Did Coach Bryant get to hand pick his successor?

[onewoof]

My guess is no.

 

[vhdawg]

....but I've always gotten the impression that Perkins was the anointed successor.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

though in hind sight, they should have taken his pick

 

[Woof Man Jack]

Less than a month after his final game, a 21-15 victory over Illinois in the 1982 Liberty Bowl , Bryant died, leaving Ray Perkins , a former Tide star and his hand picked coaching successor as both head football coach and athletic director.

Full article from 1990.

 

[hooptydawg]

Polk is/was certainly no Bear Bryant and probably not a Vaught either.

 

[saltybulldog]

nt

 

[onewoof]

In Polk's own mind, he is the Bear Bryant of college baseball. Although he hasn't won as many championships as Bear won.

The old - Polk thinks he can do what he wants. LT thinks he can do what he wants.

The new - Byrne can now do what he wants. Cohen can now do what he wants. Croom can now do what he wants. Stansbury can now do what he wants.

Polk's season of doing what he wants has ended.

 

[hooptydawg]

National? Polk has as many as Croom.

 

[onewoof]

In Polks mind he has earned the right to make any decision related to MSU baseball or college baseball nationwide.

The sad reality is that he has no decision making power anymore and he has to find something else to do other than baseball.

 

[Eureka Dog]

NOT.

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

nm

 

[willi13]

he prepaid for his funeral.