re: Is the Alabama job after Saban desirable?

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Alabama won a NC in the 40's, and then again in the 60's and 70's. Went though the 80's without one, but won another in the 90's. I know what you are trying to do, but it is not working. Most teams win one or two NC in their history (LSU has 4), but Alabama wins them in bunches.

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You guys won a title in 1992 and then didn't win another until 2009. You can call it cherrypicking but that's a long span within the modern era, and it follows a decade of not winning in the '80s. As an LSU fan I grew up not really giving a shite about Bama and hated Florida (in the 90s) and Auburn (in the 2000s) more. I remember watching the likes of Laron Landry teeing off on Bama QBs and their putrid OLs under Mike Shula. People used to make fun of Bama fans' veneration for the Bear and how they lived in the past. In modern times Bama was hardly any more impressive of a program than Auburn, Tennessee, or Florida, prior to Saban's arrival, which by the way, could have been Rich Rodriguez. Saban came along, and the last decade has been a historic run.

Soon enough, he will retire or fall ill, die, etc. And Bama will regress. It will be glorious to watch, and Bama fans will get back to living in the past.