Let’s all remember. Don’t laugh if a coach turns down the Bama job.

The PTB, the power brokers, the guys in the back room, gave up a lot of their power to keep Nick. He held sway in negations in a way that no one else will be able. His worth was so great that they sold theirs away. Blank check, carte blanche, veto power. It'll be interesting to see how far the pendulum swings back the other direction and how far it returns.

Lord let them remember the sting of losing control more than the sting of simply losing.

And may it affect, effect, and infect the caliber they'll want and the caliber they receive. .. and receive... and receive.

Time to come full circle. He wouldn’t have to move far.

I get your point, but lets not forget:

Perk the Jerk (Ray Perkins)
Mike "Destiny" Price (Last Coach from Washington)
Mike Dubose (Showers in his office with secretary and he was NOT fired for that).
Mike Shula (Nice Guy, got a bad deal)
Gene Stallings (Got a Nattie, but also finally got Bama in signficant NCAA trouble)
Dennis Franphony (Went to TAMU)

ETA: Forgot Bill Curry (Last man picked in the NFL and had a 31-43-4 record at Georgia Tech. Including a 1-10year and only two winning seasons (6-4-1 and 9-2-1) in 7 years just before being hired by Bama

These are the coaches Bama hired before they hired Saban.

I guess I'm a terrible person, but I was kind if sad to see the old bastard retire lol. I'd like for us to have beaten him a time or 2 before