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Chronic Diarrhea · 12-08-2006, 10:40 AM

Actually he hasn't come to Bama yet. Actually a lot of fans are starting to get very nervous, because he could pull a Butch Davis on us. For those who don't know (and that would be all of you, since only those closely connected to the program knows), Butch Davis had a "handshake agreement" to become the next head coach @ Alabama after Coach Mike DuBose was fired in 2000. He was all but hired, and then pulled out at the last hour (literally, the last hour) to become the head coach for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

Rodriguez is figured to be a 90% lock, but there still hasn't been any announcement of a press conference, which is a very unorthodox thing to NOT announce considering this was supposed to be the day he was going to be announced. Personally, I have my doubts.

And yes, he did call in to a radio show and said, "I plan on being the head coach at West Virginia for the rest of my career if they'll have me." He never said, "I will be the head coach next year at WVU." This is known as "coach speak," and is a tactic that involves making sure you say something without really saying anything. "If they'll have me" could be interpreted to mean that if WVU doesn't offer him a nice contract and guarantees him facility upgrades, that means WVU doesn't care to "have him."

**EDIT** I'm now actually believing that Rocriguez may actually be an 80% lock to stay @ West Virginia. Looks like Bama got played by Rod in order to get a fatter raise. Looks like he did in fact pull a Butch Davis. I won't really know anything for certain until 0300 EST though.

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Chronic Diarrhea is Offline 1st Lieutenant Posts: 4,318 Join Date: Jun 2002	12-08-2006, 10:40 AM Actually he hasn't come to Bama yet. Actually a lot of fans are starting to get very nervous, because he could pull a Butch Davis on us. For those who don't know (and that would be all of you, since only those closely connected to the program knows), Butch Davis had a "handshake agreement" to become the next head coach @ Alabama after Coach Mike DuBose was fired in 2000. He was all but hired, and then pulled out at the last hour (literally, the last hour) to become the head coach for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. Rodriguez is figured to be a 90% lock, but there still hasn't been any announcement of a press conference, which is a very unorthodox thing to NOT announce considering this was supposed to be the day he was going to be announced. Personally, I have my doubts. And yes, he did call in to a radio show and said, "I plan on being the head coach at West Virginia for the rest of my career if they'll have me." He never said, "I will be the head coach next year at WVU." This is known as "coach speak," and is a tactic that involves making sure you say something without really saying anything. "If they'll have me" could be interpreted to mean that if WVU doesn't offer him a nice contract and guarantees him facility upgrades, that means WVU doesn't care to "have him." EDIT I'm now actually believing that Rocriguez may actually be an 80% lock to stay @ West Virginia. Looks like Bama got played by Rod in order to get a fatter raise. Looks like he did in fact pull a Butch Davis. I won't really know anything for certain until 0300 EST though.