Is history about to repeat itself? (Excerpt from Dunnavant's COACH)

[Proxigean Tide]

Page 144 Keith Dunnavant COACH - Life and Times of Paul "Bear" Bryant

"Jordan's Tigers entered the 1959 season in firm control of football in the state of Alabama, riding the crest of a twenty-three-game unbeaten string and ranked among the top 5 teams in the country. But Bama's first victory over it's archrivial in five years represented a turning point in the series. Over the quarter century of the Bryant era, Alabama would win 19 and lose only 6 against the Tigers, and the gentle Shug Jordan, who appeared on the verge of long-term dominence in 1959, was reduced to a marginal figure in the southeastern conference. He never won another SEC title, and placed just five more teams in the nation's top ten.

During the 1950's, Auburn dominated in-state recruiting, but after Bryant returned, Alabama slowly won over the high school coaches and set the stage for a quarter century of recruiting success. Young people with no particular allegiance to either school became more likely to grow up Alabama fans during the dominating reign of the Bear, and the ripple effects of 'Bama's growing constituancy were felt in recruiting, where dominance tends to perpetuate itself."

I think history may be getting ready to repeat itself 48 years later.

 

[BamaMoon]

My fingers are crossed!!!:BigA:

 

[bamaslammer]

though dominating Auburn to that degree would be difficult, and though I think an ironbowl win this year would be difficult, If that should happen, I expect major panic to flush through the Auburn nation. And panicked people can do some pretty dumb things.

 

[Tide Tales]

Yeah, I was reading last night (again) from "Hard Life and Good Times" by CPB and John Underwood and I was again stuck on how similar things seem to be...
CPB "Most of you will live another fifty years or more.....I hope it's seventy, but if it's fifty that's still a good life, and what happens today you'll have to live with the rest of the way. You can't get it back if you don't win. It's sixty minutes and over. The losers are the ones who say, 'Oh, I wish I could play it again.' You can't play it again."
..."Well, you're not really going to have to play sixty minutes. None of you. The longest play in a game is six and a half seconds. The shortest play is less than two seconds. That's barely a wink of the eye. You'll average five seconds a play. Five seconds of total effort, going all out, giving a hundred percent. You oughta be able to hold your hand in a fire that long."
..."If you're lucky enough to play seventy plays, that amounts to about six minutes. Six minutes of your time. Out of fifty years, six minutes doesn't seem like much......I know you've heard all this before, but I want to remind you what can happen"...."In any big game there are five or six or seven key plays that will decide the outcome. If you put out for five seconds on every play, you'll get your share of those key plays. You never know when they'll come, so you have to go all out every time. Play 'em jaw to jaw, and you'll win in the fourth quarter."
Roll Tide!:BigA:

 

[Crimson Hawk]

Page 144 Keith Dunnavant COACH - Life and Times of Paul "Bear" Bryant

"Jordan's Tigers entered the 1959 season in firm control of football in the state of Alabama, riding the crest of a twenty-three-game unbeaten string and ranked among the top 5 teams in the country. But Bama's first victory over it's archrivial in five years represented a turning point in the series. Over the quarter century of the Bryant era, Alabama would win 19 and lose only 6 against the Tigers, and the gentle Shug Jordan, who appeared on the verge of long-term dominence in 1959, was reduced to a marginal figure in the southeastern conference. He never won another SEC title, and placed just five more teams in the nation's top ten.

During the 1950's, Auburn dominated in-state recruiting, but after Bryant returned, Alabama slowly won over the high school coaches and set the stage for a quarter century of recruiting success. Young people with no particular allegiance to either school became more likely to grow up Alabama fans during the dominating reign of the Bear, and the ripple effects of 'Bama's growing constituancy were felt in recruiting, where dominance tends to perpetuate itself."

I think history may be getting ready to repeat itself 48 years later.

I have to agree. The situation is eerily similar, on many levels.

And panicked people can do some pretty dumb things.

If you're a goober, doing dumb things is second nature!!:biggrin2:

 

[RolltideFanz]

Excellent post! I especially liked the parts about the kids growing up fans based on who they see growing up and how well they do. Could set our recruiting up for years to come. :BigA:

 

[drjohn432]

we need a little magic

 

[numbersman]

we need a little magic

I don't think it will be magic that makes the difference. I prefer to think it is plain and simple hard work by the HC, staff, and players. There is already a complete turnaround in T town that will possibly bring an SEC title this year and NC's to come. Get ready Bama fans, we've had a hard ride but victory is definitely in sight.

I used to like to play leap frog as a kid. Bama is fixing to leapfrog the entire SEC.

RTR

 

[Vinny]

I hope so, I am getting tired of watching Auburn think they own Bama. And other SEC schools too.

 

[Tide Tales]

I don't think it will be magic that makes the difference. I prefer to think it is plain and simple hard work by the HC, staff, and players. There is already a complete turnaround in T town that will possibly bring an SEC title this year and NC's to come. Get ready Bama fans, we've had a hard ride but victory is definitely in sight.

I used to like to play leap frog as a kid. Bama is fixing to leapfrog the entire SEC.

RTR

Outstanding post! I can see it, feel it, and am more than ready for my unreasonable visions to become reality! Roll Tide!:BigA: