Research Catalog

Title

Crimson slide : why Alabama football fell and how it can climb back to the top / Mike Flax.

Author

Flax, Mike.

Publication

Montgomery, AL : Court Street Press, c2003.

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Details

Description

159 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Why did the kings of college football fall from their legendary status? Written by a former Alabama walk-on, Crimson Slide - with interviews from former Alabama coaches, captains, and personalities (some of whom refused to speak to anyone else) - explores Alabama's recent decline and suggests solutions. You've heard the rumors, endured speculation and desired the truth about where Alabama football has been and where it's going. There is a long story to be told. Which SEC rival is most responsible for Alabama's struggles? What really happened to Gene Stallings? Why did Mike DuBose, a qualified and capable coach, fail? Why did Dennis Franchione, the supposed savior, flee Tuscaloosa for College Station? Why did Mike Price get fired before coaching a single game?
• What must Mike Shula do to restore Alabama's reputation and restore that Alabama swagger? As an inside-narrative, Crimson Slide transcends the sports book genre and provides a blueprint of how a proud program fell, but can rise again."--Jacket.

Subject

• Alabama Crimson Tide (Football team) > History
• University of Alabama > History

Genre/Form

History

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Shadows on the field -- The Stallings era -- Interlude 1: rocky road to rocky top -- Dubose takes over -- Dubose's partners in misery -- The Dubose affair -- The beginning of the end -- Interlude 2: 'Bama adrift -- The franchise era begins -- Bye-bye 'Bama -- The price is wrong -- Shula steps in.

ISBN

1588381390 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2003011462

OCLC

52301679

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library