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VOLuptuousBOOMS said:
Wow Enos literally ditched Saban without even telling him. If you have the Athletic, this is a must read.

‘Where’s Dan?’: The story of Alabama football’s...
By Bruce Feldman 2h ago
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A blowout national championship loss to Clemson may not have been the biggest shock Nick Saban got last week.
Four days later in Tuscaloosa, Alabama was about to have its regular morning football staff meeting when Saban noticed someone was missing.
“Hey, where’s Dan?” Saban asked staffers, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, in reference to Dan Enos, the Tide’s quarterbacks coach who had just been promoted to become Alabama’s new offensive coordinator.
The offensive coordinator vacancy had been created by Mike Locksley leaving to become the head coach at Maryland. Much of the staff was on the road recruiting, but Saban and Enos were supposed to interview offensive line coaching candidates to replace Brent Key, who had taken a job at his alma mater Georgia Tech after three years with the Crimson Tide.
“Where’s Dan?”
Enos had done a terrific job as the Alabama quarterbacks coach in his first season in the program. A few days earlier, Locksley had raved about the work Enos had done training the Tide QBs to be more efficient in their decision-making. That work had carried over from the practice field into games, especially evidenced by Jalen Hurts’ finding the second receiver on several occasions when he came off the bench to rally Alabama past Georgia in the SEC title game.
Enos’ stock had soared in Saban’s eyes, from all accounts inside the Tide program. Saban was counting on Enos as Alabama would again have to navigate a staggering amount of staff turnover, even by Saban standards. After the 2017 season the Tide brought on six new assistant coaches. Locksley and Key were gone back to their home bases immediately after the 2018 season, as expected. Josh Gattis, the up-and-coming wideouts coach and co-offensive coordinator, had left the day before the staff meeting to take the offensive coordinator job at Michigan.
That same day, Enos’ name had surfaced as a candidate for offensive coordinator openings at Georgia and Miami. But at Alabama, Enos was getting handed the keys to the most explosive collection of skill-position talent the Tide have ever had: phenom quarterback and Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa, two five-star running backs and a quartet of blazing fast wideouts that led the country in big plays by a wide margin. However, there was no sign of Enos when the staff meeting was about to start.
“Where the F#$% is Dan?!?”
Several of the staffers knew the answer to their boss’ question. Word had already spread that 50-year-old Enos was headed to Miami to become offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Manny Diaz. No one in the room wanted to be the one to break that news to Saban, even though Miami was primed to announce it in a couple hours.



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VOLuptuousBOOMS said:
Wow Enos literally ditched Saban without even telling him. If you have the Athletic, this is a must read.

‘Where’s Dan?’: The story of Alabama football’s...
By Bruce Feldman 2h ago
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A blowout national championship loss to Clemson may not have been the biggest shock Nick Saban got last week.
Four days later in Tuscaloosa, Alabama was about to have its regular morning football staff meeting when Saban noticed someone was missing.
“Hey, where’s Dan?” Saban asked staffers, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, in reference to Dan Enos, the Tide’s quarterbacks coach who had just been promoted to become Alabama’s new offensive coordinator.
The offensive coordinator vacancy had been created by Mike Locksley leaving to become the head coach at Maryland. Much of the staff was on the road recruiting, but Saban and Enos were supposed to interview offensive line coaching candidates to replace Brent Key, who had taken a job at his alma mater Georgia Tech after three years with the Crimson Tide.
“Where’s Dan?”
Enos had done a terrific job as the Alabama quarterbacks coach in his first season in the program. A few days earlier, Locksley had raved about the work Enos had done training the Tide QBs to be more efficient in their decision-making. That work had carried over from the practice field into games, especially evidenced by Jalen Hurts’ finding the second receiver on several occasions when he came off the bench to rally Alabama past Georgia in the SEC title game.
Enos’ stock had soared in Saban’s eyes, from all accounts inside the Tide program. Saban was counting on Enos as Alabama would again have to navigate a staggering amount of staff turnover, even by Saban standards. After the 2017 season the Tide brought on six new assistant coaches. Locksley and Key were gone back to their home bases immediately after the 2018 season, as expected. Josh Gattis, the up-and-coming wideouts coach and co-offensive coordinator, had left the day before the staff meeting to take the offensive coordinator job at Michigan.
That same day, Enos’ name had surfaced as a candidate for offensive coordinator openings at Georgia and Miami. But at Alabama, Enos was getting handed the keys to the most explosive collection of skill-position talent the Tide have ever had: phenom quarterback and Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa, two five-star running backs and a quartet of blazing fast wideouts that led the country in big plays by a wide margin. However, there was no sign of Enos when the staff meeting was about to start.
“Where the F#$% is Dan?!?”
Several of the staffers knew the answer to their boss’ question. Word had already spread that 50-year-old Enos was headed to Miami to become offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Manny Diaz. No one in the room wanted to be the one to break that news to Saban, even though Miami was primed to announce it in a couple hours.



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VOLuptuousBOOMS said:
Enos would say that now... Remember that time Saban was the Dolphins coach said he wasn't going to be the coach at Alabama?

Anyways I like my story better... Only Bruin shows up to Bama burning party with a water hose.
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Remember that time Enos was coaching in Michigan and rolled out on them and went to Bama after 2 weeks? Think he did something similar when he left Arkansas..
 
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VOLuptuousBOOMS said:
Enos would say that now... Remember that time Saban was the Dolphins coach said he wasn't going to be the coach at Alabama?

Anyways I like my story better... Only Bruin shows up to Bama burning party with a water hose.
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Enos said he would never leave an employer without telling them.

Translation: I told the AD, not my fault he's scared of the angry elf also.
 
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camkil19 said:
Based on what's been said recently i would say it's like 50% Auburn 20% good guys 20% LSU and 10% Georgia. I would say chance of landing both Wright and Toots is combined above 50%. Sorry for the math and numbers and stuff.
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Don’t worry, I think most of us understand about 95% of it.
 
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Fulmer has to sit out 5 practices....

Lol, I bet that person on that camera is never allowed to cover UT sports again
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Probably a KNS guy.. two of their beat writers have made snarky comments on twitter ab the Vols. Can’t remember the first one but it was a shot at the fan base, then Blake Toppmeyer was all “judgy” ab the b-ball guys doing the chomp. I dropped our subscription after USA Today took over but I do miss having newspaper around for when I’m painting or changing oil etc.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
And we're going to close with Pickens, Wright, and Henry To. that's 2 more 5 stars and a 4 star top 100 player! WE BACK BOYS!
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Rightly or wrongly, if a player has attained a certain rating at some point, IMO they are that caliber of player. That being said, Morris, Crouch, Pickens, Wright and Henry were all 5 starts at some point, and if we land them all, as far as I'm concerned we got 5 five starts in one class. Most I ever remember in one signing class. We aren't back, but certainly headed in the right direction.
 
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ITSGR82BATNVOL said:
Rightly or wrongly, if a player has attained a certain rating at some point, IMO they are that caliber of player. That being said, Morris, Crouch, Pickens, Wright and Henry were all 5 starts at some point, and if we land them all, as far as I'm concerned we got 5 five starts in one class. Most I ever remember in one signing class. We aren't back, but certainly headed in the right direction.
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There’s been so much good news coming out of the AD in the last couple of weeks, that I just about have to pinch myself to believe it. I have such a good feeling about NSD this year, first time in many years I’m not waiting for the other shoe to drop.
 
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LA Vol said:
I never thought Helton was badmouthing Pruitt or UT. The facts don't support it. Fulmer helped facilitate Helton's current employment and helped him get a pretty good deal. It was a smooth transition that worked out well for Helton and his family. They're happy at WKU, and it was an excellent move for them. People make up so much crap just to get fans riled up.
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I don’t buy it either. When approached, he may have told people Pruitt was extremely driven and a tough boss, but no more, IMO
 
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