re: The interesting think about Saban to WVU rumors....

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Another thing. How in the hell is Saban going to retire from Alabama when stupid alambama fires every decent coach they hire when they don't go undefeated???

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Problem is, that's a myth.

Perkins - Quit to coach in the NFL
Curry - Quit to coach at Kentucky. (Granted, he was under ridiculous fan pressure because he couldn't beat auburn, but if he hadn't quit, he wasn't going to be fired.)
Stallings - This one qualifies. He was forced to quit by the president of the university (now at South Carolina). I was not a Stallings fan, but he was a good coach and getting rid of him was idiotic.
Dubose - Quit because he was an idiot on and off the sideline.
Fran - Quit for a job at Texas A&M.
Price - Fired because of stupidity. The team was in a REALLY bad place because of the sanctions, Fran leaving, and left over Dubose residue. They could not take a chance on Price. There is no way of know whether he would have been a good coach or not.
Shula - Anyone who thinks we fired a good coach when he got the boot is lying to themselves. It was funny to see how every opponent though he was one of the worst coaches in the league....until he was fired and suddenly BAMA had fired another good one.
Saban - History indicates that he's a mercenary who will be around for less than 5 years and then he will leave.


In short, BAMA firing all these quality coaches is a myth. Stallings was 1 and Curry (although many people do not consider him a quality coach when you look at his overall career) was run off by fan pressure, but was not fired.