re: If Saban left for the NFL this year would Bama promote Smart?

A lot of Bama fans might be against promoting Kirby Smart because of the colossal train wreck that occurred when they promoted Mike DuBose after Stallings stepped down. But I don't know...Kirby has been with Saban a long time and as rigid of a taskmaster as CNS is, he must be doing things right or he would have been shown the door or left on his own. It seems to be working out pretty well at Florida with Muschamp and he had never been a HC at a lesser school. If Saban left and the powers that be felt Kirby was ready then I would be fine with it as long as they kept him on a short leash if things started going downhill.