BOL Round Table

He couldn't beat the barn. He had some very VERY good teams, however.

Edit: I meant to say Curry. Don't know why I typed that.

Huh? He won as many as he lost.

He was 2-2 versus Barn. Lost in 83, Won in 84 & 85, then Lost 86.

CHA-CHING $$

Being younger, when he left, I just couldn't imagine anyone leaving Alabama. So the consensus is that he had to rebuild Bama two years removed from a MNC? Also, Pat Dye made a living off beating Bama in those years. He lost some meaningful games but beat bama and all is well. Also of course getting the game on a home and home basis.

So he gave up in his last year? Seems like he lost some winnable games. Didn't understand him tearing down the tower, just think what it would be like to have it now.

Also, do you guys think he would've won any championships had he stayed? What was his overall coaching ability?

Coach Bryant's last NC was in '79, and he coached three more years, so Perkins took over four years after. Recruiting slipped during that time, and with Dye coming in after the '80 season, he took advantage of it.

Dye was 1-1 against Bryant, 2-2 against Perkins, and 3-0 against Curry. His 4-year streak from '86-'89 seemed like an eternity at that time as it wasn't something Bama people were used to, and pressure was building with Stallings' '90 win a relief like Saban's in 2008.

Perkin's '86 team was loaded, but so was the schedule. Bama played #9 Ohio St, Notre Dame (not good that year, but first year Bama beat them), #6 Penn St (loss, they won NC), and #12 Washington (bowl game), in addition to a pretty strong 6-game conference schedule with four of those teams ranked. The only losses were to Penn St (they dominated), #18 LSU (close game), and #14 Auburn (Tillman reverse late in game). Perkin's '85 lost two and tied one, all to ranked teams. So, it wasn't like they were losing to Memphis St, as did happen in '87.

The home & home deal with au happened after Perkins left. Perkins said that Bama would never play there. Not sure what would've happened had he stayed, but that deal was made with Sloan running the athletic dept.

I believe the tower was refurbished and is still around.

Perkins had an impossible job of being the first coach following the Bear. The scrutiny and pressure was too much. He couldn't handle the proverbial heat so the kitchen he left.

I think it was Hootie Ingram that said the earth was back on it's axis, or something similar after the four year streak Dye had. Now that I think about it, a friend said the tower is back up. I for one, wished he had stayed, even if he did always seem annoyed..