re: In-depth look at Mal Moore's 38-day recruitment of Nick Saban

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I dont think Gene really wanted to leave Alabama in 1996...

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I don't think he did either but he was probably 2-3 years away from retirement anyway. We were falling way behind UT and Florida.

The program had gotten a little stagnant and needed some new blood. However, choosing DuBose was idiotic.

I would've taken Stallings back in 2003 for a year but it all worked out in the end. Shula did his job of being a placeholder until it was time to finally go get a bigtime coach.