Question for Bama football fans and Kentucky basketball fans

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If your previous coach had won a national title over 6 years ago, would you have kept him or would you still have pursued Saban and Calipari?

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UK went through that with Tubby and Joe B. In both cases they need the interim coach to make the next hire. You need Sutton to get Little Ricky and Billy Clyde to get Cal.

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If your previous coach had won a national title over 6 years ago, would you have kept him or would you still have pursued Saban and Calipari?

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Well it would depend on what they did in 6 years since a title. Let's take Saban's predecessor - Mike Shula. He only coached 4 years:

2003 4-9
2004 6-6
2005 10-2
2006 6-7

Let's assume for the sake of your argument that he coached 6 years winning an NC his first year and we will give him his average 6-6 type year his second year, consistent with the rest of his tenure at Bama.

So you have:

2001 National championship
2002 6-6
2003 4-9
2004 6-6
2005 10-2
2006 6-7

Saban is available? Yes, I still think Alabama is going to fire Shula and hire Saban despite the NC 6 years prior.

However, that is not really what has happened with LSU. They have had much more success post national title under Maneri than Alabama had under Shula (in this hypothetical world you are having us contemplate). I don't think there is any way he should be fired.

LSU under Maneri would have been more like the equivalent of Shula winning the title and then winning and average of 10 games a year after that and alternating from middle of the road bowl games and BCS bowl games every year. He wouldn't be fired for that.

Billy G was 40-27 in his two seasons at UK, and was an awful representative for the school. Winning does trump everything, but I don't see him having lasted much longer than he did. Awful fit, and the AD should have been fired for not vetting him better.

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You spoiled rotten brats - Maneri's seat should be cool as a damn cucumber. Be thankful for what you've got and grateful for the championship season.

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Winning 5 titles in 10 years will do that. I am sure Bama fans weren't pissed after the 2013 season and losing to Auburn and then Oklahoma...won 3 out of 4 before that.

It's a tough question. Depends on not national championships but how is the team doing.

Example, if we are making the SEC title game every 4 years and competing for the playoffs ok. If we are winning 8 games but 6 years ago we won a national title no.

Shula, Dubose, etc could have gone 10-2 every year but if we were going to Cotton Bowls it meant we lost games to the wrong teams at the wrong time and they would not be kept.

People don't remember this but Stallings won 70 games in 7 years and when he was "forced" out, and he was, there was no sadness at his "retirement". Yes we were winning 10 games a year but it just wasn't where we needed to be. It seemed ok to him but 10 wins doesnt put you in any scenario to win the National title and I think he thought his 92 title bought him a lifetime contract and it did not. We needed a change. He got very comfortable winning 10 games and we couldn't have that. Saban now, has earned the right to stay as long as he likes. There is not a single scenario that would force Saban out short of a sex scandal or violations. Saban also will not sit on his laurels; ala Gene Stallings.
To answer your real question Les would not still be the coach at Bama.

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it's just baseball.

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College football and basketball are semi-pro sports where athletes are paid money.. Does not compare to a true amateur sport like college baseball.

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If your previous coach had won a national title over 6 years ago, would you have kept him or would you still have pursued Saban and Calipari?

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We waited 10 for Tubby.

Billy Clyde natty is an oxymoron. Never would have happened so the point is moot.

So Rich Brooks was a bad hire? We were on probation.