re: Scott Woodward intro press conference tomorrow @ noon

Alleva also had to be sold on expanding the support staff, recruiting budget, and delayed multiple facilities upgrades. The compliance reforms and amended donor relations are hot topics right now. Again, Alleva was a bean counter who only cared about maximizing profits. He viewed a good season in terms of ticket sales, and the extent to which he cared about wins and losses was the point at which they affected those ticket sales.

There’s a lot more to it than on the book salaries. Miles had some of the highest paid coaching staffs in the country but was undermined for years in other more subtle ways. Bama is what it is because they’re a well oiled machine, from the richest booster to the chick pulling faxes on signing day they are a unified entity all working for a common goal. Woodward understands that, and tried briefly to get aTm on board with it. Orgeron may prove himself not the right guy, but it won’t have anything to do with him not being Woodward’s hire. I get that some on the rant get a half chub at the thought of Orgeron getting fired, but I guarantee you no one is happier to have Woodward than him.