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

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.