Alabama beat in Mobile

What's the over/under on how many people from this board will put in for this one? I'd guess 6-8.

 

Yeah, it really killed Wright Thompson's career.

 

Wright didn't fly solo in his brief time covering LSU. He did most of the features and gamers, the fun stuff, and Jim Kleinpeter did almost all of the nuts-and-bolts, day-to-day coverage. The person who gets the Bama gig at Mobile will be a one-person beat and will have to get their hands a bit dirtier on a regular basis than Wright did in less than a season and a half covering LSU and Saban. Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying he's not an effing stud. But it's not going to be the same, including because Alabama's a more competitive beat.

 

A ringing endorsement, indeed.

 

A source says the PG will have to fight hard to keep Clint Hamilton from making the jump.

http://piedmontgazette.com/saban.html

 

Another APSE? Yep.

 

Best of luck to whomever lands this gig. Jumping in with both feet. Tab, summer camp, adjustment and Saban. Probably no better way to go though.

 

I am still stunned no actual names have been bandied about (pulls grenade pin and ducks ...)

rb

 

You kidding me?
They might as well call SEC Media Days, Mobile job fair week.
Somebody in B'Ham will leave there with a new job.

 

Randy Kennedy has been officially the busiest man at SEC Media Days so far, interviewing several candidates in an upstairs hotel room while coaches bore the assembled hacks downstairs. Several of the usual SportsJournalists.com suspects have already been spoken to, and I am told that Kennedy hopes to have a decision made/offer tendered/job accepted by early next week.

rb

 

I've heard he's also contacted a few candidates who weren't at media days.

 

The Rockbottom Pipeline has learned Mobile is down to three finalists.

rb