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Speaker 1 (00:00):
But we have to go to We don't have to.
We have the privilege of going to the Hambleton's Hotline.
Hamilton's has a location on Magnolia and Ogle Tree in
organ It's a restaurant. It's two fine places to dine.
We encourage you to go about one of them. We're
going to Paddley, Texas for interviewer Coach gene beebe Stalins
and has brought to you by our good friends the
Great Southern Would.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
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having discovered new yellowood protector semi transparent stain of water repellent,
has coated air light in a lovely smoky gray color,
modern look and powerful protection backed by the yellow tag.
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Speaker 1 (00:40):
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Speaker 1 (00:46):
And we got a little pause in the action here, Jeff,
if I can get you to do the four kit,
trying to resume our interview, We're going to the Hamilton's Hotline.
Before we go to the Hambleton's out line. We got
to bring him in with his walk up music. Ladies
and gentlemen, let's get it right the first time. Goshere're
at there.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
We go.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
In to pay Texas suite, go to bring in the
former coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the former coach
of the Texas a and M Maggie's and the Saint Louis
Cardinals coach Jeane Stalin's. Good morning, coach, de Mark.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
That's cold bloody.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Now, I'm telling you, Oh what I do?
Speaker 4 (01:38):
You said? Get it right? The first time?
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I know that is cold blood It ain'ty, coach. Good
morning coach.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
How you're doing.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I'm good, coach. I'm getting to talk to you. How
can I be any better.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Than It's a real joy to be on well.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Coach, you don't know how much I appreciate you being
on here, So thank you very much. How's everything in Texas?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Everything is fine. I'm spent the night with my my
good friend Bobby Drake. Now, oh, anyway, that's the one
probably answered the.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Phone, got it? Got it okay? Well, Bobby was the
one that let's see what do we Bobby was pretty smart,
wasn't he. Bobby was the one that what Bobby did.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Well, he was my roommate. That ain't am figure here.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, but there was something that he did and what
we were.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Table to patrol him engineer and then he yes, and
he worked for him engineering company.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah. But then he go out on the rig.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Oh yeah, well yeah back together.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, he said he wasn't going back out there.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
He said, I said, Drake, we've never made that kind
of money. And he said, walk, he's gonna be with dead.
We being a bad hurricane.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
What good is he gonna do? We did, We're making
all this money on this old rig. But if we did,
we ain't gonna be able to sp Bobby's a good man, coach.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
I spend one time of it.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
All right, Auburn's in the final four, coach, I tell.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
You Auburn is doing extremely well. Are there follow them
a little bit?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
They are?
Speaker 5 (03:12):
They are?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I know I am too. They got a big weekend
our gymnastics budd he's got a gymnastics championship meet out,
he's got a big event. They play Alabama in baseball,
and they got the final four in basketball.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
It's big weekend for Auburn.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Big weekend, big weekend.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
And Auburn will do well.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I'm sure I agree. Do you know Bruce Pearl coach?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Again?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Do you know Auburn's basketball coach Bruce Pearl?
Speaker 5 (03:41):
No?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
I don't.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Okay, you know when? Well, I know, I wonder when
Thanks gonna win?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Be pulling boys on a team.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Oh yeah, he probably pulling against Auburn. I'm just kidding.
I'm kidding. I hope they do win. No, coach, you
think they will do good? For it is? We got
Florida in there too. Coach.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Florida's playing extremely well.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I know, I know something's got to give. They play
each other.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Have you checked any more out on the h Springs
Springs training? Have you talked to Dabbo or anybody?
Speaker 4 (04:17):
I have not talked to daboys. I'm gonna have to
give my calls. I think he lost my telephone.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Well, Dabo needs to do better than that. He's got
to call you.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
I'm gonna get on.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
They forget you.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Well, I got age on me. I hain't forgot your coach.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Well you're not.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Oh okay, I'm older and Dabbo. So there you go, man, sir.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
You still a young man.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I hear you, coach, I hear you.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I hear you.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Well, you coming to Alabama anytime soon?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
No, we got a lot of rain. That's part of
the country.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Oh, coach, we've had some too. Hey, what about your tomatoes?
You get them in the ground.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I got uh, I guess, uh, two or three hundred
in the ground right now. I'm gonna gonna have a
good cropper too.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Oh, you're gonna be having a good crop. You gotta
get me some Yep, you got to get me in.
Get me some tomatoes. That's right, Come pick them though,
all right, I'll get Ricky. I'll tried to get him
last week to come. Have you plan him?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Hey, you.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
No, we just want him flying that plane. Get the
plane and bring it down the runway.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
That's what we just get it smooth. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
But I told you about these teams aren't gonna have
spring games anymore. I tell you about that, right.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yeah. I don't know why they're doing that.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
They scared to showcase their talent, Coach. They're scared somebody's
gonna pluck them away.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Man, I know it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
If you lose, Oh yeah, they will go. What do
you think about the Alabama coach? How much pressure is
on him this year.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Coach quite a bit, That's what I about that.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
But I think he'll do a good job.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Now, what do you say about that pressure?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
He got a lot to pressure.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
I know he does, don't he?
Speaker 4 (06:00):
It was coching at Alabama has a lot of pressure
that yours truly, Now.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
You had a lot. When did you feel it? Coach?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Again?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
When did you feel it?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
I felt it to day I signed the contract?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Wow? You what did it? What? What kind of was
that your most pressured job? Coach?
Speaker 3 (06:20):
No?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I guess working for Metro bedroom was more pressure than that.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Really?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Wow? All right, So tell me this.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
You never knew how you stood than when I was
coaching at Alabama. I know Jack all stood.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
That's awesome. That's awesome. You felt more pressure with the
Cardinals than you did at Alabama. Right, What kind of
pressure was you under at Alabama? Was it with the
n pressure coaching? Were people in your ear?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
It was just primarily my pressure? You knew, you kneed
I know the expectation of Alabama.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Right now, I'm gonna ask this. We joke about this
a lot. Okay, all right? When you were owing read
what were you thinking?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
It wasn't matter what I was thinking is the other
people said, Lord, we didn't hire the wrong guy.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
They were saying that coach. You know that, don't they?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
I know that.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:13):
They were writing articles and what what How did you
manage to weather through that, coach?
Speaker 4 (07:19):
I started forgotten about it?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Tell you well, I lived it as a young person,
and yeah, I was a big fan of yours, as
you know, and I didn't like it, but you persevered
through it that that you flipped it around in Legion
field that day in the second half. I think Southern Mississippi,
wasn't it, coach?
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Yeah, the first game was.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Yes, sir, and it was just a tough time, but
you weathered through it and then had one heck of
a finish that year. Yeah, what was the key, coach?
What was that key?
Speaker 4 (07:52):
I guess the key would mind my current a little
bit because the players were the same. And I just
had to realized the situation I was in, had to
do something about it, but nobody else was gonna do
anything about it. How about that we was gonna be successful?
Had to win, well, I had to get I had
to be a better coach.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Wow, And you became a better coach in your opinion,
no question, about that. Wow, your assistance coach had to
be better too, didn't they?
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Coach? That's right, well you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
You turned it around, but yeah, you took some credits
Paul Finebaum. Did y'all get along, coach, Paul Finebaum?
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Yeah, we got along further. Well, I was never a
fan of Paul fine Bum.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Well, he got on you hard early, but I think
he I think he didn't do as bad on you
as he as he did on a lot of people.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Coach wrote him a letter. Oh oh, he blushed him
pretty good.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Really yeah? Wow did he respond, Coach?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Yeah? I can't remember.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Oh if I did. If I got a letter from
miss Ruth and I'd go in then and hide if
it was a bad one, because he's a sweet lady.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
You would answer that one and.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
A hurry, Coach, I picked that telephone up Miss Ruth Ann. Well,
that's interesting. These guys do have it hard and you look, Coach,
I don't mean anything about you. Wasn't making ten million
dollars like they make now.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
No, I was just better surviving.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Well, I mean, you and Coach Die talked about y'all
didn't know what your contracts were when you signed them,
did you?
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Right? Yeah, I never did negotiate for a contract. I
felt like they're gonna pay me what they wanted to
payment though you made negotiating.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
You had no agent, didn't you.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
That's what it was. Whatever the game is what I
was happy to get.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Yeah, well you did a heck of a job for Alabama.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Coach.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Well, I had a good fun You did that statues
right there, and my coach.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
I was a good former players that check on my
time time at the more import.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Oh, I've seen those former players see you, coach. The
tears start bubbling up into my eyes when they see you.
They look at you as a very very strong man coach.
Those guys, those guys really look up to you. Well, white, black,
it don't matter, coach, I said, it doesn't matter what
color skin they are. They look at you the same way.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
That's right. And I looked at him the same way,
cause different black or white football player.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Now, if anybody ever wants to see that, they can
go that Hall of Fame dinner with you like I do.
And boy, they all they got to do is see
that and see how people interact with you. You touch
so many lives, coach, over the years, it's amazing heck.
I remember we were over here in Auburn for coach
Dyes thing. You had three people in the lobby stop
you at the hotel thanking you for stuff you've done.
And we didn't even know them.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
You know.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Oh, coach, I mess talking to him on Good morning,
d Mark. That's what he'd say every Monday, give me
five minutes. I got to read my paper.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
We were on board together. We're gonna board and break
each other together. He's good friend.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
I remember that he called me one night on a story.
Y'all were together up there the day before the meeting,
and yall, he was holding court and I never forget every.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Time, and the gets saying the things I got.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Those stories got bigger and better every time.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Didn't they every time? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
That's pretty good. He was something else. And he had
a beautiful farm. Coach, Wow, his ranch, his ranch. I
know he was coaching Jeff, and I have seen him.
He thinks a lot of you. Now, he thought a
lot of you, coach, and I know you thought a
lot of him too. So there you go. Were you
gonna watch the basketball games?
Speaker 5 (11:47):
I am okay, Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
It'll be and it's gonna be late. What is it
five nine, Saturday, coach, Yeah, it's not late, my bad.
So Saturday afternoon at five o'clock, No, five o nine.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Coach, tell me again, who's playing whose?
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Auburn is playing Florida, right, and then Duke is playing Houston, right?
And you probably pulling for Houston, aren't you in Auburn.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
I'm not a big fan that Duke one was or
the other, but I've been pulling for Auburn.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
And there you go, out there, there you go, there
you go. All right, coach, tell everybody where they need
to get some wood at if they need wood.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
I hadn't talked on Jimmy Ring.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
Oh wow.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
But if you're gonna get some wood and you want
a long time, you on quality of wood. Has nothing
to buy but great Southern wood. Jimmy Raing he does
more from the Southeastern Conference everybody else put together.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I'm a big fan that now I know you are.
I am too.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I met a young man last night. It's gonna go
in turn for Jimmy Rain this summer. I told him
he was he was a he was he was blessed
to be able to do that.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
Coach, that's right.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
He's a good man and good friends of mind.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I know he is well. Coach, give everybody my love.
I hope you have a great weekend. I love you, buddy,
and thanks for calling.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
I'm gonna be on time next time.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
I'm all right. I wasn't even gonna bring it up, Coach.
I wasn't even gonna bring like. I wasn't gonna school
you like.
Speaker 5 (13:07):
You do me.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So you too, Coach. Thank you, God bless you, coach.
Thank you, Coach. I appreciate you, buddy, See you soon.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Bye.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yes, sir, that's coach.
But we have to go to We don't have to.
We have the privilege of going to the Hambleton's Hotline.
Hamilton's has a location on Magnolia and Ogle Tree in
organ It's a restaurant. It's two fine places to dine.
We encourage you to go about one of them. We're
going to Paddley, Texas for interviewer Coach gene beebe Stalins
and has brought to you by our good friends the
Great Southern Would.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Most creatures blend in with their natural surroundings, However, one
North American beaver colony is doing anything but This group,
having discovered new yellowood protector semi transparent stain of water repellent,
has coated air light in a lovely smoky gray color,
modern look and powerful protection backed by the yellow tag.
Well done introducing the first stain worthy of the yellow tag.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yellowood Protectors Semi transparent stain and water repellent.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Find a dealer near you.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
And we got a little pause in the action here, Jeff,
if I can get you to do the four kit,
trying to resume our interview, We're going to the Hamilton's Hotline.
Before we go to the Hambleton's out line. We got
to bring him in with his walk up music. Ladies
and gentlemen, let's get it right the first time. Goshere're
at there.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
We go.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
In to pay Texas suite, go to bring in the
former coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the former coach
of the Texas a and M Maggie's and the Saint Louis
Cardinals coach Jeane Stalin's. Good morning, coach, de Mark.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
That's cold bloody.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Now, I'm telling you, Oh what I do?
Speaker 4 (01:38):
You said? Get it right? The first time?
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I know that is cold blood It ain'ty, coach. Good
morning coach.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
How you're doing.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I'm good, coach. I'm getting to talk to you. How
can I be any better.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Than It's a real joy to be on well.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Coach, you don't know how much I appreciate you being
on here, So thank you very much. How's everything in Texas?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Everything is fine. I'm spent the night with my my
good friend Bobby Drake. Now, oh, anyway, that's the one
probably answered the.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Phone, got it? Got it okay? Well, Bobby was the
one that let's see what do we Bobby was pretty smart,
wasn't he. Bobby was the one that what Bobby did.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Well, he was my roommate. That ain't am figure here.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, but there was something that he did and what
we were.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Table to patrol him engineer and then he yes, and
he worked for him engineering company.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah. But then he go out on the rig.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Oh yeah, well yeah back together.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, he said he wasn't going back out there.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
He said, I said, Drake, we've never made that kind
of money. And he said, walk, he's gonna be with dead.
We being a bad hurricane.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
What good is he gonna do? We did, We're making
all this money on this old rig. But if we did,
we ain't gonna be able to sp Bobby's a good man, coach.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
I spend one time of it.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
All right, Auburn's in the final four, coach, I tell.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
You Auburn is doing extremely well. Are there follow them
a little bit?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
They are?
Speaker 5 (03:12):
They are?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I know I am too. They got a big weekend
our gymnastics budd he's got a gymnastics championship meet out,
he's got a big event. They play Alabama in baseball,
and they got the final four in basketball.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
It's big weekend for Auburn.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Big weekend, big weekend.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
And Auburn will do well.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I'm sure I agree. Do you know Bruce Pearl coach?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Again?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Do you know Auburn's basketball coach Bruce Pearl?
Speaker 5 (03:41):
No?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
I don't.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Okay, you know when? Well, I know, I wonder when
Thanks gonna win?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Be pulling boys on a team.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Oh yeah, he probably pulling against Auburn. I'm just kidding.
I'm kidding. I hope they do win. No, coach, you
think they will do good? For it is? We got
Florida in there too. Coach.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Florida's playing extremely well.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I know, I know something's got to give. They play
each other.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Have you checked any more out on the h Springs
Springs training? Have you talked to Dabbo or anybody?
Speaker 4 (04:17):
I have not talked to daboys. I'm gonna have to
give my calls. I think he lost my telephone.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Well, Dabo needs to do better than that. He's got
to call you.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
I'm gonna get on.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
They forget you.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Well, I got age on me. I hain't forgot your coach.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Well you're not.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Oh okay, I'm older and Dabbo. So there you go, man, sir.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
You still a young man.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I hear you, coach, I hear you.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I hear you.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Well, you coming to Alabama anytime soon?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
No, we got a lot of rain. That's part of
the country.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Oh, coach, we've had some too. Hey, what about your tomatoes?
You get them in the ground.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I got uh, I guess, uh, two or three hundred
in the ground right now. I'm gonna gonna have a
good cropper too.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Oh, you're gonna be having a good crop. You gotta
get me some Yep, you got to get me in.
Get me some tomatoes. That's right, Come pick them though,
all right, I'll get Ricky. I'll tried to get him
last week to come. Have you plan him?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Hey, you.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
No, we just want him flying that plane. Get the
plane and bring it down the runway.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
That's what we just get it smooth. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
But I told you about these teams aren't gonna have
spring games anymore. I tell you about that, right.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yeah. I don't know why they're doing that.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
They scared to showcase their talent, Coach. They're scared somebody's
gonna pluck them away.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Man, I know it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
If you lose, Oh yeah, they will go. What do
you think about the Alabama coach? How much pressure is
on him this year.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Coach quite a bit, That's what I about that.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
But I think he'll do a good job.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Now, what do you say about that pressure?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
He got a lot to pressure.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
I know he does, don't he?
Speaker 4 (06:00):
It was coching at Alabama has a lot of pressure
that yours truly, Now.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
You had a lot. When did you feel it? Coach?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Again?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
When did you feel it?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
I felt it to day I signed the contract?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Wow? You what did it? What? What kind of was
that your most pressured job? Coach?
Speaker 3 (06:20):
No?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I guess working for Metro bedroom was more pressure than that.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Really?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Wow? All right, So tell me this.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
You never knew how you stood than when I was
coaching at Alabama. I know Jack all stood.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
That's awesome. That's awesome. You felt more pressure with the
Cardinals than you did at Alabama. Right, What kind of
pressure was you under at Alabama? Was it with the
n pressure coaching? Were people in your ear?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
It was just primarily my pressure? You knew, you kneed
I know the expectation of Alabama.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Right now, I'm gonna ask this. We joke about this
a lot. Okay, all right? When you were owing read
what were you thinking?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
It wasn't matter what I was thinking is the other
people said, Lord, we didn't hire the wrong guy.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
They were saying that coach. You know that, don't they?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
I know that.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:13):
They were writing articles and what what How did you
manage to weather through that, coach?
Speaker 4 (07:19):
I started forgotten about it?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Tell you well, I lived it as a young person,
and yeah, I was a big fan of yours, as
you know, and I didn't like it, but you persevered
through it that that you flipped it around in Legion
field that day in the second half. I think Southern Mississippi,
wasn't it, coach?
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Yeah, the first game was.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Yes, sir, and it was just a tough time, but
you weathered through it and then had one heck of
a finish that year. Yeah, what was the key, coach?
What was that key?
Speaker 4 (07:52):
I guess the key would mind my current a little
bit because the players were the same. And I just
had to realized the situation I was in, had to
do something about it, but nobody else was gonna do
anything about it. How about that we was gonna be successful?
Had to win, well, I had to get I had
to be a better coach.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Wow, And you became a better coach in your opinion,
no question, about that. Wow, your assistance coach had to
be better too, didn't they?
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Coach? That's right, well you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
You turned it around, but yeah, you took some credits
Paul Finebaum. Did y'all get along, coach, Paul Finebaum?
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Yeah, we got along further. Well, I was never a
fan of Paul fine Bum.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Well, he got on you hard early, but I think
he I think he didn't do as bad on you
as he as he did on a lot of people.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Coach wrote him a letter. Oh oh, he blushed him
pretty good.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Really yeah? Wow did he respond, Coach?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Yeah? I can't remember.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Oh if I did. If I got a letter from
miss Ruth and I'd go in then and hide if
it was a bad one, because he's a sweet lady.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
You would answer that one and.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
A hurry, Coach, I picked that telephone up Miss Ruth Ann. Well,
that's interesting. These guys do have it hard and you look, Coach,
I don't mean anything about you. Wasn't making ten million
dollars like they make now.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
No, I was just better surviving.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Well, I mean, you and Coach Die talked about y'all
didn't know what your contracts were when you signed them,
did you?
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Right? Yeah, I never did negotiate for a contract. I
felt like they're gonna pay me what they wanted to
payment though you made negotiating.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
You had no agent, didn't you.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
That's what it was. Whatever the game is what I
was happy to get.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Yeah, well you did a heck of a job for Alabama.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Coach.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Well, I had a good fun You did that statues
right there, and my coach.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
I was a good former players that check on my
time time at the more import.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Oh, I've seen those former players see you, coach. The
tears start bubbling up into my eyes when they see you.
They look at you as a very very strong man coach.
Those guys, those guys really look up to you. Well, white, black,
it don't matter, coach, I said, it doesn't matter what
color skin they are. They look at you the same way.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
That's right. And I looked at him the same way,
cause different black or white football player.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Now, if anybody ever wants to see that, they can
go that Hall of Fame dinner with you like I do.
And boy, they all they got to do is see
that and see how people interact with you. You touch
so many lives, coach, over the years, it's amazing heck.
I remember we were over here in Auburn for coach
Dyes thing. You had three people in the lobby stop
you at the hotel thanking you for stuff you've done.
And we didn't even know them.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
You know.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Oh, coach, I mess talking to him on Good morning,
d Mark. That's what he'd say every Monday, give me
five minutes. I got to read my paper.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
We were on board together. We're gonna board and break
each other together. He's good friend.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
I remember that he called me one night on a story.
Y'all were together up there the day before the meeting,
and yall, he was holding court and I never forget every.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Time, and the gets saying the things I got.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Those stories got bigger and better every time.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Didn't they every time? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
That's pretty good. He was something else. And he had
a beautiful farm. Coach, Wow, his ranch, his ranch. I
know he was coaching Jeff, and I have seen him.
He thinks a lot of you. Now, he thought a
lot of you, coach, and I know you thought a
lot of him too. So there you go. Were you
gonna watch the basketball games?
Speaker 5 (11:47):
I am okay, Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
It'll be and it's gonna be late. What is it
five nine, Saturday, coach, Yeah, it's not late, my bad.
So Saturday afternoon at five o'clock, No, five o nine.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Coach, tell me again, who's playing whose?
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Auburn is playing Florida, right, and then Duke is playing Houston, right?
And you probably pulling for Houston, aren't you in Auburn.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
I'm not a big fan that Duke one was or
the other, but I've been pulling for Auburn.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
And there you go, out there, there you go, there
you go. All right, coach, tell everybody where they need
to get some wood at if they need wood.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
I hadn't talked on Jimmy Ring.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
Oh wow.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
But if you're gonna get some wood and you want
a long time, you on quality of wood. Has nothing
to buy but great Southern wood. Jimmy Raing he does
more from the Southeastern Conference everybody else put together.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I'm a big fan that now I know you are.
I am too.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I met a young man last night. It's gonna go
in turn for Jimmy Rain this summer. I told him
he was he was a he was he was blessed
to be able to do that.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
Coach, that's right.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
He's a good man and good friends of mind.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I know he is well. Coach, give everybody my love.
I hope you have a great weekend. I love you, buddy,
and thanks for calling.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
I'm gonna be on time next time.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
I'm all right. I wasn't even gonna bring it up, Coach.
I wasn't even gonna bring like. I wasn't gonna school
you like.
Speaker 5 (13:07):
You do me.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So you too, Coach. Thank you, God bless you, coach.
Thank you, Coach. I appreciate you, buddy, See you soon.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Bye.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yes, sir, that's coach.
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