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(10-03-2017 07:10 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  

(10-03-2017 05:46 PM)Jball Wrote:  

(10-03-2017 05:12 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  Some people are just FN stupid. Bill Clark took over a team that was freaking defeated, in every sense of the word. The players he inherited had been jerked around for two years by McGee. The upper classmen had suffered through 1-2 years of NFC before that. Clark took a group guys whose spirit had pretty much been broken, and over one summer turned them into an actual football team. A team that played with pride and passion, who believed in themselves, in each other, and above all in their coach. He did this despite rumors that the football program was going to be shut down, rumors that turned out to be true, and all of the distractions that caused.

He hung around at UAB after the program was shut down to help lead the fight to bring it back. He did this despite the fact that he had to suffer being micromanaged and jerked around every day by an athletic director who was hired to run him off and keep football dead.

Anyone doubting his ability to coach or questioning his loyalty to his players after all the **** that he went through to help bring this program back from the dead can go post that bull**** somewhere else. Screw top 4 in CUSA, there are not 4 coaches in the country I would replace him with.

Amen!

Amen!

it is so!

(10-03-2017 04:15 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(09-30-2017 04:26 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 03:37 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Admittedly playing devils advocate, but also being objective, but shouldn't he finish in the top 4 before being paid in the top 4.

If you pay him top 4 money and he doesn't reach that goal, you are setting up the administration with a legitimate reason to terminate him.

While I would, in general, agree with that.

The argument could be made that had he not been hired under false pretenses and would have been allowed to do what he can do instead of being handed a 2 year setback (that saw us effectively give away multiple future NFL players) he would already be in the top 4.

I also think, record aside, you can easily make the case for him being a top 4 coach in CUSA. Surely there are other criteria that matter.

Sooo was he top four that year he had the NFL prosoects

I personally believe he was, as I believe he is now. I get it though, the W/L column hasn't reflected it yet. I'm confident it will soon enough.