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If you could go back in time and point to any one thing in specific that triggered the fall from grace, what might that be?
I’m not interested in hearing how they all conspired together, although they did. Rather, which singular event was most responsible?
I’ll aid with your recollection:
1) Meyer’s laissez-faire management of star players and disciplinary issues?
2) The loss of Mullen and Strong as assistants after the third title? (Oh, will Law go off on this one. )
3) The lackluster loss to Alabama in the 2009 SEC Championship?
4) Meyer’s sudden retirement after that game?
5) Alabama’s rise to power?
6) The hiring of Will Muschamp?
(You’ll note I left out the hiring of Mac and Fuchs as well as Foley’s now famous arms race comment in 2014. They certainly didn’t help but the fall was already underway.)
Who, what, where, when. And why?
I’m not interested in hearing how they all conspired together, although they did. Rather, which singular event was most responsible?
I’ll aid with your recollection:
1) Meyer’s laissez-faire management of star players and disciplinary issues?
2) The loss of Mullen and Strong as assistants after the third title? (Oh, will Law go off on this one. )
3) The lackluster loss to Alabama in the 2009 SEC Championship?
4) Meyer’s sudden retirement after that game?
5) Alabama’s rise to power?
6) The hiring of Will Muschamp?
(You’ll note I left out the hiring of Mac and Fuchs as well as Foley’s now famous arms race comment in 2014. They certainly didn’t help but the fall was already underway.)
Who, what, where, when. And why?