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Scott Cochran is Leaving for Georgia

4Q Basket Case said:
So Cochran says, "Coach, I want an on-field position."

Saban says, "You're not ready. Here's what you need to do to get ready."

At least one other coach, Kiffin, effectively told him the same thing when he hired the ST Coordinator of the year away from Houston.

Cochran says, "Waaannnhhhhhhh…...I wanna be on the field NOW!" and calls his old buddy Kirby.

Now I think we have an understanding of why Cochran wasn't allowed to speak to the team when he left. Given the memories of Kirby's own exit from Tuscaloosa, I wouldn't be surprised if Cochran wasn't even allowed to return to his office after telling Saban he was going to Athens.

I do wonder about the statement that Saban was riding Cochran mercilessly in front of the staff. Saban could have been unhappy about a lot of things, but that doesn't justify public humiliation. It also doesn't strike me as how Saban handles personnel matters.

I have no inside knowledge whatsoever, and am assuming that Saban was in fact stating his dissatisfaction publicly, in front of Cochran's peers. Why would he do that?

Applying Occam's Razor -- the simplest explanation is usually the best explanation -- I can think of only one answer: Other assistant coaches (and possibly even players) were coming to Saban saying the S&C program was lacking / outdated / not preventing injuries / whatever. And Saban wanted them to know that he heard the criticism, agreed with it, and was working to effect a change.

Again, pure speculation on my part. But it reconciles the open question of why some of this stuff happened.
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Agree 100% with your reference to Occam's Razor and it is usually the best explanation unless you are dealing with ex-wives and delusional dawg fans.
 
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I always wonder what PR folks are thinking when things like this get released. Well obviously, they're thinking it makes my guy look better. In actuality, it makes them look worse. Now, not only do I think Cochran isn't an honorable person, I also think he's a whiny little baby.

How in the world is an S&C coach... who is tasked with getting his players to man up and do more than they think they are capable of... going to whine about getting coached himself? Petty little man. He's perfect for Kirbs and the dawgs.
 
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4Q Basket Case said:
I wasn't aware of him contacting Mich. State or the NY Giants. Guess he felt like Mel Tucker or Burton Burns might throw him a line.

Tucker says, "Thanks, but no thanks."

While I'm sure Burns was cordial in the initial conversation, I do wonder what he might have said after hanging up the phone.....I mean, you have no on-field coaching experience, and you want to butt heads in the NFL? I can't imagine what an NFL STC would have done to him.

The more that comes out about this, the more I think Cochran doesn't know enough about the STC position to know where the gaps in his knowledge are.

For all his long list of shortcomings, Kirby isn't stupid as to football expertise. He knows that Cochran's ST knowledge is lacking.

I think he's made a conscious decision that he's willing to sacrifice Special Teams expertise for perceived recruiting prowess. While Cochran couldn't go on the road recruiting when he was the S&C guy, I have no doubt that he was a material part of the on-campus recruiting effort in Tuscaloosa.
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That will be a big gamble on his part.......................
 
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Bamabuzzard said:
I'll give an even "simpler" answer. That's how a lot of "old school" coaches did it. They'd chew a coach's butt during practice just as soon as they would a player. I played for HS and college (baseball) coaches who did things this way. This "style" has quickly been disappearing with younger coaches coming onto the scene.

I think if anything will be the "end" of Saban outside of health reasons. It won't be him being unwilling to change a scheme or mindset about X's and O's. But the unwillingness to change how he interacts with his coaches. "Back in the day" you could chew on someone's butt, they'd take it, go on about their day. No big deal. Now days, it doesn't work that way.
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We have lost some assistants he didn't want to because of this problem...
 
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