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

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Saban has a son.





Adopted, doesn't have the same tiger blood.

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You just admitted that Saban has "Tiger" blood.



As for the OP question, no one can replace Saban or be like him. He is a once in a generation coach. He would have made any upper level program dominant and would have won several more titles at LSU if he would have stayed.

When he leaves, Bama will decline. The next hire is crucial, obviously, but no one has dominated the way that Saban has. Even a very good coach will not keep Bama at this level.

You can slam Miles all you want, but he is a very good coach. He makes mistakes, but if he were as stupid as everyone says, LSU would have tanked by 2009. The 2011 team was more dominant than any team that Saban ever fielded at LSU OR Alabama - until they faced the Saban-coached 2011 Alabama team a second time.

Bama will still be good, but they won't be THIS good. Primarily because no matter what the next coach does, it will never be as good as Saban and the pressure will build until it crushes the guy. The genius of Miles is his ability to block all that pressure out and just keep going. It is infuriating at the same time because you want him to get his hands off the offense and hire a competent OC, but you take the good with the bad, I guess.