I don't think anyone on this board have a clue to how good of a coach bates is. We don't know if he's good or bad... Just that he's coached some pretty good defenses for us.
However, I want an offensive minded coach as well. Saban was a defensive minded but he knew how important offense was. And that is the last time I will have anything positive to say about that man. I bought into everything he had to say and then he does this. He's the equivalent of all those politicians that send troops off to war never realizing what they are truely doing. Telling them to "persavere" "stay the course" "fight, fight, fight". And you did it... never questioning... But the moment they can get something better for themselves, they're off.
Hopefully we get someone that is willing to endure it all with us. It never seemed like Saban was going to be around very long anyway. Might have broughton us one superbowl or a few playoff appearances but then was gone for something better.
We need a guy like Shula, Cower, or BB.
As much money as Saban is making... Bama is NOT going to be very patient with him. I hope he gets everything he deserves. The man just sold his soul to the Devil.
I'm a little bitter about this because that man preached alot of good things. Such as taking the road less traveled, or not taking the easy route, because at the end things are so much better. I have personally made choices in my life believing in that very same thing.
I would not have BOLTED, for any amount of money, I would have finished what I had started. If he wants to say it was a family thing then I think that's a bunch of BS.
Because there are alot of things I bend with, with my girl. But when it comes to personal integrity, finishing what I started, or personal beliefs, I do not bend. I pull out the card "babe, I give in with alot of things, but this is something I can not bend on, I NEED to have this, I HAVE to have it this way" And if she can't deal with that... Then I never would have been with her in the first place because something like that would have came up along time ago.
Sorry, just venting... Very upset about this, bought into alot of what he had to say, defended him every chance I could. The moment he met with Bama, I was done with him. People believed in him... trusted him... Very selfish act we witnessed...
