From the Tuscaloosa News:
[quote]Fisher was a candidate for the head coaching vacancy at UAB and spoke with UAB officials about the job. Conspiracy theorists who support UAB believe members of the Alabama board of trustees blocked Fisher
That does it - he's the OC.
That quote says - I'm keeping my mouth shut because I want the Bama job.
Or....what that also could indicate is that he may not have been blocked in ORDER that Saban be bring him to UAT. But it certainly does not rule out that he was blocked for other motives. He also doesn't sound very committal about his answer.
The real question is: Will they NCAA be interested if Fisher is hired by Saban?
I'm just stunned that someone at that fishwrapper had the intestinal fortitude to even bring it up.
legalblazer Wrote:That does it - he's the OC.
That quote says - I'm keeping my mouth shut because I want the Bama job.
...and I want the 700K from the Alabama University System and not boosters.
In the end FIsher screws the Alabama University System. A system that would not exist without UAB and UAH... Both better than the UAT campus.
I'll wouldn't be surprised Jimmy Sexton had alot to do with it.
Sexton to Moore: "If you hire Saban, Jimbo would not be adverse to coming on as OC for only a little more than the UAB money."
Moore to Bryant: "We need to slow UAB down and keep Fisher available."
Bryant to Garrison: "It would be fiscally irresponsible for you to hire a football coach at $600K when your athletics programs are struggling to stay above water. Potential future revenue fueled by the new coach cannot be taken into account."
Garrison to Margison: "Don't get on the plane. The trip's been canceled."
BlazerFromMD Wrote:I'll wouldn't be surprised Jimmy Sexton had alot to do with it.
Sexton to Moore: "If you hire Saban, Jimbo would not be adverse to coming on as OC for only a little more than the UAB money."
Moore to Bryant: "We need to slow UAB down and keep Fisher available."
Bryant to Garrison: "It would be fiscally irresponsible for you to hire a football coach at $600K when your athletics programs are struggling to stay above water. Potential future revenue fueled by the new coach cannot be taken into account."
Garrison to Margison: "Don't get on the plane. The trip's been canceled."
Here's the real problem though: If the conversation from Bryant to Garrison had stopped there it would be bad, but not as bad as it really is...the conversation continued thusly:
Bryant to Garrison: ...AND you will hire Neil Callaway or lose your job and the football program.
Garrison to Margison: ...and after you get finished canceling the flight, get Neil Callaway on the phone.
Perhaps Sexton orchestrated it all along.
Getting Fisher in discussions with UAB sets the bar pretty high for Fisher's salary, now doesn't it?
Flying Fetus Wrote:Perhaps Sexton orchestrated it all along.
Getting Fisher in discussions with UAB sets the bar pretty high for Fisher's salary, now doesn't it?
+1
Blzer4Life Wrote:Flying Fetus Wrote:Perhaps Sexton orchestrated it all along.
Getting Fisher in discussions with UAB sets the bar pretty high for Fisher's salary, now doesn't it?
+1
Especially with Saban in the mix as a Sexton client, too.
my dad and i were discussing this scenario this morning. i don't know if i believe it but it wouldn't surprise me:
we were making serious overtures to fisher around the same time bama's deal with rodriguez fell through, as i recall. when that happened, mal moore gets on the phone with saban and offers him the job. saban agrees, but only as long as he can bring in fisher as OC. from there, the BOT nixes fisher.
like i said, it could be BS, but nothing would surprise me at this point.
tibber Wrote:my dad and i were discussing this scenario this morning. i don't know if i believe it but it wouldn't surprise me:
we were making serious overtures to fisher around the same time bama's deal with rodriguez fell through, as i recall. when that happened, mal moore gets on the phone with saban and offers him the job. saban agrees, but only as long as he can bring in fisher as OC. from there, the BOT nixes fisher.
like i said, it could be BS, but nothing would surprise me at this point.
I don't quite buy that one. If Saban was contingent on Fisher -- if Saban liked Fisher so much -- why didn't he take him to Miami?
I do think it's possible the BOT shot down Fisher because they did not want UAB messing around with a coaching search in the middle of theirs. Nor would they want UAB messing with a candidate Saban might want, or one that Saban might not want coaching against him in the same state. That, I could see. I think that would have been a guess on the BOT's part though ...
I also think the BOT basically said to UAB in action if not in words, "if you're going to make a coaching change in the middle of ours, WE'RE going to pick your coach and get it over with." Remember, they wanted UAB to keep Watson. Not because they loved Watson, but because they did not want to be BOTHERED by UAB football right now.
Guys, they don't HATE the Blazers. They just don't care and don't want to be bothered.
It sounds to me like Jimbo wants to see a bidding "war" for his services as OC between three schools with lots of cash. Just think about the money if FSU, LSU and Bama (and who knows who else?) get into a auction with Jimbo as the prized trophy? Can you think of any other OC who would deserve such attention?
Free Shoes folks seem to think that Fisher is Tallahassee-bound, and that it'll be announced tomorrow.
But then, it came from an internet message board, so there you go.
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I have heard from several places now that FSU has told Fisher they intend to go in another direction. If that's true, look to see him in crimson very soon.
UAB Band Dad Wrote:I have heard from several places now that FSU has told Fisher they intend to go in another direction. If that's true, look to see him in crimson very soon.
Who cares. I wish Saban & Jimbo well. So long as they leave UAB alone I could care less.
CNC is my coach and will do a great job. Lets worry about UAB & moving on to the next level!
If UAT hires Fisher two things will happen:
1) The discussion of BOT interference with UAB athletics moves further from Internet message boards and conspiracy theories from lone reporters to a serious inquiry to the legality of that interference. The stink will simply be too strong to ignore. I do not know what kind of laws govern a trusteeship, but certainly blocking the hire of an individual from one school so that he can be hired by the other violates the intent and spirit of that trusteeship.
2) It would not be in the interest of UAB administrators to pursue those inquiries. That is best done by reporters and interested third parties (mainly boosters and the like). UAB administrators should, however, work the the current circumstances politically: UAT got what they wanted at the expense of UAB, now it is time for them to reciprocate, namely funding for athletic facilities in lieu of pursuing an examination of the Jimbo Fisher situation. UAT got their golden goose and perhaps more than one. There is no doubt that had two coaching searches not been going on at the same time, something like this would probably not have happened. Now that UAT is happy, they have less reason to beat the red-headed step child. It's the perfect time to ask for the second bowl of gruel.
Now that BOT has allowed UAT to break the bank, it might have to demonstrate a modicum of fiscal equality in its other institutional responsibilities in order to maintain an appearance of fairness and doing what it was set up to do. They are not in a very good position to say no now. It is time to put it to the test.
So if FSU doesn't want Jimbo than the only two schools that wanted Jimbo was UAB and UAT.
Funny how the "next bigtime coach" in college football can't get a HC job.
TheFunk Wrote:1) The discussion of BOT interference with UAB athletics moves further from Internet message boards and conspiracy theories from lone reporters to a serious inquiry to the legality of that interference. The stink will simply be too strong to ignore. I do not know what kind of laws govern a trusteeship, but certainly blocking the hire of an individual from one school so that he can be hired by the other violates the intent and spirit of that trusteeship.
I hope you're right.
As GN said a week or two ago, breaking a story like this makes a reporter's career skyrocket.