Capstone Report

MTV’s Two-A-Days: Hoover High School is interesting. And the premiere tonight was highlighted by one line from the teaser for next week’s episode: “Vestavia is a dirty team,” declared Hoover coach Rush Propst. Vestavia is a dirty team? That’s the first I’ve heard of it. To say Propst is quotable would be an understatement. I [...]

UPDATE: Underwood may play fullback instead of TE, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.  Another recruiting weekend past and another strong showing by Saban and the new Alabama staff.            Over the weekend, the Tide landed Demetrice Goode. Goode is listed as a 3-star running back by scout.com and a 4-star by Rivals.com. Goode of Chatham, Va. [...]

Tide faces big test against Arkansas  Here we are in the midst of the SEC season, and once again an Alabama team is failing to meet expectations. This time it is basketball, but the storyline is the same: the Tide seems to give up, whether it is the first half or the last. Will that [...]

Unacceptable. There’s no other way to describe the play and coaching of this iteration of the Alabama basketball team. Alabama can’t win on the road and it can barely win at home. What are the causes? Inept defense. Inept defense. Inept defense. “We didn’t defend well at all” in the second half, Gottfried said, according [...]

It is 16-days until National Signing Day and what some a month ago considered a dangerous time for UA football has turned into a time of optimism. Since Nick Saban signed with Alabama, Alabama is now in the mix for many players. No doubt it will be tough for Saban to land some of these [...]

With football recruiting season in full swing, what better time for a non-football distraction! Weather in Alabama is just as interesting as recruiting (perhaps even more interesting when temperatures drop and there is a good flow of moisture into the state.) You go to a meeting, people talk about the weather, you visit with family [...]

Just another Bama meltdown is what the Tennessean called last nights loss to Vandy. It would be hard to disagree. Alabama has lost every game to Vandy in Nashville since 1990. And until our coach and team gets focused and learns how to win in a hostile environment, that streak won’t end. And the SEC [...]

Saban has completed his staff, according to various media reports. The final addition to the staff was Clemson’s Burton Burns, another respected recruiter. The staff should look something like this: Joe Pendry, offensive coordinator; Major Applewhite, quarterbacks; Burns, running backs; Ron Middleton, receivers; Steve Marshall, offensive line; Kevin Steele, defensive coordinator and linebackers; Bo Davis, [...]

What was wrong with Alabama football? For too long the answers were legion. First, an inept coach who wasn’t a leader (that could apply to both Shula and Dubose). Second, bureaucrats more interested in their own advancement over the good of the University. And those were just the two most obvious. There was actually hundreds [...]

Excellence should be rewarded. Well, unless the person happens to be too excellent or earn more than I do. Then that person should be punished. Whether it is through confiscatory taxation or other regulation, we can’t let successful people be successful–that just isn’t fair. Nick Saban is successful. He’s one of the few coaches who [...]

Just how important was the Nick Saban hiring last week? Apparently, so important that it placed Saban in the top 10 of Google searches. For the first week of the year:Google.com Gainersnew year 2007saddam hangingspadarrent williamsufcnick sabannikki coxwindows defenderboise statefafsa Talk about messed up priorities. It isn’t when people spend more money on football coaches [...]