McElwain is actually a good coach

I think McElwain is the best offense co-ordinator Alabama has had recently, and that includes Kiffin. He called plays based solely on what would work, the situation, and the personnel he had. He didn't try to be cute or creative, solely for the sake of showing off. If vanilla plays would work, that's what he called. If those things wouldn't work, then he would try more creative things. His offensive philosophy fit Alabama and Saban's style perfectly.

You can never know any "what ifs" for certain, but I'm of the opinion if McElwain stays at Bama, Bama likely goes undefeated in 2012 and has a very real shot at 3-peating in 2013.

Nussmeier was terrible. Bama won games in spite of him and 2 of the 3 losses under his tenure you can put on his shoulders largely (although there's lots of blame to go around after any loss).

Kiffin is light years better than Nuss, but is also too pass happy, especially on 1st down. The plays he calls are actually good... but not for the personnel Bama has. Kiffin calls plays like Sims is Peyton Manning.

Long story short, McElwain is a very good offense co-coordinator and is doing a great job at CSU.

He's a gamble hire for sure, especially for a big name school like Florida, however a bigger program than CSU will roll the dice on him soon.