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Chronic Diarrhea · 12-08-2006, 07:26 PM

Interestingly enough, Gene Stallings, former coach at Alabama including their 1992 national championship team and 12-1 1994 team who almost made it back, has indicated several times that he would come back to coach in a heart beat if offered the position. He actually was making those comments in 2000 after we fired Mike DuBose, and instead went with Dennis Franchione (we all know how that turned out). Stallings has been the lone bright spot in Alabama's history since Bear Bryant retired, posting a 70-16-1 record @ Bama. He has said he never wanted to stop coaching. The reason he left was due to the AD and university president practically pissing him off and forcing him out. He is now 71 years old but is in great shape (he currently maintains his own ranch in Texas). Personally, I would LOVE to see him back. He's one of the last "old time" coaches left, with Bowden and JoePa being the only two who are still coaching.

[img]http://www.ua.edu/academic/museums/bryant/Shopping/images/Photos/stallings.jpg[/img]

By far the most well-known image of him:

[img]http://anointedhomesart.org/itemimages/16foot03m.jpg[/img]

Stallings today:

[img]http://regents.tamu.edu/images/people/regents/genestallings.jpg[/img]

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Chronic Diarrhea is Offline 1st Lieutenant Posts: 4,318 Join Date: Jun 2002	12-08-2006, 07:26 PM Interestingly enough, Gene Stallings, former coach at Alabama including their 1992 national championship team and 12-1 1994 team who almost made it back, has indicated several times that he would come back to coach in a heart beat if offered the position. He actually was making those comments in 2000 after we fired Mike DuBose, and instead went with Dennis Franchione (we all know how that turned out). Stallings has been the lone bright spot in Alabama's history since Bear Bryant retired, posting a 70-16-1 record @ Bama. He has said he never wanted to stop coaching. The reason he left was due to the AD and university president practically pissing him off and forcing him out. He is now 71 years old but is in great shape (he currently maintains his own ranch in Texas). Personally, I would LOVE to see him back. He's one of the last "old time" coaches left, with Bowden and JoePa being the only two who are still coaching. [img]http://www.ua.edu/academic/museums/bryant/Shopping/images/Photos/stallings.jpg[/img] By far the most well-known image of him: [img]http://anointedhomesart.org/itemimages/16foot03m.jpg[/img] Stallings today: [img]http://regents.tamu.edu/images/people/regents/genestallings.jpg[/img]