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Originally posted by miamizsun:
all this babbling is just fluff, hot air, a rant.
its not about miami or tuscaloosa. its about nick and where he wanted to coach. i don't blame him. its his business where he wants to work. yeah he said he wasn't leaving, but what did you expect him to say? he said the same thing when left LSU. and the press? they took his words literally. fans usually don't handle rejection well and they tend to take things personally.
as far as the players, coaching at the college level is much easier, less headache, we all know that. ask a head coach in the NFL about dealing with pro agents and trying to get a player to conform. and no salary caps etc.
in college the coach has much more leverage on the player. he can do things his way. i'm a bama fan, but they (the AD and powers that be) have got a huge problem. unreal expectations and bias. its killing us. nick is a great coach and if they're smart, they'll leave him alone and let him do his job.
So true, so true. Coach Saban must be allowed to coach the team and run the program the way he sees fit. I am a bama fan and I believe that the roots of some of the problems with the program are the so called "powers that be." They (most likely Perkins, Neighbors, and Bryant Jr.) think they should have some sort of say in the way the program is run. Saban needs to run it his own way to be successful. I am so tired of hearing about how great Bear Bryant was. Of course, no one can dispute that, but the man has been dead for over 20 years, and Bama has hardly gotten off the ground during that time because everyone has to live up to the standard that Bryant set. Well folks, that is not achievable any more. The rules of the game are different and Alabama should be happy with a shot at the SEC West title every year and a NC ever 10 years or so.