The one Alabama coach who lied to Eli Gold and other true stories about Alabama coaches

[@2and26]

Superb interview! Love to hear about Bro. Stallings’ relationships. BAMA was blessed to have had him; what an impact he made with the young men he mentored. His “dash” is marked by integrity and love for another.

[@JCTEAM60]

Bro. Stallings represented the Lord proudly in his profession. Miss him.

[@mr.g1758]

Yes the dash. He will go to the Lord one day soon.

[@caseymisso8603]

Eli Gold will always be the voice of the Tide for me ! Good interview! Roll Tide!

[@mr.g1758]

I LOVE Eli, but John Forney was my main man...

[@varner226]

Good to hear the GOATs voice! Hope he continues to do well.

[@keithconnell8460]

lol! I love Gene. I always tell people he reminds me of my grandfather! 😂 Glad I'm not the only one.

[@paulburgans7434]

I am so missing eli play calling. I have been listening all his years. He took a picture with my oldest son which was going through testicular cancer. And my son was so proud to show me that picture and going through treatment. Ido live eli for that ..God bless you sir. RollTide

[@DannySawyer60]

I've followed Eli since the nascar days back in the eighties, a first-class gentleman, and glad to see him doing well after beating cancer, NO ONE has done it better, a true icon and a legend on the radio broadcast!

[@MrRondonmon]

I remember listening to him call the Birmingham Bulls in the WHA in the mid 70s. That is why he came to Alabama to call Hockey. That Bulls group held the record for penalties for years until someone recently broke it. One of the Hanson brothers from Slapshot was on then team. The last year the Bulls decided to try and build a team instead of be goons and the NHL merged and took 4 WHA Teams, (Edmonton being one) Birmingham disbanded and they had 3 future NHL Hall of Famers on that team. LOL.

[@douglaskilborn151]

I remember post the Shula firing, when Alabama was in the midst of the search for a new coach, Gene Stallings offering to take over the position until Alabama found the right guy. Coach Stallings said he would be happy to do it while on The Paul Finebaum show. It was clear how much love and respect he continued to have for the program and he could not stand seeing Bama not being at the top of college football. Mean Gene, in my opinion, was the beginning of the next era of Alabama dominance. Roll Tide.

[@zrdaiker]

I enjoyed this interview. Going to miss Eli Gold calling the games.

[@Tj-ho2fs]

Coach Stallings spoke to my Political Science class on Leadership. He told all the frat boys to take off their damn caps.

[@mr.g1758]

Ha! Those frat boys think they are sooo special.

[@jeffroy1463]

Great show and the BAMA nation will always love Eli Gold ROLL TIDE 🐘🐘

[@Nothuman76]

I know how humble Eli Gold is personally. I've met him several times in my life. I wonder if the coaches looked at him the way i did. "Thats Eli Gold the voice of Alabama Football"

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

Yeah, I love how Eli Gold just doesn't act like a normal news person. And doesn't ask Coaches the tough questions. He knows his place & he stays in his place and I think that is very smart, very human & he just knows that there are things that he doesn't need to know in order to do his job. What a jewel of a human being!

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

Not a bad podcast guys. Fairly interesting. I was so busy during those years I didn't have a chance to be much of an Alabama fan. The last 2 years of Bear Bryant's career up until Gene Stallings was coach I didn't have a chance to watch many games. When Bama beat Miami in the Sugar Bowl I just happened to be at a friend's house. And he had a couple of buddies show up and they were ALL Miami fans. And I hadn't seen Alabama play any games that year. But I thought about Gene Stallings at Texas A&M beating Alabama in the Cotton Bowl and how he hugged Bear Bryant after the game. And when I did pride welled up in me & I told the 3 Miami fans in the room "Ya'll gonna have a bad night! Cuz Alabama is about to put a whooping on Miami!" And they said "Oh yeah? Well put your money where you're mouth is." And I said "OK, normally I don't bet more than a dollar on anything. But I'll bet each of you $5 a piece that Bama wins." So I walked away with $15. For some reason I felt like if I bet anymore than that Alabama would lose. But it was really fun watching that game & their frustration at Miami only scoring on a kick return but NEVER scoring an offensive TD. Especially when Teague ran dude down & took the ball away from dude! I laughed so hard when that happened! My Mom video taped the game and we watched that play over & over. To this day I believe that to be one of the greatest defensive moments in College Football. Until Saban held LSU to there own side of the field up until the fourth quarter that was my favorite defensive game! Oh, & unless I'm mistaken, Bill Curry recruited most of the guys Gene Stallings won that Natty by coaching. My Mom said that Bill Curry would have been a really great Coach if the Bama alumni had left him alone long enough to get his program up to full potential!

[@jameyanderson3839]

I also had a Dennis Franchione bobblehead doll. After he left, I kissed him upside his cranium with an aluminum baseball bat my name is Mud

[@BigDaddyDoc93]

Young men that's called having class

[@byrondcarroll]

Eli was the best!

[@bamadad53]

Love love love Eli Gold! Best radio voice in sports. I used to mute my tv just to turn on the radio broadcast to listen to Eli call the games. Good ‘ol days! Miss Eli…yeah, big time. Eli are Gold…solid Gold!

[@briangreen256]

I haven't listened to a game on the radio since Eli left!

[@JimGeigerMusic]

So that would be what... A couple of games?

[@bamadad53]

Me either

[@timmytimmy5331]

Shula had crimson in his veins he took one for the team, he knew he had been handed an impossible job and he will always be a legend for that.

[@briancanterberry3085]

Shula ALSO could recruit. Just look at the defense his l2005 year. Shula inherited a death sentence and was in a no win personal deal. I'll always love the guy. One of my all time favorite players too.

[@danielcrowe9324]

​@@briancanterberry3085 Yes! Several guys who were members of the 2009 National Championship team were recruited by Mike and his staff.

[@JimGeigerMusic]

He sucked

[@richardstephens5570]

The problem with Shula is that he was too nice, his teams lacked discipline. Saban had to change the culture when he came in.

[@timmytimmy5331]

@@richardstephens5570 Shula didn't have scholarship to give the ncaa took half of them away, and he knew that coming in , his qb was a former cheerleaders son and most of the team was alumni 's children

[@roberthurt2199]

Eli should still be Alabama play by play man in my option

[@Saltwater_kayak]

Nah

[@bamadad53]

Mine too RTR 🐘 There will never be another Eli Gold. Best play by play man ever.

[@jameyanderson3839]

Shula did what he could with the hand he was dealt. Yeah those were lean years, but he lost Brodie for the season in back to back seasons. I respect him and the job he did.

[@NDiddy]

Agreed. People give Shula too much crap. If he had not lost Brodie in 2004, we would have had back to back 9 or 10 win seasons and Saban either doesn't end up here at all or shows up later.

[@vernsnith2230]

I hope that Alabama will bring back Coach Shula/family back to T Town to be honored in a way that says to the Shula you are forever a part of the Bama family and, be once again come to T Town to be with all of us because you were one of the great quarterbacks at Bama as I remember the comeback against Georgia and, the Auburn game as well. It is the right thing to do for Coach Shula/family by the football powers that be at Bama. Bring Coach Shula back home to be with us once again. Roll Tide. Sincerely, Father Vern, a loyal Bama fan for many years.

[@marysquires7321]

Eli Gold thanks for your amazing info on former coaches at BAMA 💕🏈💕

[@marysquires7321]

❤🏈❤🏈❤ Thanks Eli Gold!

[@mr.g1758]

​@@vernsnith2230100% agree...he will forever be folklore at Bama for the Georgia and Aub wins in '85.

[@rbking9296]

Eli Gold is just as his name says he’s GOLD always got goosebumps listening to him call a bama game on the radio and back before the 7 second delay on the radio I would watch the game on the tv with the volume off and listen to Eli and the Stabler call the game thank you Mr.Gold for the many years of bringing the game to life on the radio

[@gampy9276]

Mike Shula would have gone down as one of the best coaches in Alabama history, if he had been given a chance to have recruited a full scholarship class. He was hamstrung by the NCAA probation.

[@JimGeigerMusic]

Lmao... No, Coach Mumbles sucked ass

[@richardstephens5570]

Alabama would never have been an elite program under Shula. The problem is that Shula was too nice, his teams lacked discipline. Saban had to change the culture when he came in.

[@cadamham]

Shula took over during a dark time. Limited scholarships. He never got blown out. His teams just couldn’t close out tough games in the 4th quarter. Lost a lot of one score games

[@PerryCuda]

It's unfortunate how Eli handled the transition.

[@carlosphillips3]

"Well thats possible...could be".... Eli on the Snake....amazing😂😂😂😂

[@theknowitall4090]

I have ALWAYS said Mike Shula came into the worst situation possible. Bama had been hammered by sanctions just this side of the death penalty. I heard constantly from Auburn, UT, LSU, Ms State, Arkie, whatever fans boast about owning Bama during that time. Knute Rockne, Bud Wilkinson, Bear Bryant, Jimmy Johnson or Jesus Christ wouldn't have won at Bama during that time. Once the horrific sanctions were over Bama was gonna start beating some teams. Would any coach have won at Sabans rate, probably not but Auburn would not have won 4 straight, UT would not have been 3-1 against Bama, LSU would not have been 4-0, state would not have been 2-2 and Arkie would not have been 3-1 against Bama had Bama not been playing with one hand tied behind their back. Fans of other schools will NEVER admit this and will pound their chest over beating 59 scholarshipped players that nobody wanted but those of us that know the truth know Bama would have had some wins in there that didn't happen.

[@bamafan9283]

Stallings should’ve kept Curry on to recruit, he won a championship with Curry’s players. Curry just couldn’t beat auburn.

[@_i_don.t_need_a_unique_handle_]

Nothing against Chris Stewart, he's just not Eli. Eli will always be the voice of Crimson Tide football.

[@josephbarrett3860]

Eli Gold is a class act. All the way. Unfortunately he represents the last of a dying breed.

[@robjohnson9163]

Agree

[@joeg255]

my dad has those same coke bottles

[@clintjohnson4947]

If saban had talked to the players before he retired the players might would have stayed at bama but he didn’t he just jumped ship

[@lukebell6480]

lol he did meet with the team

[@lukebell6480]

Don't ever criticize the goat

[@bamadad53]

@@lukebell6480luke like all armchair quarterbacks clint “thinks” he has all the answers…that “he” alone is on the inside while everyone else is on the outside looking in. I learned a long time ago when it comes to people like that you have to take what they say and divide by 3. RTR 🐘

[@Julio-zl7yk]

Oh please Eli go into retirement and keep your mouth shut. Believe it or not Eli a lot of Alabama fans were ready for a change when it came to you.

[@johnnyclemmons9756]

Are you sure you're a Bama fan? I believe you might belong to that cow college down south, or the pumpkin heads from Knoxville. All the Bama fans I know love Eli!

[@lukebell6480]

@@johnnyclemmons9756 agreed!

[@DannySawyer60]

He showed more class than the ones that turned their back on him, and that was after he BEAT CANCER!

[@bamadad53]

@@johnnyclemmons9756I second that and I echo your every word. That fart brain definitely is not a true BAMA fan.