Should Alabama Football Retire Numbers?

[CullmanTide]

Never.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

No.

 

[Elefantman]

No to retiring numbers.
No to stupid stickers on the helmet.

 

[Windsortide]

Never break from tradition!

 

[OSUTideFan]

No to retiring numbers.
No to stupid stickers on the helmet.

I’ve got to say that I admire Alabama’s uniform. It’s ALL business.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Going to be a long off season.

234 days to kickoff.

 

[crimsonaudio]

 

[jabcmb]

234 days to kickoff.

i know. And I don’t have anything better than retiring numbers to offer.

 

[CoachJeff]

No, the lockers have the numbers of the players with that number that have been All American listed on them. That’s enough. No need to take numbers away. Bama would have run out of numbers long ago!

 

[PA Tide Fan]

No. There's a lot of great tradition at Alabama which is why helmets were not changed and why numbers should continue to be revered, not retired.

 

[Al A Bama]

No. Never! We need all the NUMBERS that are available for our 100+ players.

 

[BamaBoySince89]

Maybe something like a ring of honor would suffice. Maybe stautes for the Heisman winners, but we all know a number would never be retired. The BOT would change BDS to NSF@BDS before that happens

 

[editder]

How about retiring numbers on the red helmets and roll out the white helmets?

 

[4Q Basket Case]

This topic comes up pretty much every off-season. Two days in is a bit unusual, but it would have been posted sooner or later.

My position has been for some time, and still is, I’m good with having to earn numbers. But we don’t retire any.

Offhand, I’d make:
3 — Tiffin as PK
12 — Numerous at QB
22 — Musso and numerous others at RB
34 — Bryant (reserved for a walk-on)
54 — LeeRoy and numerous others at ILB and OL
57 — Stephenson at C
73 — Hannah at OL
75 — Barrett Jones at OL
82 — Ozzie and others at WR
All numbers not already designated, which belonged to Heisman winners. Right now, 2 and 6 (Henry and Smith). Ingram’s 22 already designated.

All earned, voted on by players and staff, based on performance across the nine months incorporating off-season conditioning, spring practice, A-Day, and pre-season camp.

Subject to a couple of limitations:
1. Numbers are awarded for one season only. The fact that you earned the number this year has no bearing on whether you get it next year. You have to earn it again.

2. Not every number is awarded every year. If no player eligible for the number performs to the necessary standard, it‘s just not awarded that year.

So sez me.

 

[Chastide]

Nope

 

[uafan4life]

We wouldn't have any numbers left...

 

[TD4Bama]

No and for the same reason we don't put stickers on helmets. This is a TEAM sport.

 

[Bama-94-00]

It's way too late to change to retiring numbers. There's been a tradition to give retire-able numbers to potential stars on and off through the years.

 

[Leeroy]

Nope.

Numbers are actually a recruiting tool. No need in limiting yourself. Do a ring of honor around the stadium (though we’d run out of room fast). Something like that.

Agree. And, if anyone remembers, Derrick Henry’s high school number was 2. But, it wasn’t available when he first arrived, he got it later.

 

[Chastide]

We wouldn't have any numbers left...

An outdated pic but these #s and others are taken