Best OC/DCs at Bama

bamablood6

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Def Coord
1) Ken Donahue Several NCs with Coach
2) Bill Oliver (NC)
3) Joe Kines (Under Perk and Shula and is fun to listen to)
4) Carl Torbush
5) Ellis Johnson (just because I listed 5)

Off Coord
1) Mal Moore (some called him malfunction but hey coach loved him and he wins)
2) Homer Smith (exciting smart offenses)
3) Charlie Stubbs (even though he was not official OC)
4) George Henshaw (has had a decent NFL coaching career-Perk OC)
5) Les Koenning
 

bayoutider

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I'm surprised Pearman didn't sue him for slander on that one. (or is he too public a figure to do that?)
I'm not positive, maybe Earle knows, but I think Danny did file a suit and dropped it when Fullmer published the apology to him. Fullmer should do the same to Alabama.
 

BamaBoyTim

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Since I was too young to really appreciate what these guys really did until I got into high school, my only real knowledge of our OC/DC's doesn't start until Curry's reign. So, since then:

On Offense: I liked Dubose's OC Neil Calloway because he had more plays/formations than any Bama OC I have seen and they beat a good Gators team not once but twice in '99. Plus' he's a former player under Coach Bryant.

A close Second was fRan's OC, Les Koenning. That 2000 teams developed a back bone against Auburn and pasted them at JH and the 2001 team dismantled LSU at Death Valley. His Option play and that play where the QB, usually Watts, would fake the pass and then hand the ball was a killer.

On Defense: Brother Bill.


I also really liked Karl Torbush but Joe Kines was the MAN.
i believe torbush was fired not to long ago from a&m...
 

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My memory (which gets worse with age) is that Pearman threatened law suit, but withdrew after Fulmer's retraction and apology...
 

FitToBeTide

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What's the criteria fo OC? Is it the sexiest, the most innovative or the most effective? If winning and championships are the standard, who did it better than Coach Mal Moore? I kow there are a lot of CMM haters out there, but as Yogi Berra once said "You could look it up." He seemed to please Coach Bryant and I don't know of a better authority than The Coach.

DC. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Coach Ken Donohue, guess it's a reflection of the age of the forum.
Ken, the UT grad, who always got pumped for the 10RC game every year. Did a super job for us while on staff.

Good call Tommy.
 

bat123

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OC Mal Moore
DC Ken Donahue

Coach Moore was there with what was probably the most potent wishbone offenses the game has seen. You guys can bash him as much as you like but when the 'Bone was clicking it was a thing of beauty.

Coach Donahue was responsible for the Tenn game plan every year and rarely disappointed.
 

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