Noone hated Curry because of his record. As Kenny below pointed out, he was a condescending bastard who treated everyone poorly. Yeah, he was a good coach and a great recruiter, but I have a suspicion the Auburn losses were just a reason to get rid of his ass. I hated him as a little boy and I hate is arrogant bastard ass as an adult. The mere fact that he will no longer poison television broadcasts with his filth is reason enough for me to jump for joy and makes the next 76 days a bit easier to swallow.

ESPN has a bunch of idiots doing analyst for them that don’t know their ass from a hole in the wall and couldn’t get their daughter’s names right (lookin at you, Brent Musberger – Stan White was NOT the QB for Bama, and David Palmer was not the Auburn QB – Thanksgiving 92 I will never forget) but they are not asswipes for the most part (notable exceptions – everyone on gameday). I hope they add Stewart Scott and assign him to Bama games; I know it will never happen but who wouldn’t want to hear his adjectives of Julio catching a td pass or McClain lighting someone up?

Congrats on the new job, Curry, and Sianora you bastard prick. I wish you the best in 1-AA land and hope I never hear your anal retentive voice again. It haunts my soul like a thousand horror movie deaths at the hands of demons and chainsaws.

about the value of the program, consider this:

Every coach who followed Bryant had at least one season with ten or more wins within three years. Two of those men, Mike DuBose and Mike Shula, had not been head coaches prior to being hired by Bama, and will not ever be head coaches anywhere, again. Franchione won at small schools and then at non-BCS conference schools, but he failed at A&M. Stallings failed there in the ‘60s and never had real success as a head coach anywhere else. Perkins did the same thing in his other jobs.

So, beyond the Bear, we’ve had a bunch of guys who really weren’t all that great anywhere else, post at least one great season at Bama within their third year as head coach.

What does that say about Bama’s value? We don’t ruin good coaches; we have had some really bad coaches who benefitted from the program’s name. If we’d had Bobby Bowden in the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s, imagine what they’d say about us?

I don’t know if Bill Curry is your source on this, but that’s not even close to being right…

Top Alabama Head Coach Winning Percentages (Minimum 40 games):

(1) Paul “Bear” Bryant: 82.4%
(2) Wallace Wade: 81.16%
(3) Frank Thomas: 81.16%
(4) Gene Stallings: 81.03%
(5) Xen Scott: 74.39%
(6) Bill Curry: 72.22%

All-time Curry is only sixth. He would move slightly ahead of Stallings if you throw out the wins that the NCAA made us forfeit, but I’m not doing that here.

Moreover, Curry gets the added benefit of having a very small sample size. With only three years to evaluate someone, you cannot compare that to guys who consistently did it for much longer periods of time. For example, if you look at the winning percentage from Stallings’ first three years, you get a robust 83.7%.

And, let us not forget…

He had to cancel his weekly radio show one time in Lexington because his family had supposedly received death threats after a heartbreaking loss.

Because, you know, those Kentucky football fans are so hardcore they are filled with murderous rage after a loss…

Bill Curry does not get any respect because he showed none – during his career in coaching and broadcasting. What Bama fan is going to respect someone who trashes the program everytime he works on of our games? Exactly.

Further, saying that he has the second highest winning percentage post-bryant, next to Gene Stallings, says what? Nothing, especially when you compare to the likes of Dubose, Shula, and Fran (who only stayed two years adn was a joke after he left here). I am sorry, but you are preaching to a choir who not only disagrees with you but disagrees with your “respect Curry because he was our coach” reasoning.