re: Aranda's future as a HC

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arnsparger couldve done what saban did, but we did not want to upgrade infrastructure or pay him. he mainly left because of our lack of financial commitment to the program. he thought he'd done the best he could with what he had to work with.

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Possibly could have done what Saban did but Arnsparger had that AD offer from Florida before the 86 season was even over.

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archer was a good coach. great dc. we got him on the cheap and we kept falling behind in the arms race. it could've helped archer's recruiting, something he wasn't known for and something we didn't offer him any help in.

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That is definitely true. Recruiting was a whole different animal then but no less important. If we had put an ace recruiter in place you only need to look at what Archer did with Arnspargers recruits to see what he could have done. Really kind of short circuited a promising career.

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hallman could actually recruit his arse off in spite of substandard infrastructure. couldn't put it together in the win column.

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I don’t recall that as a whole but he picked up a several good players for sure. Jamie Howard, Eddie Kennison, Allan Faneca, David Lafleur. I did not follow recruiting in that time so I’ll have to take your word for it.

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emmert being here was a large factor in saban's decision, along with recruiting situation. that's from saban's own mouth.

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That is definitely true, Emmert overrode Dean on the initial offer/counter offer and said to pay what Sexton was asking.