http://www.al.com/search/index.ssf?...183390.xml?huntsvilletimes?csmmccarter&coll=1' Twas a time for Tide to dream of St. Nick Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Huntsville Times 'Twas the day after Christmas, when all through Mal's place Not a new coach was stirring, not even a trace The money is there by the bushels and tons In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would come run The fans were all restless, so snubbed by Coach Rich After visors of Spurrier had first caused an itch And Mal Moore in his office and off on a jet Had kept fingers crossed, it might be Saban yet When out in the papers St. Nick caused a clatter He said "Thanks for the offer, but still no matter" Again he'd decided to keep coaching the Fish To stay in pro football, against Mal's great wish The job as the coach of the ol' Crimson Tide Still remains vacant, with a bruising of pride When, after your bloodshot eyes did appear, What a miserable year, with six wins, oh my dear With a handsome ex-QB, so loyal and bright The Tide went downhill, it seemed overnight As rapid as vict'ries the losses they came And fans hooted and shouted, and besmirched his name First the Hawgs, then Gators, then the Vols and Miss State One Tigers, more Tigers, a thumb-loss you hate To the top of the league, to the top of the polls Now fire a coach, fire a coach, to reach the big goal As the days pass before to Shreveport you fly Mal meets more new obstacles, can't hire the guy So up to the house-top, the boosters pile dough With a sleigh full of cash, to St. Nicholas it'd go And then, in a twinkling, you heard him say no With questions and answers he denied just so As you start to thinking, and hear on the Net This Tuscaloosa mess may be the worst of them yet Once was Ray Perkins, a Crimson Tide great Bill Curry all tarnished; a man not from this state Gene Stallings, he brought a little Bear back And he won with ol' Bama, success at no lack He left - how they suffered, how Bama would stumble He left to Mike DuBose, a program to crumble. Coach Fran landed next to pick up Mike's mess But the woes of probation left them with less Mal could have re-signed Coach Fran to a deal Instead some rich Aggies came up with a steal He had a broad face and a round little belly, Did Price, who came next and it all turned so hell-y She was chubby and plump, a young stripper on stage And Coach Price when he saw her, didn't act his age A blurb on the Net, then wild news growing large Soon Mike Price was gone; you had no one in charge New Mike gave his word, then went straight to his work, And built up the program, that U-turned with a jerk Then giving the verdict as urged by the crowd Alabama fired Shula, a moment not proud This post-Christmas day, for a team with no rudder, They may hire this coach, or this, or another Mal Moore might exclaim, would he choose to thus sing, "Your new coach we'll get, and he'll be here by spring!" Contact Mark McCarter at [email protected]
Funny post, but you've got way too much time on your hands. [JackSparrow] You need to find yourself a girl, mate [/JackSparrow]
