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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 4358835, member: 93"] You missed my point, but I’m glad you got the chance to reveal yours again, so I’ll make mine on that issue clear— again. I’m not apologizing for anything. I think Ollie is due some credit for the National Championship and the season prior to that, as well as whatever he did to that point to earn Calhoun’s faith. I saw his coaching and energy, and I saw the change. I don’t think he is due sole credit for those successes, as the athletes, personnel and Calhoun’s continued presence—and some luck—all combined to make it possible. But I think it’s wrong to suggest, as you and many others state repeatedly, that he is due no credit at all. I also think that he is due the lion’s share of the blame for the death spiral we suffered thereafter. The AAC didn’t help, but he actively hurt the program by not doing his job, and I could see the lack of coaching and the lack of energy. And alienating Calhoun is inexcusable. He deserved to lose his job. That’s the example that prompted my “black or white” post. I don’t think either situation is an all-or-nothing one. As for Rodney, unless he has addressed his gripes directly with Ollie himself, what’s been posted here is not what I consider “called him out.” He hasn’t even had the courage to use his name. But I’m not much for tweeting as a way to handle personal issues in any event. That was the point of my reply to you. [/QUOTE]