re: For the old-timers...when did Cholly Mac first get on the hot seat?

Mac won games much like miles....they were not pretty wins, but i agree that mac had two flaws that drew the ire of the fans every season- how he coached and used quarterbacks, and his coach/assistant coach relationship with "Bear". Bear once said he could take mac's team and beat Alabama. That being said, Mac was a good coach, not a great coach, but a good SEC coach. It s a fact that some coaches lose their effectiveness after a number of successful seasons. Mac did