Tracking Saban's Replacement Thread

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Shots fired

Part of me hears that and sees that puff at the end and I hear, "The GRASS isn't always greener..."

Maybe Lanning told Greg Byrne, "Look, man, I can't recruit to a state where weed isn't legal."

Joking. But only barely these days.

 

[DD4ME]

I think the cigar reference was a straight Bama snub since they and us do the victory cigars.

 

[Lars]

I would like to make this observation; Dooley once (in)famously stated that we fans were „looking for Rommel“. In a Sense, Saban WAS Rommel. You hated him because he was the enemy; but you respected him because he was an absolute master of his craft.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

I think the cigar reference was a straight Bama snub since they and us do the victory cigars.

I think it's more likely the cigar, and especially the cigar SMOKE, appearing seconds after talking about "grass," is a veiled reference to legal marijuana.

Dude's winking at the recruits saying, come play here, we got weed.

That's how I read it.

 

[Boston Vol]

Dabo has always been the most logical candidate in my mind. He's a proven champion at a big program, he's from the state of Alabama,
played for bama, and coached for bama before leaving for Clemson. Why would bama want Lanning--who has won nothing--in the first place
rather than Dabo? Makes no sense to me. Saban had already achieved a lot before taking the bama job--he'd won a national title at LSU, coached in the NFL (badly, but still...). Dabo has likewise achieved a lot. He may not want the pressure of following Saban--but it's his school, and given Clemson's recent struggles and the weak reputation of the ACC, this actually seems like the perfect time for him to jump.

If Dabo thought Tyler from Spartanburg was being unreasonable, he wouldn’t last three years in Tuscaloosa.

 

[The Original Fade]

Vegas lines:

• Dan Lanning +250
• Lane Kiffin +400
• James Franklin +500
• Dabo Swinney +600
• Steve Sarkisian +900
• Mike Norvell +1000
• Glenn Schumann +1500
• Kalen DeBoer +1800
• Bill O'Brien +2000
• Pat Shurmur +2200
• Deion Sanders +2500
• Urban Meyer +3000

I’m pulling for Deion just for the entertainment value

 

[volbound1700]

A darkhorse could be Bill Belicheck...

 

[Volbrando]

I think Norvell or Dabo at this point

Kiffin is probably wanting it though

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

You might be right, but my guess is there will also be a flash mob at the mattress stores in Tallahassee, if Norvell is seen driving across the Alabama state line. Dabo, like someone earlier said, still has his cell phone charging and on his chest. Kif has some baggage that just might not be acceptable to some bammer biggies.

I'm starting to be a Norvell lean as a compromise to internally battling bama kingpins. FSU and the ACC are a football mess.

I certainly hope for a mess in Tuscaloosa. ESPN says Saban is in the building today "being supportive and thanking everyone" but I've got to think he can be a Kingmaker by making suggestions and phone calls while corralling boosters who might be thinking "finally, we can get a little clout around here again."

It's got to sting those under all those Bama caps that Lanning said "Thanks, but no thanks." I'm surprised. That's a tough job to turn down, IMO, for pretty much any coach not named Smart or Sark.

Any chaos in Tuscaloosa makes me smile.

 

[BenGrimm]

Dabo has always been the most logical candidate in my mind. He's a proven champion at a big program, he's from the state of Alabama,
played for bama, and coached for bama before leaving for Clemson. Why would bama want Lanning--who has won nothing--in the first place
rather than Dabo? Makes no sense to me. Saban had already achieved a lot before taking the bama job--he'd won a national title at LSU, coached in the NFL (badly, but still...). Dabo has likewise achieved a lot. He may not want the pressure of following Saban--but it's his school, and given Clemson's recent struggles and the weak reputation of the ACC, this actually seems like the perfect time for him to jump.

He’s spent more of his life and career at Clemson. I don’t know that “going home” is all that important to him.

But I was hearing on the radio last night that Clemson’s NIL collective is . He’s supposedly against NIL and the TP but they may just be because you can’t succeed in one without the other.

 

[GAVol]

A darkhorse could be Bill Belicheck...

Can’t imagine that’s on their radar.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

He’s spent more of his life and career at Clemson. I don’t know that “going home” is all that important to him.

But I was hearing on the radio last night that Clemson’s NIL collective is . He’s supposedly against NIL and the TP but they may just be because you can’t succeed in one without the other.

If Dabo leaves and FSU is suing, the ACC will be like tracking an elk with an arrow in it...... just waiting for it to fall dead.

 

[Hunerwadel]

Smart move, he'll continue to do well at Oregon. Never want to be known as the coach that followed "the guy"

You'll never hit a hom run if you don't swing the bat.

 

[Lars]

I think Norvell or Dabo at this point

Kiffin is probably wanting it though

My gut tells me that Kiffin would rather coach at Florida. How long will it be before that job opens? Not very is my guess. Still, if the bammers offer...

 

[Volbrando]

My gut tells me that Kiffin would rather coach at Florida. How long will it be before that job is open? Not very is my guess.

my thought as well... I bet it opens after this coming season

 

[ENGRVOL]

Is it too much to ask for bama to go through one Schiano Sunday like we did?

 

[JCHateSteve]

I truly hope they get the FULL "Tennessee vols coaching search experience" - Dave Hart version. The one where you go through literally option and climb in the dumpster for a hobo masquerading as a football coach and get him.

That comparison is offensive.....to the hobo.

 

[malinoisvol]

 

[Behr]

My gut tells me that Kiffin would rather coach at Florida. How long will it be before that job is open? Not very is my guess. Still, if the bammers offer...

Lol my gut tells me he'd rather be anywhere than wherever he is.

 

[VolGirl81]

Would be funny.

No way Sark is leaving Texas. Kiffin would go to Bama in a heartbeat, but who knows if they'll consider him.

I wonder if Kiffin would leave. I read where his daughter asked him last year to stay at ole miss for her and he said he would. Wouldn’t be the first time he’s gone back on his word, but I think he’s matured a little.

 

[GAVol]

Lol my gut tells me he'd rather be anywhere than wherever he is.

Pretty much everything he's done since Al Davis fired him has been that.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

You'll never hit a hom run if you don't swing the bat.

You know who never batted right after the clean-up batter? The next best batter on the team.

The coaches who want to swing a bat on the Tide's sideline don't want to do it now. They want to do it after some other poor schmuck strikes out and gets fired.

 

[onevol74]

Schiano is available. Where is Herbstreit?

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Quoted from the MSN:
Saban received multiple questions about that idea of retirement, most recently during one of his regular appearances on The Pat McAfee Show on Jan. 4. When asked about people questioning how much he has left in the tank, Saban said it must be because he’s “old” before pointing out he gets questions from recruits, as well.

“Look, I ask everybody that asks me that question, ‘Are you going to be here for four years?’” Saban said. “Some players ask me when you’re going to retire, I’ve looked at them and say, ‘Well can you guarantee me that you’re going to be here for four years?’ and they looked at me like ‘Hell no I’m not.’”

 

[Sara Clark]

Marquis Maze tweet:

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One thing I know for sure he isn’t leaving the program in a bad space, that’s just the type of man he is, I’m sure his staff and everybody was prepared for this. Somebody already in place to be the coach, I already know who we got but I can’t tell yall just yet