🏈 Alabama, elite programs sneaking in coaching experience at GA level

[252BAMA]

Story Highlights

Nick Saban hired former UVA off. coordinator Mike Groh as a graduate assistant

Critics worry elite teams are expanding their braintrusts by exploiting a loophole

Proponents like Saban insist the NCAA can't prevent a hire from earning a living


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/06/09/personnel-issues/index.html?eref=T1

 

[Tider27]

It seems everything Coach Saban does, someone is trying to prove that he's gaining some kind of advantage on a opponent. I see it simply being ahead of the curve and no where near the base of "cheating" or getting a unfair advantage.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Like what was already said...no matter what Saban does it's going to be wrong and unfair and all that. If Saban hired me as a GA they'd say something negative about it I'm for certain. Had we wont he national title last year they would've found something negative to say about Saban and Bama.

RTR,

Cory:a:

 

[252BAMA]

Rest assured, if anything is perceived as beneficial to Coach Saban, there will be a rule restricting it's practice in the very near future.

 

[AFF]

Y'all hit it on the head. Sounds like other coaches looking for excuses and claiming unfair advantages are had by the more successful coaches/programs. Notice how they say Groh is paid like a Starbucks barista one moment, then mentions later how other programs "can't afford" to hire such talent.