Title: Alabama's Experiment with a Coach-in-Waiting Post by: Marshal Dillon on June 14, 2011, 11:49:34 AM Great article. True Tide fans will enjoy this.
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/6/13/2218408/alabamas-experiment-with-the-head-coach-in-waiting Title: Re: Alabama's Experiment with a Coach-in-Waiting Post by: Jamos on June 14, 2011, 12:22:14 PM Thanks, very good read. :D
Title: Re: Alabama's Experiment with a Coach-in-Waiting Post by: Coach Hank Crisp on June 14, 2011, 07:53:50 PM No less than eight times that season he started the game with the second unit, let them play a quarter, and then put in the starters. The practice tended to completely demoralize the opposition.
8) Title: Re: Alabama's Experiment with a Coach-in-Waiting Post by: cbbama99 on June 14, 2011, 08:13:09 PM No less than eight times that season he started the game with the second unit, let them play a quarter, and then put in the starters. The practice tended to completely demoralize the opposition. 8) Good stuff. I know CPB gets most of the attention, but CWW and CFT deserve a great deal of the credit for establishing THE Tradition. Title: Re: Alabama's Experiment with a Coach-in-Waiting Post by: rknight4tide on June 14, 2011, 09:01:06 PM Great read! RTR! #+
Title: Re: Alabama's Experiment with a Coach-in-Waiting Post by: Marshal Dillon on June 14, 2011, 09:36:05 PM No less than eight times that season he started the game with the second unit, let them play a quarter, and then put in the starters. The practice tended to completely demoralize the opposition. 8) Good stuff. I know CPB gets most of the attention, but CWW and CFT deserve a great deal of the credit for establishing THE Tradition. Back in the 1970's Coach Wallace Wade was at a Tide practice. Coach Bryant pointed out Coach Wade to his players and told them (paraphrasing), "there's the man who started the Alabama football tradition." Title: Re: Alabama's Experiment with a Coach-in-Waiting Post by: TheVarsity on June 15, 2011, 10:11:46 AM No less than eight times that season he started the game with the second unit, let them play a quarter, and then put in the starters. The practice tended to completely demoralize the opposition. 8) Good stuff. I know CPB gets most of the attention, but CWW and CFT deserve a great deal of the credit for establishing THE Tradition. +1 You said it cbbama |