Man, watching him instill confidence in his boys was something else, but watching him stop and stare at the chalkboard before leaving sent chills up my spine. There is something that goes unspoken here. Though, I can't place my finger upon it and I think that is why I love it so much. Is here unsure of the schemes and giving it a second look? Is he simply glancing over the board to identify his strengths. Who knows, that's the beauty of it. It's Coach Bryant for a split second doing what made him famous, planning how to win. As for what he was thinking, that's anyone's guess.
He didnt need to look at the board he was looking at his players to look at the board first then coach second.He was making sure that his players understood the drills of the plays that was laid out.After they left bryant looked at the board to hopefully that they understood the plays to win the games.
U got the game figured out with the help of cooperating others or not u can damn accomplish anything kinda like when u run let's say Navy's off well don't need groomed off tech lineman u really need dfl that play that pos because it suits the fast pace running att now it's that way with about any style u run in life now not 100 percent of the time u got to have those select few that do it all very very rare
@@INYB You're dead wrong. Bryant offered a scholarship to Wilbur Jackson in the Fall of 1969 and Jackson signed in the Spring of 1970. Learn the facts.
A true legend! I was born in the wrong era! Hearing him talk is like hearing the old timers at the corner store! I’m born and raised in Mobile, Al! I miss it! It’s not like that today! RIP to a LEGEND!
Growing up in the seventies I never seen so much respect and relevance for coach Bryant, by then he was already legendary and just hearing his voice commanded respect from anyone that loves sports, I've always been partial to coach Bryant because I was born on his birthday September 11th except a different year 40 some years apart
This was Bama's first game of the 1967 season, a stunning 37-37 tie for the #2-ranked and defending national champion Alabama. We were supposed to kill mediocre Florida State (This was a few years before some guy named Bobby Bowden came along.) This was 1967, when college football was just becoming a big thing because of national TV coverage. If I remember correctly, ABC was filming this for a documentary on what made Bear Bryant and Bama so great and why college football was so much fun (TV had found success with the NFL -- the first Super Bowl had been played earlier that year -- and was trying to sell college football to the nation).
This game, the 1967 season-opener for Alabama, was actually the beginning of the end of Bama's dominance in the 1960s, when the Tide won 3 national titles. Bama was defending national champion and ranked #2 coming into this game, its first of the 1967 season. The Tide hadn't lost in 21 games and were playing Florida State, who was only 6-5 the previous year and had already lost to Houston, 33-13, in their opening game of 1967. Bama was supposed to kill them, yet we were behind 24-22 at the half. If you're familiar with Coach Bryant's speech patterns, you can hear a slight hint of desperation in his voice. This game was not going according to plan. Bama finished the 1967 season 8-2-1 (mediocre by Bama standards) followed by an 8-3 season in 1968 and a disastrous 6-5 in 1969. Everybody thought Bear Bryant was done. But he installed the wishbone, started playing black players, and went on to win 3 more titles in the 1970s. ROLL TIDE!!!
@@lloydkline3265 hell yeah. He won all those championships without a single black player. Didnt offer a scholarship to a black player until 1973. He certainly was a great coach. And he certainly didn't like black people.
Like a lot of southerners, it wasn't a matter of hating or not liking. It was a matter of maintaining a society where "white way (my quotes)" was maintained rather than risk what would likely come in states where blacks were 35-40% of the population. People are comfortable with what they know and generally dread significant change. The viewpoints and lifestyles of blacks (GENERALLY) were plain to see to white southerners from that era and most didn't want society to shift that way. As an aside, I'll never forget listening in early '70s to a quote by an announcer attributed to the great coach, George Allen, where Allen supposedly said that never wanted more than four blacks in either side of the ball because they play with too much emotion. This was on nat'l TV. Allen wasn't a southerner, I don't believe, but it does illustrate a difference in behavior, perceptions that controlled thinking in America back then more than hatred or disliking controlled. Trouble is, the criminal conduct that occurred in that era, relatively limited, makes the best movies and political fodder.
When I married my wife, I didn't know her dad played for Coach Bryant at Alabama and I was basically marrying into the Alabama family. Later in his life my father in law was always at alumni fundraiser and events and I was lucky enough to be around Bama greats like Kenny Stabler, Leroy Jordan, Ozzie Newsome, John Hanna, Scott Hunter etc. Every time they would start telling stories about Coach Bryant they always called him Coach. One day at a charity golf tournament a reporter from one of the local news stations in Mobile walked up and asked Snake and Bob Baumhauer what was it like playing for "The Bear" before Kenny or Bob could say anything Sylvester Croom corrected the reporter and said "That's Coach Bryant to you."
rob mush it a different style of coaching some football players react to fear like taking your scholarship from you coach bear Bryant use different ways
When asked what he looked for in a player, his answer was simple - "I want him agile, mobile and hostile!", with each "i" pronounced with the long "EYE" sound!
This video is famous, but the interesting thing about it is that Bama, coming off an 11-0 season, tied Florida State 37-37 (which was the equivalent of Southern Miss at the time). In Bear's autobiography, he looks back at this, which was the start of a 4-year slump, as getting wrapped up in himself, doing too many interviews, and not doing what he thought he should do to win
Like Marty Lyons, Jon Hand, Barry Krauss, Hannah boys. Go back and take a look where sine if the better defenders on Bama D that stopped PSU at goal line for nattie at Sugar bowl. I had forgotten how high those guys went in draft.
Many people don't know the story behind this interview clip. It was the 1967 Season opener vs. Florida State. FSU had good teams in the 1960's, but were not near as highly regarded as they are now. Alabama had given up 37 points in the 1966 regular season. They were down to Florida State 14-0 early in the first quarter. At halftime the score was 24-22, FSU. The game ended in a 37-37 tie, after Alabama had taken the lead in the 4th and FSU battled back for TD to tie the game. Bryant was visibly disappointed after the game. Later, he recalled that after the 1966 season, when Bama began their slump, that he was doing too many interviews and worried what other people thought. I know everyone likes this "authentic" halftime video, but I think that what Bryant gave here was more for the camera. After the game, he was a little more authentic. Ironically, Bama and FSU are opening the season with one another, 50 years after this game.
regardless as to who has more national championships/heisman trophy winners, I think we can agree on one thing, alabama and notre dame definitely are the two most-winnigest teams in the NCAA and both schools have a hell of a background/tradition
The sad thing is Bear would have stayed at Kentucky if it wasn't for the athletic director screwing him over. The athletic director gave Adolph Rupp a brand new car and gave Bear a watch. Realizing that Kentucky cared more about basketball he said screw it and left. Thats the truth and also documented truth.
he woulda came to Alabama no matter what. "Mama called him home", is what he said. Eventually Alabama would have asked him to come coach sooner or later , and he would have gone back. I agree He would have stayed at Kentucky, until Alabama called.
The bear was a legend but let us not forget the five national championships before the bear arrived to coach in 1958 and the one after in 1992. The tide will always ROLL!
I love bear bryant, and will be forever pissed that ww2 (I believe) stopped him from being the coach at Arkansas. He was literally about to take over his home state program. Having said that, I for some reason expect this to be a little more, idk, he just says go out there and act as a unit and we will win. That’s kinda why like my 7th grade coach said when we were only down 14 instead of 32 at half.
@greymoose1000 Bama is hopefully about to win their 3rd National Championship since Coach Bryant died, and we've heard we've lived "in the past" all along. If "living in the past" continues to produce a National Championship at Bama every 6 to 9 years (on average), I'll take it. I actually like you, Moose. You're consistently entertaining and passionate about one of the greatest programs of all time (USC). That's good stuff in my book. Lane's done a heckuva job out there too.
@cow5217 I hope you read this. Speaking on behalf of all Bama fans, thank you for your kind words (unlike my discussion above). We have a real soft spot for Coach Paterno, The University, and your fans. I even wear both Penn St and Bama gear - not at the same time, cause that would be odd (G). I've been to many Penn St./Bama games and LOVE the sense of respect both fan bases show one another. You said it right , my friend - WE ARE!!!!!
@greymoose1000 It's relevant because YOU brought it up. In the polling era (AP, UPI, BCS), every team that's ever been awarded a National Championship by one of those entities claims it, justly so. All 8 NCs (in the polling era) I mentioned UA lays claim to are in the NCAA record book. The same can't be said for the 8 USC claims during the same time. How can you (USC), 65 years later, go back and claim the 1939 NC when the AP awarded it to Tex A&M, but somehow find fault with UA's claims?.....
Who is UAT John Mckay and Coach Bryant were friends. The legend of Sam Cunningham is a great story but it is not true Alabama had already intergrated as Wilbur Jackson was a freshman on the team USC and Cunningham beat. However freshman were ineligible at that time but Jackson and John Mitchell a juco transfer both played the next year in Los Angles. Mitchell started the game. He has been a long time Pittsburgh Steeler coach and was a coach for Bryant at one time.
Every night, when he lays his head on the pillow, Aubie wishes he could know what it's like to be a champion. Roll Tide ! How does that 13th National Championship feel to you Auber?
@greymoose1000 When Bryant decided to leave for the Dolphins, he was charged with finding a replacement "as good as" he was. He had 3 choices in mind (Royal, McClendon, and McKay), but knew McKay was the only one with the slightest (VERY slight) chance of replacing him. I'm sure you know they were very good friends, and McKay was more joking with Bryant when he once said he'd like to take over for him if he left Bama. Bryant ultimately did ask McKay to replace him.......(more)
Now this is how a coach suppose to be,give them confidence and faith.Idk what nick saban is telling his team during halftime hell i highly doubt he even talks to them,maybe yelling at them because he's pissed off and frustrated because of how they play,fuck that nick instead of getting them scared or worried of how bad it is,give them fucking confidence.Be like the bear.
What are you going to say now about your precious PAC 12. Oregon is losing their coach, and Kiffen has lost control. Yup, good character kids right there. Let em fight amongst themselves. Tide will Roll again.
@greymoose1000 I put the number 13 in quotes for a reason - I don't think that's a good number, and it goes beyond the 1941 title. Why did you say only four "recognized" championships for Alabama when, since 1936, there's been a universally accepted standard for recognizing them? That's 8 for Alabama (6AP, 1UPI, 1BCS). I'm not disputing it's validity, but why does Auburn claim the 1957 title when they were on probation (like UA 09) and were also banned from post season play?
@jackson1fan I'll play along with the rest - Bama fans have been accused of "living in the past" (code for post-Bryant) when CURRENTLY winning National Championships, SEC Championships, and Divisional titles. We're just off a #1 recruiting class (rivals/maxpreps) and Vegas has Bama/Oklahoma playing in next year's BCS title game. Bama fans are very excited about the future. Is that "living in the past"? more.....
Interesting comment when he says everyone who started offense will start second half except "Stabler at quarterback." I guess that means will NOW be the QB. But it's interesting as to why Stabler would NOT be starting as QB if he was back from suspension. I wonder if this is '66 or '67 season.
Alabama has always believed in stellar defense. They would win by taking the ball away from you. If you don't have the ball you can't score. It's only fairly recent that they have moved to throwing the ball all over the field. They used to take the ball away and either score on the pick or run it down your throat. Now they do it all and are a much more well rounded team.....hell they even have a good kicker now.
@greymoose1000 but he was told "no" by McKay (Bryant said he just had to make sure McKay was joking about wanting his position). Among other things, by that time, Bryant had visited southern California (the area) many times and had fallen in love with it for a myriad of reasons which basically made Bryant think "ain't no way John's leaving this" (not an actual quote). Anywhoo, lotta mutual respect between the two of them. Perhaps more importantly, two true friends. Later, man
@jackson1fan You used selective recall of my question which was actually “What are you getting at with your second mention of Coach Bryant and alcohol?” This “whole conversation” has been anything BUT “about” alcohol, and I’d like to know what message, significance, or point you’re trying to convey by pointing out he was a “DRUNK” then saying he was an “alcoholic”. Bryant most likely WAS an alcoholic - reading his autobiography, I’m 99% sure I read he sought help for it..............
@jackson1fan (I LOVE college football, not just Bama, and would love to ask questions/hear stories from an Auburn legend). However, my parents have hunted with him and I have/had family members that know/knew him - one family member had a particularly unique relationship with him. Because you used the word “respect” in your later statement, I assume you’re asking about Coach Dye’s take on Bryant, not his father.......
Greymoose is this weirdo that opens up multiple accounts to screw with Bama fans. He's been at it now a few years. The guy is really sad and needs an outlet.
Sport is meant to be fun. If everyone pulled for the same team then it couldn't be any fun. This guy Graymoose is an asshole. If he happens to be an Auburn fan than he is an embarrassment to the fan base. Like Ron Wright says "You can't fix stupid." And yes it is really sad.
@jackson1fan What are you getting at with your second mention of Coach Bryant and alcohol? Again, maybe you should consult Pat Dye. He descibed his own father as "domineering" and an alcoholic. I don't know if Pat Dye is an alcoholic or not, but we do know he's quite a drinker and, it's my opinion, that could be in part due to family history. Even if he's, using your verbage, a "drunk", I don't judge him. I've been clean and sober since December 27, 1993. Now please answer the question.
@jackson1fan Having respect and simultaneous disdain for political figures illustrate your point very well I think. So the upshot to this paragraph is that I totally agree with your “respect” observation and Bryant and Dye were good friends because both Bryant and Dye have said so. All I’ve done is show you respect, state opinions which I accept you may disagree with, and been honest - perhaps even too honest (being an alcoholic myself). I’ve asked you a few questions with no replies,....
@jackson1fan . In no way would I begin to factually state something (“Pat Dye…and Bryant were very close friends and respected one another.”) by forming an opinion of what might be in Dye’s head. I’m stating that as fact because that’s what Dye is on record as saying. It’s also in Coach Bryant’s book and easily confirmed by Auburn fans as well. On to your observation that having respect for, but still thinking someone’s an “asshole”, I couldn’t agree more..........
@jackson1fan Seriously, let’s get the rest out of the way and move on to discussions like these. I might surprise you - Alabama should NOT claim “13” and I’ve had maybe too much fun in Auburn, and enough to know what a wonderful place it is. (Sorry for the length in all this - I'm somewhat of a speed typist and responses can get a bit long)
@jackson1fan To answer your question, I’m positive I’m sober - 17 years, 1 month, 12 days, and roughly 12 and a half hours as of this writing. Obviously longer by the time I press “Post”. Har dee har. Your third and fourth questions were “Do you know Pat Dye personally or is that your opinion of what he thinks? Just because you respect someone doesn't mean you don't think they are an asshole.” No, I’ve never met the man but I sure would like to..........
@jackson1fan yet I’ve answered all of yours. Just shoot straight with your answers and all will be good - it’s fine if I don’t like what you have to say. We could then debate something more “important” like: “13” National Championships, the best team - ’09 UA or ’10 UA, living in the past, etc. I accept the good and bad in Alabama’s history (tell it like it is) and give Auburn credit where credit’s due.
@greymoose1000 I presented a fair (made no argument for "13"), logical, and factual response to the subject you brought up. Instead of an intellectual retort, you then decided it's all "irrelevant", tried to change the subject, and resorted to the adolescent-like role of name calling.
The Bear wasn't good, not even great, he was the best damn coach of his time! He made Bama into a powerhouse when competition was much tougher than the time Rockne was coaching for notre dame.
@jackson1fan Your next question was, “Are you sure you are sober or do you have a short memory?” There’s your next attack I’d prefaced. Again, this is in light of my not once launching a confrontational barb at you. At the very least, your comment was disrespectful, and I’ve yet to show any disrespect towards you. Harkening back to a single sentence sounding immature, the same can be said for your question “Are you sure you are sober or do you have a short memory?”........
@jackson1fan You’ve conceded the point, so I won’t belabor it but to say you obviously knew the difference between fact and opinion the whole time - Your “Is the sky blue?” example was 100% analogous to my “Is 2+2=4?” example. If we disagreed (about either claim), we’d both be idiots - and we’re not. You and I simply agree to disagree with our opinions of one man, and I respect the right you have to your opinion. Now that we’re done with that inane argument, let’s go forward........
