The AntiBowden

This post game press conference is almost surreal. It sounds like one of Ricky Bobby's kids or something.

Opening statement: "Since y'all don't have any (questions), we got whipped about every way you can get whipped. We surely didn't slow them down on defense. Maybe we can cover No. 88 by next week some time. I don't think we've been beaten that bad physically in the last three years."

Next week some time? Is this seriously a division 1 football coach speaking here? This sounds like something a redneck assed sidewalk alum would say in a drunken stupor on the way back to the tailgate after the game. What a class act this Tommy is. Oh and 3 years? Uh, I seem to remember one a lot more recent than that: Virginia Tech, LAST YEAR, in Death Valley.

Question: Did it surprise you to see them dominate you up front?

Tommy Bowden: "Yeah. Yeah. It surprised me that we couldn't stop them all night. We couldn't find something to slow them down. I cannot remember us getting beaten that bad physically in at least three years."

Of course it surprised this idiot, when's the last time we had a good OL with Bowden? Oh yeah, that's right, never.

Question: Can you talk about that play-call in the opening series and how big that fumble was?

Tommy Bowden: "We usually think that nothing will happen in the first five minutes of the game to cost you the game. The game is 60 minutes long. That's just one of two plays. I usually teach my team that nothing will happen early that'll cost them the game. It gave them momentum. I don't know if we could have regained it had we gotten a first down."

What kind of nonsense is this idiot talking about? Nothing can happen that early in the game that can cost you the game? Has he never heard about "Setting the tone" of a football game? He went out there and showed Alabama what he was all about: insane stupidity. Saban knew he had the game won at that point.

Question: Were you surprised the kickoff return for a touchdown didn't give you more momentum?

Tommy Bowden: "They stopped us and came out and scored. We never established any control of the game at any point. When a kickoff is the highlight of your offensive production, that's not very good."

You can say that again. Too bad you won't realize it was your poor coaching and strategy that caused the poor production. You'll probably just blame the players...

Question: Do you feel your team was rattled in the first half?

Tommy Bowden: "I'd like to think we didn't. Cullen is an older guy. We've got a lot of skill guys who are older. Defensively I wouldn't think we got rattled. We've got some younger guys on the offensive front. I'm anxious to find the answer. I don't know why they would have been rattled. We surely didn't respond to the preseason hype of being No. 9. That's pretty obvious by the play of the team."

There it is! Blame the players! It *surely* couldn't have been poor coaching or gameplan, or lack of adjustments, no it was simply the "play of the team" that cost us the game. Fucking arrogant prick!

Question: Talk about the play of your defense overall.

Tommy Bowden: "I'm anxious to see (off the film). We'll watch it tomorrow. I have not seen that done to us the last three years. I don't know why it happened. Responsibility of getting the team prepared is mine. As I told the team, I didn't get them prepared. And that's my job, my responsibility. I'll find a solution to the problem. We'll go to work on Monday. It's one game out of 12. But we've obviously got a long way to go. I've got to start with myself and work down."

Whoa!!!! Did he actually just take some responsibility? Maybe he'll give some of that $2.2 million back... or better yet, resign!

Question: Did you expect them to come out and just run right at you?

Tommy Bowden: "No, because nobody has really done that the last three years. No one has done that to us. That's what is surprising."

Of course he didn't expect that, he's a moron! I mean why would any coach expect a big, strong, powerful, young, inexperienced team to come out with a simple, straightforward gameplan that relied on power running and passing to the tight end? Who could have seen that coming?

Question: Going to make any recruiting promises again (starting Jamie Harper)?

Tommy Bowden: "If he's here for three years – there are 1,000 plays in a year – that's 3,000 plays, and I played him one, that's a pretty good return, pretty good tradeoff."

Is that English, or Retarded?

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Posted by Tom on Sunday, August 31, 2008 | Permalink