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Bama hiring Major Applewhite as analyst

Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:38 am
Posted by jpcajun
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:38 am
I wish LSU was smart enough to do so! A damn good recruiter and players seem to like him a lot. I dont understand how Bama can have all of these analyst and we dont.
Posted by WylieTiger
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:39 am to
Budget
Posted by Joe Mantegna
knoxville
Member since Oct 2007
9570 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:40 am to
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I wish LSU was smart enough to do so! A damn good recruiter and players seem to like him a lot.


None of those things are true. He's a mediocre coach.
Posted by Beessnax
Member since Nov 2015
10814 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:45 am to
I didn't realize that he was previously OC with Bama.

Saban's coaching rehab is still fully operational. It's really not a bad move for Saban. He gets cheap labor while putting their nuts in a vise
Posted by jpcajun
Member since Nov 2010
1398 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:47 am to
Never said he was a great coach...... but he is a good recruiter and players do like him it seems. But since you know it all, I guess you're right.
Posted by Joe Mantegna
knoxville
Member since Oct 2007
9570 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:48 am to
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players do like him it seems.


Ed Oliver disagrees.
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
Charlie Kirk's America
Member since Nov 2007
14593 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:49 am to
Too many cooks in the kitchen....
Posted by FAP SAM
Member since Sep 2014
3237 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:50 am to
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 A damn good recruiter and players seem to like him a lot


Analysts do not recruit and cannot directly coach players. If he was so great Bama would probably have him doing those things
Posted by bigwheel
Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2008
6491 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:50 am to
Thought he wasOC at Miami
Posted by wryder1
Birmingham
Member since Feb 2008
4762 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 6:01 am to
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Analysts do not recruit and cannot directly coach players. If he was so great Bama would probably have him doing those things


Are you sure about that? This is probably true for every school but Bama. The rules don’t apply to them like everyone else. If I recall, they had an analyst in the booth on a NC game with a headset. It was caught live on TV, yet nothing happened. I’m sure he was just ordering a pizza or something.
Posted by Fightin Okra
Member since Nov 2016
6059 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 6:07 am to
Houston players really liked him when he pulled the jacket off Oliver on the sideline
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19588 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 6:16 am to
Saban fired his arse in 2007. Giving him another try I guess (in a lesser capacity)
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
21917 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 6:22 am to
Good hire
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Member since Feb 2013
28756 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 6:33 am to
Analysts cannot recruit nor have contact with players at practice.
Posted by Tiger2424
Member since Nov 2015
1203 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 6:43 am to
Analyst can’t recruit.
Posted by TheChosenOne
Member since Dec 2005
18851 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 6:49 am to
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nor have contact with players at practice.


Butch Jones was caught coaching players on the sideline. You really believe these analysts (at any school) aren’t coaching kids at practice?

That said, Major Applewhite is still mediocre.
Posted by alumni95
Member since Jun 2004
7593 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 7:17 am to
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Butch Jones was caught coaching players on the sideline.


Came to post this as well. They don’t even try to hide it. National TV audience in prime time.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
78290 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 7:50 am to
Well he can’t recruit or y’all to players

And what makes you say the players like him?
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
19368 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 7:54 am to
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Major Applewhite



Word is, he did it with the wrench in the billiards room
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
71293 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:02 am to
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but he is a good recruiter and players do like him it seems.

Analyst can’t recruit. They can’t coach either. If applewhite was particularly good at either he’d have a job on a staff somewhere
This post was edited on 2/20/19 at 8:04 am
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