This little trip down memory lane absolutely INFURIATED me.
Time is flat circle.
We’ve talked about all the mistakes made in coaching hiring.
Trestman, Fox, Nagy, and now Eberflus.
Just Mickey Mouse shit all along the way.
In my head Lovie was the only time they got the coach right.
That shouldn’t have been surprising, but it knocked me on my ass.
The internet FREAKED out of that quote tweet I did above.
You guys are really something else sometimes.
Here is a little taste of the replies
Real cave man shit from the reply guys.
You dumb"
I remember the Lovie Smith era as fondly as the next guy.
The thing that made me most angry was the process.
HOWEVER…this idea that Nick Saban was a bad NFL coach is ludacris.
Nick Saban coached for two seasons in the NFL.
9-7 in his 1st year and 6-10 in his second season.
Not exactly Dan Marino down there.
Lovie Smith’s first two seasons as an NFL head coach…16-16.
Nick Saban was set to sign Drew Brees and bring him to Miami.
The Dolphins doctors wouldn’t medically clear Drew Brees after his physical.
This is one of those sliding doors moments in football history.
If Saban gets Brees he probably stays in Miami.
Brees is a going to be a 1st ballot HOFer and is one of the greatest QBs of all-time.
We could’ve had a decade+ of battles between Brady/Belichick and Brees/Saban in the AFC East.
The SEC may not become the arms race behemoth that Saban forced.
Again…I love Lovie.
His all-time record is 92-100-1.
He got us to a Super Bowl.
Maybe wins that super bowl if Grossman had bigger hands or if it wasn’t raining.
Let’s not pretend that he was Chuck Knoll or Bill Belichick though.
And maybe…the offensive side of the ball wouldn’t have been a cluster fuck.
Let’s pray that they get this next one right.
