Sal Sunseri is Tennessee's new defensive coordinator, a source with direct knowledge of the hire has confirmed to al.com newspapers.
The move was first reported by GoVols247.
Tennessee already had a press conference scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT.
Alabama coach Nick Saban could not immediately be reached for comment.
WNML's Jimmy Hyams reports via Twitter that Sunseri's deal is worth $700,000 to $800,000 annually for 2 to 3 years.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the deal is worth $2.4 million over the course of three years.
Sal Sunseri is Tennessee's new defensive coordinator (update: 10:11 a.m.) | al.com
There have been rumblings about this since yesterday, and now it looks like we've got another bit of staff turnover to deal with. Personally, I wish Sunseri all the best, he's been a solid assistant from day one and the expectation has been that he would be headed for either a coordinator position or even head coaching gig sooner rather than later. This is a bit of a head scratcher, though. While normally taking the DC job at a historic SEC program would be too good of an opportunity to pass up, Tennessee is not, shall we say, the most stable of situations right now. Whether Derek Dooley can survive the 2 to 3 years of Sunseri's reported deal is a big if. Also, consider that Kirby Smart is also on a crash course with a head coaching job of his own with Sunseri being the most likely to move up to the DC position here. It just seems like a big gamble for what could very easily become only a short term reward.
UPDATE: For those of us worried about Vinnie Sunseri transferring, al.com has updated their story to say that he is staying. Considering he'll likely be a key cog in the secondary next season...phew.
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Not everyone is happy with the Sunseri move, it seems. “@reggieragland: Wow!!! This man str8 up lied to me”
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Ragland is solid to the Tide
Roll Tide!
by mobilematt12 on Jan 13, 2012 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
I'd hope.
They’ll need to do some damage control with his recruits though.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Nah, they are not committing to LB coach
his work is already done with the ones that committed….we won’t lose anyone over this….nobody flipped when we lost our OC…nobody is going to check out because of this…only concern I have is that he was recruiting Goldman and he is a kid that I really want us to get…he is an elite lineman and he can give us immediate help next year….
Roll Tide!
by mobilematt12 on Jan 13, 2012 10:46 AM CST up reply actions
was about to post the same thing about Goldman.
Could miss out on him now. But I do disagree that players don’t follow position coaches. Quite a few OL followed Bo Davis.
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
I don't believe we will lose anyone at this point
over this.
Roll Tide!
by mobilematt12 on Jan 13, 2012 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
Good luck to Sal...
but is the doomsday scenario now that Dooley is fired after next season and Smart is hired as the new Tennessee HC after next season? Logic would say that he would keep Sunseri
WTH?
The Volunteers of all teams are getting Alabama coaching.Only way to get back at em is to make Peyton Manning OC.
RBR resident Dogcaller.
by Crimsoncaller on Jan 13, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, but...
what if we had to play FL again at some point?
by TiderInTN on Jan 13, 2012 5:47 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Any chance of Vinnie transferring?
Man, I hope not!
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
he would have to sit out a year.
i highly doubt he transfers. as in like 5% chance
Any more and you are getting a cease and desist from chromasters balls inc. - Chromaster
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 13, 2012 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
Also, how pathetic is Tennessee?
If you can’t beat them, hire them?
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
i've been trolling rockytoptalk some today
just having fun
i love kicking ‘em when they’re down
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Nothing to troll about here.
Also, that’s dumb.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Jan 13, 2012 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
i've had many UT friends in my life
and the smack they talked when we were down still hurts a little bit
so to me, it’s kinda fun
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
I really enjoy
kicking the Viles while they are down. I also have to live in this shit hole and listen to the inbreds run their mouths every day. I lived here during the hell that was 2000 and on and these SOBs laughed and laughed. GO TO HELL TN!
"its that puke, inside of a pumpkin orange....and i dont like pumpkins"!
Junction, there's no such thing as a "UT friend."
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
by TiderUpNorth on Jan 13, 2012 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
Except at TET.
Getting banned there is a badge of honor.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
by J Tadpole on Jan 13, 2012 11:14 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I asked a mod there nicely to ban me,
just so I wouldn’t have them listed on list of favorites and have to see the name every time I looked.
He refused. Guess I’ll have to do it the hard way one day.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Jan 13, 2012 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
It stays there anyway.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
seriously?
Why was I not warned of the dangers when I first signed up?
I blame the public school system.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Jan 13, 2012 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
Joining that site
is going full retard.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Apparently it's not the act of joining.
You can still delete it after joining. But once you make a comment on that site, you have contracted an untreatable case of stupid.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Jan 13, 2012 1:53 PM CST up reply actions
Never go full retard.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
i got banned there for nothing
it was hilarious (seriously)
i think what I said kinda stung a bit…i seriously wasn’t being a prick
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
this was like 3 years ago by the way
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
I was bagging on Chiz.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
All I did was call out the Mod for posting "false facts"...
Didn’t take much…
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
I got banned on ATVS
for making fun of Les Miles. But, it reallly was funny.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
I posted at TET 3 times
and got banned. That’s a bunch of chickenshit pansies if I ever saw one.
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
I made it to 6 I think
"Everyone's got a plan 'till you punch them in the mouth" - Mike Tyson
by twominutedrill on Jan 13, 2012 2:20 PM CST up reply actions
Dawgsports is just as bad.
They have a douchewagon mod who goes by tankertoad, constantly policing stuff over there. He reminds people on every thread that he’s a mod, by god, on a “staff” that communicates about things a lot.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Yeah
And, he must be very anti-BAMA. He was blowing everyone over at the Okie St. site. He was telling them how they got screwed and how he was not going to watch the BCSNCG and how they would have beat LSU or BAMA.
Total ass clown!
"its that puke, inside of a pumpkin orange....and i dont like pumpkins"!
If you have nothing better to do
Check out his 20-odd commentsthis thread, which isn’t even his own blog. Among his gems:
considering the massive hits we have had, I would say our moderation is doing fine.
The fact is Beergut has allowed personal attacks. I don’t see any language warnings in this comment thread.
it seems he is ok with letting fellow SB Nation staff be refereed to as a retard
So he heads over there, brags about how well his site is moderated (heh), criticizes the site he’s visiting for a perceived lack of moderation, then acts all appalled that the mods would allow “fellow SBN staff” to be lambasted for stupid. This dude really gets an ego trip off his status as “staff.” He’s possibly the single biggest douche I’ve encountered on the internet, and that’s saying something.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Yeah I have been banned at both Dawgsports and TET
Going on about three and a half years now, shit that doesn’t seem that long ago.
RTT
Joel, the founder of RTT is an incredibly good guy. If you’re going to troll a Vol site, please don’t troll his.
word
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
Well
he has a helluva name anyway. Amirite?
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Indeed.
They have some major douches that post over there (Volbrian), but the mods are good people.
I got that Volbrian guy raging simply by arguing against him when he was claiming that the pedestrian who prevented one of those UT thugs from leaving the scene after they put that cop in the hospital should have been charged for assault. LOL. Can you believe that shit? It was ridiculous. He kept bringing up shit like retail stores having policies that prevent their employees from doing anything to shoplifters, and I was saying that has nothing do do with them getting charged and everything to do with the store potentially getting sued.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
We will miss him on the recruiting trail
than anywhere else…..he is recruiting Goldman and I hope that doesn’t hurt us there….he is the recruit that could really be the cherry on top of what is already a great class….
Roll Tide!
No one is going to Bama because of Sunseri. There's this guy named Saban they're coming for.
by 106hgc on Jan 13, 2012 10:44 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I doubt
they like Coach Saban in THAT way…
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
FLAGGED
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Jan 13, 2012 10:56 AM CST up reply actions
Dangit.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
While that is true
SS is the one that has been in contact with him from the beginning……
Roll Tide!
by mobilematt12 on Jan 13, 2012 10:47 AM CST up reply actions
Goldman
would be the topping on a big ole double scoop of a chocolate ice cream cone.
He’s the one addition that could immediately shore up our front 7 next year. To have him sign with us would be pretty close to a shellacking for the rest of the country. We need him badly to stay dominant.
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
Outside of maybe Landon Collins
he would be the biggest prospect out of an already loaded class.
Roll Tide!
by mobilematt12 on Jan 13, 2012 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
I agree.
Collins was huge as well. He also comes in with a chance to start, IMO. But I have little doubt that Goldman would have a great impact in our front 7…maybe even more so than Collins.
He’s the best I saw in HS this year, at his position. And that just happens to be a place where we need instant help at.
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
50 50
between us and FSU from what everyone is saying.
Roll Tide!
by mobilematt12 on Jan 13, 2012 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
FL A&M is down the street
There are lots of “social” options in Tallatrashee we don’t have in Tuscaloosa.
by ApothecaryMark on Jan 13, 2012 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
The big 3 in Florida
have a lot going for them, as far as recruits go. Football related…not so much.
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
Easy
Eddie Gran(d)
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Jan 13, 2012 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
FSU
In fairness, for the first time in several years the defense has turned around to be very good. I believe that with the talent coming back they should be an elite unit.
That said, hardly compares to anything Alabama has been putting on the field over the last four years. The success Saban and his staff has had cannot be touched on the defensive side.
would love to get him
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
Or maybe
Sal just wanted a year or two of DC under his belt before Kirby Smart moves on and Sal gets hired back here as DC. Could happen…
by loxodonta tuscaloosa on Jan 13, 2012 10:44 AM CST reply actions
Kirby leaves next year and Dooley is fired at the same time.
Sal either comes back to Tuscaloosa or follows Kirby.
God bless our Dark Lord.
I think this has more to do with Sal not being able
"(Trent Richardson) squats three thousand pounds, once benched Greenland with a fully frozen glacial load, and can hang clean the concept of justice, which in case you didn't know is like way heavy and stuff."
-Spencer Hall
by batkinson on Jan 13, 2012 11:01 AM CST via mobile reply actions
What? Couldn't hear you.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
I think this has more to do with Sal not beiable
"(Trent Richardson) squats three thousand pounds, once benched Greenland with a fully frozen glacial load, and can hang clean the concept of justice, which in case you didn't know is like way heavy and stuff."
-Spencer Hall
by batkinson on Jan 13, 2012 11:01 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Mobile post fail, I wasn't even going to post anything and voila.
"(Trent Richardson) squats three thousand pounds, once benched Greenland with a fully frozen glacial load, and can hang clean the concept of justice, which in case you didn't know is like way heavy and stuff."
-Spencer Hall
by batkinson on Jan 13, 2012 11:02 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Ah. Gotcha.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
To add to CT4's comment.
The con from the assholes here in knoxville, yes i have to live here, god hates me, is that dooley is out after next yrar period and KS is replacing him. This idea is widely accepted here by people who say they know people, whatever the fuck that is worth.
"In the second quarter, I saw Torretta look over at me, and he froze for a second. I saw fear." -- DE John Copeland
by The Cornerstone on Jan 13, 2012 11:08 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Consensus, not con
"In the second quarter, I saw Torretta look over at me, and he froze for a second. I saw fear." -- DE John Copeland
by The Cornerstone on Jan 13, 2012 11:09 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Sounds like a big con...
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
I'd like to agree with you,
But it makes Sunseri’s move more sensible if this is the case.
"In the second quarter, I saw Torretta look over at me, and he froze for a second. I saw fear." -- DE John Copeland
by The Cornerstone on Jan 13, 2012 11:20 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I do not approve this message.
I don’t know if Smart was ever going to end up being the HC here one day, but I sincerely don’t want him to go someplace that forces me to hate him.
Not to mention hiring UT’s head coach to be our head coach would be out of the question.
This is an interesting perspective.
It occurred to me that we must hate them more than they hate us. We consider anything in puke orange mostly untouchable, they seize any possible connection to Saban and our program right now that they can. They’re almost developing little brother syndrome.
Dave Robertson is growing up to be the new Mariano Rivera. My two universes of fandom can finally unite!
by SoGladILeftTheACC on Jan 14, 2012 9:57 AM CST up reply actions
I can think of a lot of things UT is...
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Not to but you neversay.
God bless our Dark Lord.
by CarrotTop4 on Jan 13, 2012 11:41 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Does Sal see Kirby hanging around longer than expected?
Maybe Sal figured out that the Bama DC job is tied up for years to come so he decided to move on. Or not.
Proud mini-Saban.
Kirby did make that Mickey Andrews comment a few weeks ago.
But I still think he’s just being picky and/or waiting for a decent SEC job to open.
God bless our Dark Lord.
Kirby has too much coaching talent
to go to some graveyard for coaches program and ruin his brand.
Roll Tide!
by mobilematt12 on Jan 13, 2012 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
I have received no less the a dozen texts
from my inbred coworkers. As much as I wish Sal all the luck in the world, I am reminding these orange clad inbred jackasses of what happened the last time UThug poached a coach from Saban. Lance Thompson anyone? How did that ass-clown work out for ya?
Of course, Sal is much more of a class act than Thompson.
Oh and, GO TO HELL TN!
God I hate living here!!!
"its that puke, inside of a pumpkin orange....and i dont like pumpkins"!
He is...
But all these outhouse users up here thought he was going to our recruit Saban and would bring Sabans defense and blah blah blah.
GO TO HELL TN!
"its that puke, inside of a pumpkin orange....and i dont like pumpkins"!
That makes two of us.
"In the second quarter, I saw Torretta look over at me, and he froze for a second. I saw fear." -- DE John Copeland
by The Cornerstone on Jan 13, 2012 11:21 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
That was pretty funny
I liked this one:
Moreover, the BCS said it supports Sharia law, hopes everyone gets cancer, and considered awarding the national championship to Notre Dame just to see the look on everyone’s “stupid, fat-f**k face.”
Attempting to remove humor from posts since August 30, 2011
this line made me laugh too
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 12:34 PM CST up reply actions
My favorite:
Debate over who ‘deserves’ the national championship will never die, unlike these tiny 2-day-old kittens I am crushing in my fists
I think Sal saw the 3 year 2.4 mil
and knows he will get that no matter what happens to Dooley.
I sure hope KS doesn’t end up in Knoxville this time next year as HC. If he does then he has basically eliminated the two places he really wants to be the HC- Alabama and UGA. He needs to go somewhere like VT or NCST for his first HC job and then he would be in line for Bama or GA.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
by 5026 on Jan 13, 2012 12:23 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I don't like it
ut is a sinking ship, and I don’t want anybody that is worth their salt going to that graveyard. I for one have enjoyed SS in his time here @ BAMA.
Dear lord,
Please let ut fall even further than it already has. Amen
that is all
by TideinOklahoma on Jan 13, 2012 12:26 PM CST reply actions
Personally, this pisses me off due to my soul-deep hatred of Tenn, but
I can’t really blame him. The money the other schools, Pac-12 and Big-12, are throwing around these days almost demands that he accept a major job, and where better than the Sec West, if he wants to be a HC in the near future? Anybody see Washington St.‘s agmt with ’the pirate’? He got money for assistants as well and good incentive clauses to boot. The game has never been as well remunerated or national. He had to put himself in a position to be considered for a HC job and this does it.
He just won a championship and you have to strike while the public wants you. That said tho’, Tenn, really, Sal?
by sho' I stole on Jan 13, 2012 12:29 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
You clearly meant SEC East, and I understood that in your post.
Just putting this out there to prevent any confusion.
Fourteen.
Well, I hope he's happy
He and Vinnie won’t be able to be with family at the same time during get-togethers any more, like Thanksgiving, because, you know, it ain’t that orange you can sit with.
Attempting to remove humor from posts since August 30, 2011
Well,
at least Sal will be able to come see Vinnie’s post-season games.
by TiderInTN on Jan 13, 2012 1:19 PM CST up reply actions 14 recs
this should be green
i've been fallin' so long it's like gravity's gone and i'm just floatin'...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 13, 2012 2:58 PM CST up reply actions
I like Coach Sal,
but this news just doesn’t sit well with me. I kinda want to swing a cactus.
"Auburn people are stinky"- my 3 yr.old daughter
by You can call me Al on Jan 13, 2012 1:14 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I'm glad I'm not the only one.
UT? Of all the places, it had to be UTravesty? I’m happy for your payday and promotion Coach Sal, but F___ UT with a red-hot drill tip!
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
by TiderUpNorth on Jan 13, 2012 1:49 PM CST up reply actions
The dude just more than doubles his salary
All of you folks complaining would likely jump ship too is someone offered to double your salary.
Totally agree.
Especially since “doubling your salary” scales exponentially. A raise of nearly half a mil a year and what that could do for his family is huge.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Jan 13, 2012 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
My hatred for UT doesn't understand $$$.
I’ve tried controlling it, but there’s no use. It usually magnetizes the silverware all on its own… Tis strong indeed!
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
by TiderUpNorth on Jan 13, 2012 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
I don't see anybody here
who’s really complaining that much.
Yeah.
Not so much complaining, I mean we all understand why he left, and this is an upward move (both in money and responsibility) for him, which is want CNS wants for his assistant coaches. I think the main gripe here is that it had to be Tennessee.
Fourteen.
Now that Sal is gone
Is Vinne going to be taking up a scholly. I’m pretty sure children of coaches get free rides. I may be wrong though…
by Misterswagg on Jan 13, 2012 1:54 PM CST via mobile reply actions
My impression
is that any question regarding the scholarship status of a particular player and whether or not they go against the count might as well never be asked, as we will never be given an answer to it.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Jan 13, 2012 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
My understanding is that if a player who is on a full ride (of any kind) plays football and gets on the field,
then he counts against our limit. Or maybe it’s that they don’t count if they don’t play for a certain amount of time, like 2 years. Either way, Vinnie is currently counted. The only way the Bryant schollies don’t count is if the guy doesn’t play.
God bless our Dark Lord.
I don't think this is technically accurate.
It is possible to be on scholarship, play football, and not be a “counter.”
15.5.1.2.1 Exception—Receipt of Institutional Academic Aid Only. In football or basketball, a
student-athlete who was recruited (see Bylaw 15.02.8) by the awarding institution and whose only source of institutional financial aid is academic aid based solely on the recipient’s academic record at the certifying institution, awarded independently of athletics interests and in amounts consistent with the pattern of all such awards made by the institution, may compete without counting in the institution’s financial aid team limits, provided he or she has completed at least one academic year of full-time enrollment at the certifying institution and has achieved a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.000 (on a 4.000 scale) at the certifying institution. (Adopted: 10/27/05 effective 8/1/06, Revised: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)
Fourteen.
That requires
.
For this provision to be applicable, there shall be on file in the office of the athletics director certification by the faculty athletics representative, the admissions officer and the chair of the financial aid committee that the student’s admission and financial aid were granted without regard in any degree to athletics ability.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
OK, well I guess I didn't understand the Bryant schollies like I thought I did.
Because I was definitely told that players on Bryant schollies did not count as long as they didn’t play right away.
God bless our Dark Lord.
Who cares?
Counting scholarships is for the B1G. We want ‘em, we sign ’em, others whine, and that’s exactly how I like it.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
I am confident that this is not accurate.
NCAA Rule 15.5 governs scholarship limitations in various sports. If there’s anything anywhere in there about coaches’ kids not counting towards the 25/85, I am missing it.
Fourteen.
I'm pretty sure Vinnie signed with us.
He did not walk or play his own way etc.
And, he is worth it. You watch the guy will be an All-American at Bama before it is all over, just as long as he doesn’t hurt himself with the hits he puts on people. And, there is now ay he is going to UT because he knows his dad will just be there one year.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
Vinnie isn't going anywhere
he said earlier he was thinking about #15
by MDB Tide Roll on Jan 13, 2012 7:34 PM CST up reply actions
Sounds like he has lofty goals here.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
(12-4)+2=12 hoping for a +1
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Jan 13, 2012 7:53 PM CST up reply actions
Did he go or not go??
wTf! What the hell is going on?
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
by Tokeisch on Jan 13, 2012 4:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
...OK....I see now....
Getting old, hard to read the ’ole mobile
Best wishes Sal, damn you, of all places…….Tennessee?!
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
This is surprising.
But I suppose Dooley will be around for 2-3 years and Sal will have DC experience on an SEC team on his resume.
Before Vinnie signed, Saban told him not to base his decision on the fact that Sal was a coach there since coaches do change jobs.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
(12-4)+2=12 hoping for a +1
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Jan 13, 2012 7:02 PM CST reply actions
Reggie’s subsequent tweets show him to be happy for Sal.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
(12-4)+2=12 hoping for a +1
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Jan 13, 2012 7:56 PM CST reply actions
I do wish Sal the best....
Although I still want to destroy UT with every fiber of my being.
Couldn’t someone else have offered him that kind of money? Win a championship and the REC is falls down on the job…it’s a shame.
Ever heard of a double agent?
UT just got REC’d
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
I had to come back and add one more...
GO TO HELL TN!
"its that puke, inside of a pumpkin orange....and i dont like pumpkins"!
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