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Bama got more than a make-do coach.(COLLEGE FOOTBALL)
So you've heard the story about the coach and the small town and the utterly wacko fans who live for game day and proudly name kids after the man entrusted with their 365day obsession. Coach can't walk to the five-and-dime without someone stopping and chatting. Or, worse yet, analyzing and begging.
Well, coach's wife just had a baby girl--a sweet little button named Ryan. She doesn't sleep--they don't sleep; shoot, every parent goes through it. Coach needs a break, somewhere to stick it in neutral and decompress without the overwhelming stature of the most recognized and scrutinized man in all of Tuscaloosa in tow.
"I found a place," Mike Shula says. "I was at a Chinese takeout place the other day."
Hey, this is all no exaggeration.
After all the fidgeting and fretting, defused and disgraced Alabama may have stumbled upon a once-in-a-lifetime coach while simply looking for something or someone only to deflect punches to the gut. In the past six years, the Tide has hit rock bottom four times--if that's even possible:
* 2000. Former coach Mike DuBose's affair with his secretary and eventual firing.
* 2002. Stinging probation and damaging scholarship losses.
- SEC KICKOFF 2006 : Rising Tide of questions: Shula, Alabama still under fire...
- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) July 30, 2006 700+ words
...So how come Crimson Tide nation isn't at ease with Shula? As much as Alabama...continued to roll the Tide, but Shula's offense has yet to...gone, and the first Tide squad recruited almost entirely by Shula's staff draws a four...
- Tide's effort questioned: Shula says some ?guys kind of went through the...
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) August 13, 2006 700+ words
...another step as the Crimson Tide conducts its first of...actually how much the Tide has accomplished in its...that's up for debate. Shula has voiced criticism of...scrimmage before throwing. Shula demonstrated the proper...open to the public. The Tide's first-team offensive...
- Tide looking for its kicks: Shula consoles Tiffin after loss to Arkansas, but...
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) September 25, 2006 700+ words
...learn from it," Tide head coach Mike Shula said he told Tiffin...of it." Whether Shula shows that with his...unranked Crimson Tide (3-1, 1-1 SEC...Saturday's loss, Shula said he had decided...field should the Tide need another field...
- Tide 'inches away' from much bigger day, Shula says after win.
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) September 4, 2006 700+ words
...having a real big day," Tide head coach Mike Shula said in his Sunday teleconference...controversy after the game. Shula said Sunday that he wanted...Johns and Darby, and the Tide's willingness to pass...opener against Vanderbilt, Shula said not to expect as...
- No word on status of Shula: Tide coach looks for fifth year running program.
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) November 22, 2006 700+ words
...35 million. Should Shula not be retained, the...has been a tough one for Shula and the Tide. After starting the year...Sylvester Croom, started the Tide in a downward spiral...Following the Iron Bowl, Shula said that he needed to...
- Mike Shula, ex-Tide coach, a candidate with Dolphins.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) January 16, 2007 700+ words
...second-ranked rushing offense. Shula was also the Buccaneers' offensive...never ranked higher than 22nd. Shula guided the Crimson Tide to a 26-23 record from 2003...he seemed to hedge in regard to Shula, who may be under consideration...
- Alabama trustees OK Shula's 6-year extension: Tide coach reels in $650,000...
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) May 4, 2006 700+ words
...year's 10-2 season that Shula, 40, would be getting a new...pay, which was granted. Shula is 20-17 in three years at...records increasing each year. His Tide team was 4-9 in 2003, 6...and a win at the Cotton Bowl. Shula took over for Mike Price, who...
- Mike Shula's job is to turn the Tide.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) September 19, 2003 700+ words
...thinking. And perhaps Shula is thinking that too...May 8 and the Crimson Tide's season opener against...contributions." Alabama signed Shula to a six-year contract...up a controversy when Shula was hired over Green Bay...Sylvester Croom, a former Tide player who is African...
