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[64Tide]

The Internet was in its infancy.

When Stallings retired a lot in the fan base wanted Mike DuBose as head coach. Bockrath, with the spine of a limb off of a Weeping Willow, had his fax machine inundated with fans telling him "hire Mike." With Hootie and now Stallings out of the building there wasn't a "man" around the program. Opinions, in the form of faxed letters, swayed decisions and led to DuBose getting the job.

(I think Cam put more effort into his "business decision/tackle" a few years ago for the Panthers than Bockrath spent on that coaching search. I think I've spent more energy flicking a piece of lint off of a sweater. )

So who were other candidates at the time?

 

[TerryP]

So who were other candidates at the time?

That all happened so quickly. I'm finishing undergrad at the time.

I'm thinking here so bear with me as some new meds from the Dr. are slightly altering ...

Coach Stallings retired somewhere between the 23rd and 26th of November? DuBose was announced the 9th of December? Or maybe it was the 6th?

There was no search, so to speak. That's why I was attempting to be clever earlier with how lazy BB was with the hire. One of "Bear's Boys" was more of the name than an individual. Hell, a night at The Houndstooth and you'd hear Tuberville (still at MS.)

The campus was smack dab in the middle of the holidays, students and players getting ready for finals, and the retirement and subsequent hire...all in a matter of two weeks. (This is with the external influences of the NCAA on the football program at the time.)

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Let there be no mistake about Bockrath. He pissed me off beyond on measure when he showed up to a Grand Slammers weekend Cook-Out wearing a starched shirt and his damn bow tie. On a Saturday, in the afternoon, watching baseball, when we are in shorts and t-shirts eating hot dogs, hamburgers, BBQ outside of R field...and that ****** comes up in a bow tie to "meet the fans."