Hey dallashorn, I doubt the OB Mods were behind the incident. I think all of this was more fall out from the incident than a pre-meditated plot. However, after the incident McPhaul moved over here permanently (glad he did) and his reports have remained consistent. El Mahico stayed there and the tone of his reports immediately shifted to "Saban is off the table" and he began trumpeting alternative candidates like Harbaugh. Yesterday, he posted that John Harbaugh is the new leader. That all lines up with the expected smoke & mirrors misdirection plays that have been anticipated to take the focus away from Saban so he can play out his remaining games at Alabama with minimal distraction. I have no idea whether El Mahico is simply passing along misinformation he's being fed or is intentionally helping out. It doesn't matter really and I have no problem with what they're doing because it does help in achieving our ultimate goal of landing Saban. Chip's article last night was meant to be a peeling back of the onion skin to reveal that rot and dysfunction that set into old Bellmont intended to build support for the massive changes Patterson is about to begin implementing.
Orangebloods is viewed as the only Longhorn message board with the kind of visibility that can move the needle. So, it makes sense for that site to be targeted specifically for controlling the message...and I say that in a good way...or, at least, as good as controlled messaging can be. The right intent is there although a lot of people naturally react negatively to any form of perceived manipulation.
I suspect the original Shicks incident was prompted by the Hicks brothers being blasted by Saban for all the leaks and not knowing how to "hire a coach". However, it's not the Jesus Shuttlesworth stuff or even the insiders info that Saban was frustrated with...that stuff is all well below the radar of the mainstream. What bothered Saban was the AP report that was leaked by Wallace Hall and the subsequent fall out from that report. Everything that's been reported with any credibility on a national basis was about the attempt to hire Saban last year. There have been no mainstream media articles with any direct factual information about the current effort to land Saban. In fact, most of the mainstream stuff has been of the Op/Ed variety stating all the reasons Saban would NEVER leave Alabama. Which is good for us.
