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Former Alabama Head Coach Mike Shula (official thread)

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BuckeyeNation27;682560; said:
You only have 3,711 posts. That's like, UCF territory.
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I know how to lie on my resume, so forget UCF, I'm already aiming for Notre Dame.

As for my post counts, I'm all about the quality, not the quantity. :wink2:

I would probably hit 10,000 posts faster if I carried on conversations with myself and cluttered O.D. with a bunch of stupid 'Hot or Not' threads. :roll1:
 
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2691319

Rodriguez denies 'Bama, will return to Morgantown
Associated Press

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez turned down Alabama on Friday, telling his players that he'll be back for his sixth season with the Mountaineers.

A loud applause could be heard from inside the Milan Puskar Center at Mountaineer Field after Rodriguez told his team he would be staying at his alma mater.

"I fully respect his decision and wish him the best," Alabama athletic director Mal Moore said in a statement. "I want to remind everyone of what I said at the outset of this process: my only objective is to get the best person available to lead the Alabama football program.

"I remain determined to bring to our program a proven head coach with impressive credentials."

Alabama officials offered the job to Rodriguez on Thursday morning, but the definitive answer didn't come until more than 24 hours later. Reportedly, Alabama offered Rodriguez a $12 million, six-year contract.

West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong worked on a proposal to keep Rodriguez at the school, but details were not immediately released.

"It's a very good contract," said Stephen P. Goodwin, chairman of the WVU Board of Governors. "It's fair to the university. We're all tickled to death."

Goodwin said West Virginia wasn't trying to compete with Alabama's offer.

"We tried to make Rich the best offer WVU could make to keep him continuing on as a football coach. We didn't get into a bidding match. We couldn't have won that war," Goodwin said.

WVU sports communications director Mike Fragale said Rodriguez would hold a news conference later Friday.

Rodriguez has built West Virginia into a Big East power, winning the Sugar Bowl after the 2005 season and a share of three straight league titles. The Mountaineers are 10-2 and will play Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 1.

Rodriguez signed a seven-year contract in June that pays him $1 million this year with $50,000 annual raises after that, and $600,000 in deferred compensation in December 2011 if he remained as coach.

Alabama fired Mike Shula on Nov. 26 after the Tide went 6-6 in his fourth season and lost its fifth consecutive meeting with rival Auburn.

The Tide had also made overtures to South Carolina's Steve Spurrier and Nick Saban of the Miami Dolphins, but both high-profile coaches opted to stay put.

Then, Alabama's attention turned squarely to Rodriguez, who had both the offensive pedigree and the track record for winning the Tide wanted.

It wasn't clear who the Tide will turn to now, though the university's original wish list also included Navy's Paul Johnson, Wake Forest's Jim Grobe and possibly California's Jeff Tedford.

There have been no confirmed interviews with any of them.

The once-mighty program is again left Crimson in the face in another coaching search. The Tide is seeking its fifth coach since Gene Stallings stepped down in 1996. Stallings is the only coach to manage sustained success since Bear

Bryant's retirement after the 1982 season.
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Right now you can get one pound of Alabama Booster Butter for only $1.99.

Turns out several Bama Boosters spun themselves into butter after hearing the RR news.

I had a hard time accepting that I was no longer a babe magnet when I turned 50 (actually I hit my prime when I was two and still had my curls). I can't imagine how hard it is for a bunch of arrogant, wealthy red necks to accept that Alabama is nothing more than a mid-tier program and will be for as long as one can see.
 
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Personally, I think their problems are attributable to a couple things...

1) High coaching turnover
2) High pressure environment for winning

Its hard to say much about them when we couldn't lure a top name coach during our last search. Tressel may have been the only one offered, but I certainly remember all of the "Stoops, Gruden, Belotti, etc" posts on the boards.

I'm surprised that Rodriguez didn't take it. I think it's certainly a step up from WVU.
 
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DesertBuckeye;683115; said:
I'm surprised that Rodriguez didn't take it. I think it's certainly a step up from WVU.
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I'm actually kind of glad he didn't go. The BE and WVU will need a coach like Rodriguez to continue their ascent.
I think he's also got a good opportunity to reach a sort of Woody or Bo type legend status in the minds of WVU, and he would never be able to do that at Alabama.
 
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Dispatch

Rodriguez pulls out, so Tide search rolls on
Saturday, December 09, 2006

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Spurned again, Alabama is resuming its latest search for a football coach.
This time it was West Virginia?s Rich Rodriguez saying no thanks yesterday to the program still yearning for a leader to steer it back to the powerhouse days of Bear Bryant.
Rodriguez opted to remain at his alma mater instead of taking the reported sixyear, $12 million offer from Alabama that would have nearly doubled his previous deal.
Crimson Tide athletic director Mal Moore tried to reassure the ?Bama faithful.
"I want to remind everyone of what I said at the outset of this process: My only objective is to get the best person available to lead the Alabama football program," Moore said in a statement.
Rodriguez had such credentials, leading the Mountaineers to a Sugar Bowl victory two seasons ago and going 10-2 this season. But he also had lifelong ties to West Virginia, growing up about 30 minutes from campus. Rodriguez said he plans "on being here a long time."
Rodriguez will receive a two-year contract extension through the 2014 season from West Virginia. Now, Alabama must renew its search for a replacement to Mike Shula, fired on Nov. 26 after going 6-6 in his fourth season. It wasn?t clear who the Tide will turn to now.
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