Anyone Here From Alabama?

Anyone?

If he falls on his face, he will get a contract extension until 2020. Shula did nothing and got to hang around for 4yrs at around 2 million per year.

I live in Bama. My local news has said for the last couple of days "That both sides are working" whatever that means. I think Bama plans to make an offer, and the impression i get is that Rodriguez appears to be pretty interested, thats just the way my local news is portraying it though.

...but my ex-sister-in-law was. She's moved back there. Thanks for asking.

if I was RR, I wouldn't consider the position.

The Alabama program is a mess. The old balls dudes who run the athletic department still act like everyone should be beating down their doors for the chance to blow them.

When you think of the top football programs in the country... the programs that make annual stays in the top 10... you dont think about Alabama...maybe you used to...but not anymore.

People no longer care that some guy named Bear used to coach there. The top athletes in that area of the country want to go to Auburn, because they are in NCAA/SEC title contention every year. Bama is not. Once the administration becomes less delusional and allows someone to rebuild the program, someone might actually want to coach there, without the lure of an insane paycheck..

in short... Alabama wake up..the way you treated previous coaches deters future ones..you are not USC, you are not OU, you are not UT, you are not OSU... you are Texas A&M, you are Oregon, you are Iowa..

First off Alabama is #5 of all football programs in win percentage! Can you blame them for expecting great things?

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Furthermore Alabama is 2nd, yes i said second on the list with most National Championships, so excuse me for the people at Alabama expecting great things from there coaches. And they will never be in the category of Oregons or Texas A&M's as long as they have stats like those.

So if i were RR and I wanted to be a national contender and acutally play in a conference that mattered, I would come to Alabama.

The news here has been quiet today. Just speculation that he's been offered the job. The AD here in WV met with Coach Rod yesterday and said they discussions were "good." Whatever that means.

But, Miami sought permission to speak with Coach Rod, that permission was granted, then they never followed up. That tells me they know he's moving on to Alabama since he never said anything publicly about not being interested in Miami.

If does take the Alabama job, you guys will be impressed. It may take him a year or two to get the right recruits for his offense. Don Nehlen had a basic NFL style offense and it took Coach Rod a few years to get his people for his spread offense, but once he did, he moved that program to the top echelon. He's known in college football as an offensive genius and your games will be fun to watch.

Not sure who he'll use as his defensive coordinator, but Lord help you if he uses the guy he has now.

Alabama has the talent in place to be an SEC championship contender NEXT year. The talent on that team is surprisingly good. If a competent coach had been at the helm this year then the team could have won 9-10 games. Alabama's problems lie with the people in the athletic department and in the fact there were sanctions. It is similar to what Miami had in the past as well as other programs. Bama will eventually be back to winning 10 games just about every year. The facilities are there and so is the talent. Auburn is doing well now, but they can't compete with the tradition and money of Alabama over the long haul.

Bama has 12 national titles, the 2nd most 10 win seasons ever (behind Oklahoma because Oklahoma won 10 this year). The most bowl appearances and bowl wins. Bama just spent tens of millions of dollars of facility upgrades. Bama has over 20 SEC titles and has 3 ten win seasons in the last 7 years, and so a 10 win season next year would mean Bama would have 4 in 8 years which ain't bad for having so many coaching changes and sanctions.

Bama IS USC and Notre Dame and Oklahoma. Oklahoma fell on hard times and came back and so did USC. USC was a .500 club a couple years ago and was in turmoil. Now they are a powerhouse. Oklahoma had problems too before Stoops came. With the money and tradition Bama has there's no reason not to think Bama won't be back. Miami will be too. There's just too much money, tradition and talent around not to be successful.

Besides, Miami doesn't give a damn who it recruits. Stomp on people with your spikes, beat up women, get shot in a parking lot. We don't care. As long as you can play football and bring us money, you're in!

and if you go back farther Yale has a ton of championships...

no one cares...

Bama's last title was 1993..the next one..1979?

Players now weren't born then..

Since 2000 the team has been characterized by average records, sanctions, a revolving door at the coaches office, and losing to Auburn..

they could be a great program...i just think firing Shula set them back another year or two..

Mtn Dew wrote:

Alabama has the talent in place to be an SEC championship contender NEXT year. The talent on that team is surprisingly good. If a competent coach had been at the helm this year then the team could have won 9-10 games. Alabama's problems lie with the people in the athletic department and in the fact there were sanctions. It is similar to what Miami had in the past as well as other programs. Bama will eventually be back to winning 10 games just about every year. The facilities are there and so is the talent. Auburn is doing well now, but they can't compete with the tradition and money of Alabama over the long haul.

hahahahhaha.

cheating bastards.

and auburn's not just competing with you, they're blowing your ass away. year after year. just like us vols.

Auburn hasn't been screwed by probation and has had the same coach for several years now.

Tennessee has also had continuity and no sanctions.

Auburn was caught cheating in the early 90s and amazingly their program took a dive.

Tennessee has cheated but not punished. I imagine if they were their program would take a dive as well.

It's amazing that a team goes on probation and then amazingly losses pile up. Simply amazing.

Bama was able to win 10 games in 99 with Mike Dubose at the helm and win an SEC title. A couple years later under sanctions Dennis Franchione was able to win 10 games and last year Mike Shula was able to win 10 games under sanctions. Bama will always get talent, all Bama needs is a good coach and some continuity (and no sanctions) and the wins will come.

I hear they are printing "Fear the Rod" shirts as we post.

Anyone in Bama have the scoop?

Damn you, Coach Rod!

It's sounding like it's falling into place for Rodriguez to come to Bama, but as the eternal pessimist I still think it won't happen but right now I'm one of the few.

Looks like Rich Rodriguez will be the next head coach at Alabama.

Alabama has become the job NOT to take. Mike Riley head coach of Oregon State who played for Bear said no to the job when he was unemployed the last go around. That should tell you something.

I have heard stories about Alabama fans being parked outside the coaches house just staring at the house. Alabama is a place you go to get fired quickly.

As an unbiased transplant living in Birmingham for the past ten years, I would not wish that job on my worst enemy.

Mike Riley didn't take the job because there were sanctions at the time and whoever took the job was going to struggle. Now that the sanctions are over there is a lot of money to be had and whoever takes the job will have the chance to be successful.

People saying it's not an attractive job are morons.

Let's see - amazing tradition, 2-3 million bucks a year, top tier facilities and a talent pool to compete for a national title in the next couple years.

Oh yeah, shitty job, no one wants tons of money and the chance to succeed.

That is NOT the reason Mike passed on the job.