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Perrett4Bama

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DzynKingRTR said:
I find that people that are like he is tend to be the exact opposite. Dubose was all about God as is Freeze.
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Those are specific examples. The other seemed to be a generalization, like, "people that are like he is". I think that many people find it refreshing that he is "like he is", regarding his faith. Now, issues like not using the portal or his style of hiring/coaching should be game. I too have issues with him in some of these areas. I just hope we get a good one. They will be stepping into you fantastic situation. RTR:)
 
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bamamc1 said:
I’m glad you posted this. That was ridiculous.
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Obviously Stallings was the lone bright spot. Unfortunately I wasn’t clear about the choice of wording but I think you all know what I mean. Perkins, Curry, DuBose, Price (who doesn’t really count), and Shula gave us fans some hard years
 
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BamaBoySince89 said:
Well, let me be clear: Stallings brought back life, but outside of him it was a train wreck
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Ironically, it might have worked out for the best because of Saban's run and how it might have interfered with a Saban hire...

But looking back, the Bowden hire was so obvious and they just whiffed on it, twice from what I gather. It's pretty galling to consider Alabama wandering in the desert while Bowden, an Alabama guy, was snubbed for Perkins and Curry.

I think if Bowden is hired in 83, he wins 3 or 4 titles at Alabama.
 
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BamaBoySince89 said:
Obviously Stallings was the lone bright spot. Unfortunately I wasn’t clear about the choice of wording but I think you all know what I mean. Perkins, Curry, DuBose, Price (who doesn’t really count), and Shula gave us fans some hard years
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😉 Just kidding. (a little). Coach Stallings defense in 1992 is top 5 to ever play college football. RTR
 
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KrAzY3 said:
I'm not saying Alabama should get either mind you but...
Lane Kiffin just had his best season ever as a head coach. He was 11-2
Dabo has won that many games 8 times, and the terrible season he just had (it was, he probably does need a fresh start) was still 9 wins.

I'm not saying it has to be Dabo, not at all. He's not #1 on my wishlist that's for sure (honestly Smart would be but that's darn near impossible).

But...
Dabo is 103-23
Kiffin is 95-49

I'm not even getting into the character issues, because character issues abound with Kiffin. I get some of the appeal of Kiffin, I do. When Smart phoned it in for the championship game and the defense didn't show up Kiffin is the one whose brilliant gameplan saved the day.

That's good Kiffin. But, there's also bad Kiffin. We've seen bad Kiffin blow games and specifically sabotage Alabama's shot at a championship. Bad Kiffin is more dangerous and worse than anything Dabo has done.

I was big on Spurrier when Alabama ended up hiring Saban. Dabo is basically Spurrier in this equation, you know what you'll get. Kiffin is the Bobby Petrino of this scenario. Great offensive mind, might get on a motorcycle wreck and ruin everything (almost identical record to Kiffin in his four years in the SEC).

I'm not sure why anyone wants the next Bobby Petrino coaching Alabama. Of course the real goal here is to find the next Saban, or the next Kirby Smart. That's the home run hire.
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Thank you for posting this. I know Dabo has an annoying personality but he is still one of our own and only Saban has been more successful over the past 10-12 years. I don't think this will happen but if we do strike out on 2-3 guys then Dabo may be the one to get the next call. I think we probably have our guy already but you never know what might happen. Just based on the rumors I think it's probably Lanning first and probably Kiffin second or third. I figure Dabo would be 4th or 5th on the list. We have to be realistic about some of these names that are being thrown around, Kirby is UGA to the core and has no reason to ever be the Bama head coach. I was a huge Demeco Ryans fan as a player and I'm very happy to see the success he is having in the NFL but there is nothing that would indicate that he wants to be coaching in college. I would be thrilled if he were to be named the head coach but I think it's very unrealistic to think it will happen. Sark has always been my personal choice but I doubt he leaves Texas right now.
 
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KrAzY3 said:
Ironically, it might have worked out for the best because of Saban's run and how it might have interfered with a Saban hire...

But looking back, the Bowden hire was so obvious and they just whiffed on it, twice from what I gather. It's pretty galling to consider Alabama wandering in the desert while Bowden, an Alabama guy, was snubbed for Perkins and Curry.

I think if Bowden is hired in 83, he wins 3 or 4 titles at Alabama.
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Everything happens for a reason. That may have changed the entire trajectory of the program and we may not have been blessed with the GOAT. But it would have been interesting seeing what Bowden could do in T-Town.
 
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imauafan said:
Thank you for posting this. I know Dabo has an annoying personality but he is still one of our own and only Saban has been more successful over the past 10-12 years. I don't think this will happen but if we do strike out on 2-3 guys then Dabo may be the one to get the next call. I think we probably have our guy already but you never know what might happen. Just based on the rumors I think it's probably Lanning first and probably Kiffin second or third. I figure Dabo would be 4th or 5th on the list. We have to be realistic about some of these names that are being thrown around, Kirby is UGA to the core and has no reason to ever be the Bama head coach. I was a huge Demeco Ryans fan as a player and I'm very happy to see the success he is having in the NFL but there is nothing that would indicate that he wants to be coaching in college. I would be thrilled if he were to be named the head coach but I think it's very unrealistic to think it will happen. Sark has always been my personal choice but I doubt he leaves Texas right now.
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