Why Coach Murphy Left Tide Softball

[Marshal Dillon]

Well, there may be some truth to this.


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How did it happen? Why did he go? And what's going to happen next?

Those are the questions left in the wake of Patrick Murphy's unexpected decision to leave the University of Alabama softball program -- a program he built into a national championship contender over 13 years -- to become head coach at LSU.


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[Jamos]

After reading the first release of CPM leaving, the first thing that crossed my mind was, how much did he mean to the University. Alabama is a football school, basketball being a weak second, and the other sports, in the past, have had to take what what was left of the budget to run their programs with gymnastics being an exception to this.

But times have changed with the Bama fan base toward the second tier programs. It is a pleasure to have another sport, other than football and basketball, to yell and scream your support in the off seasons of the two major sports. Why, because the other programs are competing on a very high level for national championships and awards.

Sara Patterson has been extremely successful with her gymnastics program winning multiple National Championships, Pat Murphy and his softball teams have been to the Womens College World Series seven times, the mens and womens golf teams are at an all time high for national recognition in their sport, and most of the other sports are competing at that very high level as well with champions of their own.

I have supported the softball team for many years and am very dissappointed that Coach Murphy left Bama, for I felt he had earned his merits by bringing this second tier sport to a very high and nationally respected level. This is something that I thought the University would be willing to protect and be very proud of but it seems very plain to me that isn't the case at all, it doesn't relate to football or basketball.

[Marshal Dillon]

Another Mal Moore screw-up. This is inexcusable to lose one of the Top 5 or 6 coaches in the sport, especially considereing he had been at Bama 13 years.


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LSU made the commitment to do just that, breaking the sport's salary structure by offering Murphy a deal that will pay $225,000 per year, making him one of the highest-paid coaches in the sport. At Alabama, Murphy made $140,000 per year.

 
"Athletic departments choose what to do with their money," Girouard said. "They have it. Look at what LSU just did."

More than money, Murphy may have felt under-appreciated by UA's athletic administration. While Alabama did, in the end, match LSU's offer, it did nothing proactive to take one of the sport's top coaches off the market

[rueben]

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GentryEstes247 Gentry Estes
Actually, not stunned by this ... RT @ScottRabalais BREAKING NEWS: LSU says Patrick Murphy has "reneged" on decision to be the Tigers coach.

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