'Bama mafia accusations... CGS said something to the effect of "I don't know of anyone who would consider that leaving Alabama to go to Kentucky is a STEP UP in a coach's career...unless you're a basketball coach."

 

[Alasippi]

There's no telling what will happen, but I could see GSU going the route of a South Florida or Southern Miss in a few shorts years. Play the big dogs on the road, work your way up, and then they're getting a good bit of exposure. The fact that they are in the middle of Atlanta is a huge factor. Now, they're not going to take over Tech, but the "if ever" statement will be proven false within the decade I'm sure.

Regarding Coach Curry, I wish him all the best and hope he and his program continues to get better. Always have had a lot of repect for him.

Sounds good to me and I agree.

 

[TupeloTideFan]

I'm just glad no one hit CBC with a brick.

 

[Chukker Veteran]

When Curry left Alabama to go coach at Kentucky, I thought the world had turned up-side-down. How could anyone who worked as a football coach prefer coaching at Kentucky? It just seemed insulting and crazy at the time.

 

[trenda]

It just seemed insulting and crazy at the time.

Still does. It will never make any common sense.

I never bought the brick story and still don't. That said, he didn't do a bad job at Bama. He just didn't do a great job, IMO. Leaving Bama for KY was a cop-out; but, you know what? It happens. He couldn't handle it and got out. At least he told his players in person (albeit in the middle of a game), which is more than another coach we had did.

The thing that has always bothered me the most about him is his perpetuating the Bama 'mafia' stories on national television. Low class and untrue, IMO.

 

[CapstoneTider]

It's not so much what he did at the Capstone.......I enjoyed that 89 season with Stacy, Hollingsworth and all those wonderful articles from Cecil Hurt, but his badmouthing us at ESPN while we were down all those years. I will never forgive him for that.

Bill Curry is probably the most conceded coach we've had at Alabama. With his good and improving record, if he had not been so defiant against the establishment, like using the students, he could have won over some of the old timers that are no longer with us. He would have then excelled the next three years.

I still say that 89-93 was the most talented stretch I can remember until recently. If not for the injuries in 90, Stallings tenure would have gotten off to a much faster start.