before Saban came

bobmack12champs

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Before coach Moore hit this home run hire, who did he really talk to other than the ones listed below....I understand there were several coaches said "no, I'm not taking the Alabama job" that really hadn't even been contacted, but wanted to give the impression they had turned the job down
Rich Rod
Mike Riley
Butch Davie(?) who else....
 
Before coach Moore hit this home run hire, who did he really talk to other than the ones listed below....I understand there were several coaches said "no, I'm not taking the Alabama job" that really hadn't even been contacted, but wanted to give the impression they had turned the job down
Rich Rod
Mike Riley
Butch Davie(?) who else....
I think Butch Davis was considered during the Franchione hire... not the Saban hire.

Had Saban said no, it's been well documented that Moore was going towards Jim Grobe or Bobby Petrino.
 

selmaborntidefan

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Butch Davis allegedly was coming here after DuBose was fired. We wound up with Fran.

When Fran left I heard the following names come up: Mike Riley, David Cutcliffe, Tom Coughlin, Davis (again), Steve Spurrier, and eventually Price (I'm sure other names came up too).

When Shula was leaving I heard the following names: Saban & Spurrier were the big names plus Rich Rod, Jim Grobe, Jim Leavitt, Paul Johnson, and 2-3 others whose names slip my mind at the moment.
 

crimsonbleeder

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It's scary now to think of all of those names, and how NONE of them were/are the PERFECT fit that CNS has been/is. Alabama was made for Coach Nick Saban, and Nick Saban was made for Alabama. It's a perfect match, without question. All those other coaches wouldn't be NEAR the success...
 
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