Who is Saban's replacement?

[LCN]

I do not think any established "A" list coach wants to follow CNS . That said , I'm thinking more along the line of a guy like Luke Fickell .

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Honestly there isn't even anyone I want. I'm having a hard time caring.

I guess I want whoever can keep the most players right now. Idk who that would be.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

So far it's just media reporting on unnamed sources or media reporting on what other media are saying.

I have to say, though, this one has the ring of truth.

 

[davefrat]

I think the Tidefans server might melt.

 

[rolltide7854]

Every school with a good coach are now talking of extending their contract.

 

[braggtd]

Assuming we can't get Kirby or sark, I think I want Lane! And I think he'd come running home. If he can clean up his stupid fourth quarter decisions, find a solid defense coordinator, he can win. It could be all smoking mirrors but he has been all Bama since he left. I truly think he was humble and appreciative of his time under the goat.

 

[JDCrimson]

Sark is interested after the rebound sacrificial hire flames out... But he is firm in not wanting to follow Saban.

 

[rolltide7854]

Assuming we can't get Kirby or sark, I think I want Lane! And I think he'd come running home. If he can clean up his stupid fourth quarter decisions, find a solid defense coordinator, he can win. It could be all smoking mirrors but he has been all Bama since he left. I truly think he was humble and appreciative of his time under the goat.

As long as he doesn't bring Goldilocks. I wonder if Sark is offered the job would he take it.

 

[BJ4TIDE]

I pray that Dabo is not even considered and do not believe he will be. Why is everyone so high on Lanning? What has he accomplished at Oregon that his predecessors didn’t accomplish?

 

[RTR2u]

Well, someone's definitely gonna be a sacrificial lamb. Goodness.

Thank you, Coach Saban. It has been a wonderful 17 years!!!!

 

[bamadwain]

I keep telling y'all that if Saban has anything to do with it he'll call Sark and he would take it, I think Lane is up there and I don't know about that

 

[TD7]

Something tells me Saban already made a call or two... I could be totally off base with this, but you would think he would want to protect the kingdom that he built. My dark horse would be Kirby but I just can't see him leaving his alma mater. I suspect Dabo, Lane, Lanning, or Deboer. I would rank them
Deboer
Lane
Lanning
Dabo

Lane could be the top of this list if he didn't make so many bone-headed fourth down decisions... Sark would be my other dark horse...but I can't see him leaving Texas.

Completely agree with you. There's no way in the world he would have just put this on the program without planning ahead. We're talking about a guy that was meticulous and detailed in everything he did. There's no way he's going to put the program he built into a powerhouse at a disadvantage. I have to believe he had a plan in place and there's people close to him who have been working behind the scenes with him on a replacement.

 

[SkullDuckery]

Lane train of bust.

 

[BamaMoon]

Replacement??? I haven't figured out what's for dinner?

 

[Cruloc]

I am not sure what to think of that Wikipedia headline

Anyone can change Wikipedia....it's nothing

 

[CrimsonRuss]

I like Sark, Kiffin and then a host of others, just not as much as Sark and Kiffin.

 

[JDCrimson]

What was it Coach Stallings said Bryant said to him when Bryant hires him? "If I hear you got this job, you ain't got this job."

That is how this probably played out. There are probably 4-5 coaches who knew they were under consideration that were coaching their butts to show they could handle the job.

 

[Tidelines]

Would Lane bring Golding back with him? I know, I know !

 

[AlexanderFan]

Sacrificial hire?!? You keep the pedal to the metal. Follow him, don’t let the momentum die. Even Les Miles took a few years to slow that monster at LSU down. Why would you wait if you’re a coach interested in the job?

Nobody is going to replicate Saban’s success no matter how many coaches are between them.

 

[davefrat]

Assuming we can't get Kirby or sark, I think I want Lane! And I think he'd come running home. If he can clean up his stupid fourth quarter decisions, find a solid defense coordinator, he can win. It could be all smoking mirrors but he has been all Bama since he left. I truly think he was humble and appreciative of his time under the goat.

What if he comes back with Golding?