I believe that all of the Bama Nation was surprised to hear that Coach Rodriguez rejected the offer to be the next Bama head football coach. However, in this process we once again find winners and losers! There is a very, very good thing that has come from this most recent embarrassment of the UA Athletic program: MAL MUST GO!!!
If any of you haven't read my previous post about Mal, please go back and check the history. In this most recent episode we have learned once again that we can give Mal the Knucklehead award for AD's! If you are courting a coach and want to get him, slam dunk, you don't offer him double his salary. Thats sounds ridiculous in real life but we are talking about the NCAA machine. By offering a reported $2.1 million for Rodriguez services, this provided WVU the opportunity to counter in some means to match this offer. If we would have threw a number close to $3 million on the table, WVU could not touch it. Think about it! Coaching at WVU is probably like coaching at Missouri (not to take nothing away from WVU or Missouri). Large state school, fan base is strong but not to the likes of a SEC school, mild pressure, etc... In the SEC or Bama specifically, the pressure is on every day of your life. You can't take the wife and kids to the local steakhouse without a bodyguard. People will criticize your wife's hair (couldn't resist), children's friends, house of residence, etc... It is a 24/7/365 job that is a pressure cooker. Why would he want to leave for another million dollars when he can have 4 times less pressure to do the same job at a school where he is praised not questioned everyday? I don't think that I would have left in the same circumstances (crimson colored glasses are not being worn here).
The biggest issue is why? Why did we Low-Ball the offer to get Coach Rodriguez? Well, quite simply, Mal Moore. He is in direct control of this coaching search. The board of trustees are out of it - Mal will make these decisions. The president (who was the sole person who took a stand in the Mike Price case and told him to not unpack his bags) is out of this search!
MAL MUST GO! but not yet! We can not afford to replace both AD and head coach at the same time as this would be disastrous, if it couldn't get any worse.
I don't know but I would like to see the President to tell Mal to consult him and take charge of this coach search as Mal has definately proven that he is incompetent.
MAL MUST GO! MAL MUST GO! repeat if necessary (yes, it is very necessary)...
To Be Continued!!!
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