Who's next for Bama?

The UA Trustees won't let the rich doctors pony up the money because if they dont like the coach and bail on the commitment, UA system is still on the hook for the cash.
That and they don't like UAB sports.

 

I hope I'm not D-Bing this because I didn't read the first three pages:

 

I loved Stewart Mandel's take on it last week, too ...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/football/ncaa/

"While it’s true the Crimson Tide’s program is a far bigger source of revenue than UAB’s, I find it hard to believe that 'fiscal responsibility' was the real reason behind nixing Fisher. If anything, hiring a hot coach with the potential to turn the program into a winner only increases the Blazers’ chances of becoming a cash cow. The truly irresponsible path is to not afford the program competitive resources and allow it to continue to mire in mediocrity. Of course, no right-minded trustee wants to see that happen to UAB.

"Or would they?

"Take a guess who the most influential trustee on the Alabama/UAB board is. It’s Paul Bryant Jr., president of Greene Group Inc. and ... well, you know the rest. If you’re Bryant, or any other board member who bleeds crimson and white, a competitive program at UAB is not in your best interests. A hot coach like Fisher has the ability to hemorrhage the mother ship by stealing away quality, in-state recruits who would have otherwise ended up in Tuscaloosa. And god forbid some wealthy Birmingham boosters, excited about the prospects of a good, hometown team, start directing some of their donations away from 'Bama to UAB."

 

Yeah, that's a lot of it in a nutshell... but dont ask the good ol' boys...

 

I met and had lunch with Stewart Mandel in Tuscaloosa back in the spring of 2003. I wish I could recall specifics, but all I can remember is coming away from that lunch certain Stewart didn't know jack about college football, particularly Alabama football. Nothing he's written before or since has convinced me otherwise.

 

I was under the impression that Fisher wasn't hired because there was another plan in the works -- one that includes him working for the Tide.

 

Jimmy Sexton, from all reports, is playing this whole process like a Fender Strat.

At least until Wayne Huizenga files the mother of all breach-of-contract and conspiracy lawsuits against him and Saban, and enjoins Saban from coaching football anywhere in the world until the day after his Dolphins contract expires. That'll throw some cold water on the parade.

 

These poor beat writers have to be ready to kill themselves...

Has it been a month yet?

 

Here's a story on Campbell, who's sending kids left and right to D-I schools.
Some folks are better assistant coaches than they are head coaches, I know.
Campbell's a guy who will win either way.
Great personality, great credentials. Proven winner.
Nobody knows him, though, for sure.
But most every coach was a no-name at one point or another.
Hire Steve Campbell, Bama. Or just give him an interview. You won't be sorry you did.
He knows what he's doing.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061220/SPORTS030105/612200359/0/SPORTS

 

That would make sense and that's something Mal-feasance and the rest of the Bryant Gang dont have...

 

Shula was never a no-name, and that might have been part of his problem.