A great storyteller, Jock Sutherland tells the story of the turning point that was 1969.
The former Lafayette High School basketball coach was C.M. Newton's assistant at the University of Alabama when he went to see a young prep star play in Birmingham. Upon his return, Sutherland's scouting report was to the point: Alabama had to sign Wendell Hudson.
After all, the Tide had finished 4-20 in Newton's first season after leaving Transylvania University for Tuscaloosa. And Hudson was a talented player of tremendous athletic ability who could help transform the Crimson Tide.
There was only one problem.