Who is Saban's replacement?

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

Someone on another site has posted a flight ware showing a flight leaving Seattle 1:59 PST arriving at Tuscaloosa 7:40 pm CST the date is Jan 11

Bama needs to invest in a supersonic jet for all of us impatient people

 

[AlistarWills]

Being reported Washington coach will interview in two days, Can we wait that long?

Link? Source?

 

[crimsonaudio]

Marquis is speaking truth here.

 

[Snuffy Smith]

Someone on another site has posted a flight ware showing a flight leaving Seattle 1:59 PST arriving at Tuscaloosa 7:40 pm CST the date is Jan 11

Wouldn't read too much into that. I am thinking they will be using the UA jet and they have asked FAA for removal from public tracking sites.

 

[KrAzY3]

Well, if that's what we've got I hope Debour says yes.

It's a pretty lousy list, in my opinion at least.

I mean I get bringing in DeBeor for an interview, but the question isn't just can he recruit the southeast (he's never worked there), but really can he recruit at all.

He's only been at Washington for two years, so we don't really know what a team he's built would look like at the power conference level. Furthermore, he currently has the 36th ranked recruiting class, before that it was 26th.

Washington's recruiting was ranked 16th in 2018, 15th in 2019, and 16th in 2020. So recruiting has actually tanked under him, it's a major red flag when you already consider he isn't familiar with the southeast.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

Yeah, but Big Ten is closer to SEC football than west coast.

You do realize the B1G literally includes the West Coast now ...

And I don't mean geographically

Oh, nevermind...

 

[TexasBama]

Wouldn't read too much into that. I am thinking they will be using the UA jet and they have asked FAA for removal from public tracking sites.

You could track it if you knew when and where it was taking off from - good luck with that. The tail number and plane type doesn't show up on the trackers - N1UA. You just see a plane icon with NA on it. They still have to use a transponder.

 

[HighlandOak]

That's true relative to almost anywhere, though, right? But we're talking keeping up with Texas and Georgia and that won't be easy.

Dabo is getting a hard time, but Clemson wasn't a recruiting powerhouse until he made them into one.

Places like FSU, Georgia, Miami, Ohio State, Texas, and Alabama, they are the places that consistently brought in top tier recruits.

The issue there is you kind of want to see proof of concept. So if we see Sark at #3 we go well we know he can recruit. That's one reason Lanning stood out, yes he has help from Knight but recruiting well in Oregon is still noteworthy. Norvell is doing alright, not great but in 2024 he's got the 10th ranked class but then again it's FSU. Dabo is 12, which I still contend is pretty good for the state of South Carolina.

But, when you get to Lane at 20, or Washington way down at 36, you have to go we sure that's going to translate? It's not a sure thing, the only guys that seem like sure things have consistently pulled in high ranked classes.

DeBoer was a pretty much no name before going to UW and just finished 2nd in country. If he can do that, then he'll be just fine here.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

Most of them have listened... Everyone except Ryan Williams.

He's just keeping his options open and playing the game. Can't blame him. If he likes the hire he could still be in Tuscaloosa...

 

[AlexanderFan]

Bama needs to invest in a supersonic jet for all of us impatient people

 

[bamafaninbham]

If I had to guess, Norvell may be the easiest pull. The man has no idea what conference FSU will be playing in for the next few years. If he wants a stocked roster and the biggest name in all of college football then Bama is a no brainer. Now will we even offer? I have no idea.

 

[Krymsonman]

Okay, I'm officially crazy. Maybe Coach Saban will just say, well, I guess I am irreplaceable and come back for another year.

 

[KrAzY3]

DeBoer was a pretty much no name before going to UW and just finished 2nd in country. If he can do that, then he'll be just fine here.

He finished second not based on how good his team was, but based on seeding and an easy schedule. I watched Washington several times this year, I wanted Alabama to play them because they would have been an easy playoff win for Alabama. Basically the only teams they played this year would be Texas and Oregon.

Good on him for winning those games mind you, but that's absolutely nothing compared to the brutal SEC schedules moving forward. His team wasn't better than Alabama or Georgia, that's for darn sure.

Having said that, this team was build in part on players he didn't recruit. His recruiting has actually been bad, even for Washington standards but they had a few solid classes before he arrived and that gave him a base to work off of.

There's a lot of red flags, Alabama's success is built around recruiting and apparently recruits don't know who he is either and that's a major issue.

Harsin had 4 consecutive ten win seasons out west, that didn't translate at all. DeBoer won a lot of games with a guy throwing for 4,500+ in the Pac-12. Well he's not going to have that guy and even if he did that guy isn't doing that in the SEC...

 

[colbysullivan]

If I had to guess, Norvell may be the easiest pull. The man has no idea what conference FSU will be playing in for the next few years. If he wants a stocked roster and the biggest name in all of college football then Bama is a no brainer. Now will we even offer? I have no idea.

He needs to bring back all our players then…

 

[tideindc]

It's a pretty lousy list, in my opinion at least.

I mean I get bringing in DeBeor for an interview, but the question isn't just can he recruit the southeast (he's never worked there), but really can he recruit at all.

He's only been at Washington for two years, so we don't really know what a team he's built would look like at the power conference level. Furthermore, he currently has the 36th ranked recruiting class, before that it was 26th.

Washington's recruiting was ranked 16th in 2018, 15th in 2019, and 16th in 2020. So recruiting has actually tanked under him, it's a major red flag when you already consider he isn't familiar with the southeast.

He’s a great football coach and has been a superstar at every level. He OC was the one CNS wanted as his first choice. Recruits will come and he will coach them up. We’re not getting Sark and this guy won’t have Dabos ego.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

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Make it so...............engage!

 

[NorthernTide]

I trust AD Greg Brynes. Just from the Coach Nate Oats hire alone. I do think we'll all be "shocked" with the hire. As I posted to my Bama group of friends yesterday,
We are grateful for the historical run Coach Saban has given us, but so did Frank Thomas, Wallace Wade, and Coach Bryant. It is not the men alone but the Place! Did Coach Saban do things that others hadn't done, sure, each of those did things their predecessors didn't, but the Place afforded them the opportunity to surpass those before them! I just hope I live long enough to see the 3rd dynasty in my lifetime- Coach Bryant, Coach Saban, and whoever is lucky enough to come lead the Place- The University of Alabama, the King of College Football, then, now, and forever! Roll Tide!

 

[smith5753]

Listening to coach Saban’s interview it sounds like had coach Steele stayed one more season coach Saban may have had one more season in him.

 

[dayhiker]

 

[dWarriors88]

If you are to compete in the new NIL era, the current collegiate model does not work and wont work. If you are to reinvent what it should look like and there are very few rules prohibiting you, now is the time to do it and you want Saban doing it.

Herm Edwards at ASU was a man before his time...

What's preventing Saban from starting his own agency and steering recruits to Alabama much like a GM would? Who would not sign with his agency? Other schools are already using NIL to steer recruits to schools, recruits have agents already doing this. He would have NIL deals arranged for his player-clients.

I think we are about to see college football reinvented...

I Like this idea, I always envisioned Coach Saban kind of pulling the strings behind the curtain after he retired. Although sort of selfish of me to wish such things on a man whose retiring but what a way to leave a lasting impact. As someone else said, I would assume he would want to protect the kingdom he built.