RIP to a Legend

A kid from Alabama who didn’t get exactly the path that he wanted but he got to the Pinnacle of his career. I got to meet him at an event when in HS and he was a charming man. He meant so much to the sport in the late 80’s and 1990’s. I wonder what would have happened if the University offered him the job after acoach Bryant died. RIP Coach.

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“When I’m winning, I am ‘Sweet Ole Bobby.’ When I lose, they just call me the initials.”

One of the greatest coaching quotes ever.

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I had never heard this story. He was a class act and someone with a great capacity for empathy:

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