Sucks to be UAB

[PonyKai]

RT @schadjoe: UAB Head Coach Garrick McGee to Louisville as OC per source”

@DanWolken 6m Garrick McGee is stepping down at UAB as head coach to go to Louisville as offensive coordinator. @joeschad had it first.

@SBN_BillC 46s Right?? Sad. RT @38Godfrey: I'm not sure if there's a D1 football program purposefully designed to fail quite like #UAB.

‏@BFeldmanCBS 3m Not sure what #UAB does next. Last time the other contenders for HC job were Chris Hatcher, Neal Brown & Paul Petrino.

@BryanDFischer 4m How bad is UAB job? This bad. RT @schadjoe: UAB Head Coach Garrick McGee to Louisville as OC per source

@Mengus22 6m Also, UAB has to be one of the worst jobs in America, right?

@FakeWallyHall 50s UAB was destined to be a blackhole when tried to hire Jimbo Fisher but regents voted it down didn't want UAB to get that caliber of coach.

‏@slmandel 1m RT @BryanDFischer: How bad is UAB job? This bad. RT @schadjoe: UAB Head Coach Garrick McGee to Louisville as OC per source

‏@LostLettermen 3m Head coach leaving to be OC tells you everything you need to know about UAB job. Dead serious candidate: Gene Chizik?

@chuckycrater 1m Perfect picture of Bama pettiness - UAB would never, ever be a threat to them in football even if they were good, but they can't have that.

[dr rc]

their fans wanted him gone anyway.

GM was awful there.

He actually kicked a kid off the team for being too good. I'm not kidding. He thought they relied on the kids production too much so he got rid of him. Admitted publicly that the kid did nothing wrong and the kid claims he never even got an explanation. He even did it so late in the off season that the kid couldn't immediately transfer anywhere.

[malonish]

Who did he kick off the team?

[Digetydog]

Who did he kick off the team?

His star QB that Bennett left behind. Sorry, wrong coach.

[malonish]

That was also a bad coach decision.

[mrydel]

They ought to go after Arkansas State's new coach. Got to get on him early.

[dr rc]

it was their leading WR at the time.

Jackie Williams

he ended up transferring to UCF and will play his final season there this upcoming season.

[LHS81]

South Alabama will eventually pass up UAB as the 3rd school in Alabama. . . Not controlled by the UA-Tuscaloosa BOR like UAB is.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

They did not want him anyway.

[UABlazin]

They did not want him anyway.

Yupp. We get rid of a bad coach and don't even have to pay a buyout. Louisville actually has to pay UAB $550,000 to take him.

[East Coast Mustang]

Maybe Louisville could hire JJ away to be their OC instead?

[dr rc]

Maybe Louisville could hire JJ away to be their OC instead?

well GM was making something like $500k a year while June is getting $2 million so...

to put that into perspective, A&M offered Pat Narduzzi $750k a year to be their DC when Sumlin was first putting together a staff.

It could simply be that GM is getting paid more to be an OC. It could also be that he knew he was in over his head and got out ASAP before his stock completely tanked and prevented him from ever getting another HC gig.

[Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex]

This probably says it all.

[mrydel]

I know with all of our own issues I should not feel this way but I really do feel sorry for our former conference mates UAB and Southern Miss.

[SMU2007]

I know with all of our own issues I should not feel this way but I really do feel sorry for our former conference mates UAB and Southern Miss.

Agree mrydel. All of the non P5 are just flailing around. Kinda sad situation we are all in.