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re: Has there ever been a head coach fired that never had a losing season?

Posted on 11/16/15 at 7:09 pm to
Posted by samson73103
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Posted on 11/16/15 at 7:09 pm to
Curry was never accepted by a lot of people at Bama for myriad reasons, but mainly because he had no connection to Paul Bryant. I think he's a decent man and cared about his players but he never was an elite coach. The fact he wasn't popular to begin with, coupled with his inability to beat Auburn, proved to be his undoing. He wasn't exactly fired. He was being pursued by Kentucky and realized there were some people in powerful places who would never have his back so he cut his losses, went to UK, and Bama told him not to let the door hit him in the arse. Gene Stallings was hired and was a definite upgrade. He went 70-16 from 1990-1996 and won a NC in 1992. He left because Bama hired an idiot AD that he couldn't co-exist with. Stallings remains beloved in Tuscaloosa. Mike DuBose took over next and Bama began a slide into a decade of mediocrity highlighted by NCAA sanctions and coaching carousels.

Be careful what you wish for LSU fans....Miles surely needs to make some changes but he has won a LOT of games since 2005. His teams always seem well prepared, the last 2 weeks notwithstanding and 1-9-12. But who knows, LSU put Saban on the map, maybe you'll catch lightning in a bottle twice. Or maybe you'll sink back to the Stovall, Archer, Hallman, DiNardo era.
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 11/16/15 at 7:18 pm to
Mike Leach, Texas Tech
Posted by yimbeaux
Texas
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 11/16/15 at 7:39 pm to
quote:

His teams always seem well prepared


Posted by Big EZ Tiger
Member since Jul 2010
24322 posts
Posted on 11/16/15 at 8:30 pm to
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His teams always seem well prepared, the last 2 weeks notwithstanding and 1-9-12.


It used to be that his teams lost close ones, but LSU lost 41-7 to Auburn last year, got dominated by State at home (but scored late TDs to make it close) and got shut out 17-0 to an Arkansas team that was on a 17-game losing streak in the SEC. And then the last two weeks when it mattered the most - awful results. Things have changed.
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