Mal Moore to get contract extension soon

The University of Alabama plans to extend Mal Moore’s term as director of athletics beyond the term of his current contract, which runs for about another year. UA President Robert Witt told The Tuscaloosa News on Friday that the school intends to keep Moore in place. “Mal Moore’s current contract goes through 2011,” Witt said. “I do not see any possibility at all of us not extending that contract beyond its completion.” Moore, 70, received an extension in 2008 that bumped his annual salary by $25,000, to $425,000. He is in the last year of the four-year extension. Witt gave Moore a ringing endorsement when discussing the athletic director’s accomplishments since being hired to the post in November 1999. “I can’t say how impressed I am with the job Mal Moore has done,” Witt said. “I do not believe he has received nearly the recognition he should if you look at Alabama athletics today and the success of so many of our teams. [More]

Gators’ share Alabama’s target

When media days begins much of the questioning on Wednesday will be about the Tide and how they will deal with the target. The bull’s-eye will be focused on Nick Saban’s team, although in this day and age it’s kind of an antiquated term. It’s more like hundreds of red laser beams pointed from all directions at Alabama. Florida dealt with it a year ago and the fact that in consecutive years we’ve seen the defending national champion come into the season as a preseason No. 1 the following year says a lot about the SEC and the two programs. The Gators, as we know, struggled with the expectations but dodged the bullets until the final gunslinger shot them down. This year is different. It’s Alabama that is the hunted. Alabama may be on the top of the mountain, but Florida is the only other program that can see the peak. [More]

Another Successful Stop for McElroy

A year ago at the media session for the Manning Passing Academy in Thibodaux, soon-to-be Alabama starting quarterback Greg McElroy drew a little attention, but not nearly as much as Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford or Texas’ Colt McCoy. Last Friday, after the Manning family held court on one side of the room, it was McElroy’s turn to garner the spotlight. After all, he’s not soon-to-be anymore … he’s the returning starter behind center for the defending national champions. So, Greg McElroy, what do you and the Crimson Tide do for an encore? “It’s tough to put expectations on ourselves,” McElroy told me last week. “Each team has its own identity.” He’s smart – not only is he careful about providing any potential bulletin-board material in July, but he earned his undergraduate degree in three years with a 3.86 grade point average. He’s patient – not only did he have to answer many of the same questions several times, but he has waited his turn to become a starter. [More]

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