re: Is Bama better prepared for a Post-Saban era than it was for Post Bear?

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Saban will leave huge shoes to fill, but hopefully the lesson we've learned is that we will never win simply because "We're Alabama." That's a retarded way of thinking and that was the mentality we had for 25 years.

However, being the head coach at Alabama isn't easy. You have to be able to deal with more day-to-day BS than practically any other college job. Only certain type of people can handle that and its going to take a coach who has the political capital who can tell boosters and such to screw off...which is basically what Saban did when he got here. He's done an excellent job of getting rid of the hangers on and boosters who ran the program before. My fear is that once he leaves, they'll see it as an opportunity to lurch back in.

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And that his a huge caveat. Because the one team whose coach has to deal with more nonsense than Saban? Texas.

That school is full of nonsensical bullcrap a coach has to deal with, to the point that it's detrimental to the program. The irony is that Texas' football program has more money than anyone, by a huge margin. More than Notre Dame, and certainly more than Bama. But they will never achieve the success Bama has. Ever. Because they try harder and don't try smarter.

Alabama will always be Alabama because they demand excellence, and they're willing to shell out the money on a coaching staff to be the best. So can Texas, but they hamstring themselves at every turn, where Alabama does not.