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This is why Saban...

...doesn't often allow the media access to his assistants.

Meanwhile in Mobile, Vigor coach Kerry Stevenson was not amused, telling Press-Register columnist Mike Herndon that Koenning "better not come back on this campus."

This is, of course, in response to the brouhaha over Koenning's comments concerning BJ Scott and Julio Jones and their supposed Escalades. I'm willing to take Koenning's word that he was just joking around and didn't mean any harm, but you have to look at the damage done from a few completely foolish comments made in front of the media, which, WTF dude? There is no such thing as "j/k!" or "off the record" with these guys, and you know who knows that? Nick Saban, who has learned a few hard lessons on that front (coonass comments what!) himself and who also knows you can't control what other people say or do so it's best to just simply not put them in a position to embarass you, themselves or the program. And that's what Koenning did, so now his boss is taking heat for it and also has the added burden of mending bridges with a prominent football coach at a powerhouse program in a talent rich part of a state that he makes a recruiting priority. By allowing the media access to his DC, Bowden allowed them to get buddy buddy with him, enough so that he would let his guard down around them and give them some good quotes, and when they get a juicy one that's going to embarass the program, they have no qualms about running with it, because they aren't there to serve the program like the assistant coaches are, they are there to serve their employers and themselves by generating interest in their work, bottom line, and they are not to be trusted. So take a page from the Saban Guide to Media Access and keep your assistants away from the media. If you look like a tyrant, so be it, but at least you aren't taking heat and fixing problems stemming from the actions of others.

...sorry 'bout the things that I had to say...

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Nice music selection!

Off the record…how appropriate.

by Bama philosophe on Aug 26, 2008 7:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That album...

…was them going down the crapper though.

by Nico2.0 on Aug 26, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I only like two songs off of Z...

…but Evil Urges has really grown on me.

by Todd on Aug 26, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And Regarding MMJ

I don’t see it going down the crapper, fwiw. Something different, for sure, but its not crap.

by Bobby Briggs on Aug 26, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You cannot imagine the myriad...

…of ways my friend Scot and I have torn that record limb from limb. I just don’t see how you put out three records as awesome as their first three records and then put out Z.

by Nico2.0 on Aug 26, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree that Z

is not on par with their other albums, but i freaking love listening to Off the Record after about 6-8 beers.

by EZ on Aug 27, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Off the Record...

…and Laylow are awesome. Everything else, meh.

by Todd on Aug 27, 2008 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

thx for linking

that sxsw show a while back. i burned it and listen to it quite a bit.

by EZ on Aug 27, 2008 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't know why

you closed the comments on the Anthony Madison interview, but it was a neat read. You guys are really having a ton of success with this blog, and the more you have, the better the blog gets. Congrats, and keep up the good work.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Aug 26, 2008 10:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The comments...

…close automatically after a certain time (that was over two years ago, so that’s definitely long enough).

by Todd on Aug 26, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally agreed

That’s all. It’s a business.

by Bobby Briggs on Aug 26, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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