I’ve mentally accepted Lanning might go but seems like tide fans are split 50/50 on him.

Unproven as a head coach. It’s a reach, but he could be good.

I think it would be a good hire. It's high risk but so is everybody after Saban

He’s the perfect hire after Saban. High risk but could be high reward.

Imho, it's Dabo, Kiffin, then Lanning. But, you know Saban is not leaving the keys to the kingdom to a loser. If it's Lanning then Saban knows he will be great.

To go from Nick Saban to a guy who couldn't win the Pac-12 is an absolute dream as an Auburn fan.

Lanning lost to that garbage Washington Huskie defense TWICE this year.

I thought Oregon was supposed to be an offensive juggernaut.
Huskie D looked like a bunch of Pop Warner kids against Michigan.

He’d be a fool to leave Oregon. He’s got a good thing going, Oregon can pay whatever they want to keep him. Why put that in jeopardy to live in the shadow of Nick Saban?

He’s young and has no titles. I don’t want us trapped in some mega contract with an unproven coach but I am not in charge

Putting aside my Auburn bias, it seems really unlikely you’ll be able to sustain Saban’s work for more than a couple of seasons. Not that I expect Alabama to cease being competitive. I just think there might be one or two dudes out there who could do it with the minimal fall off and it’s tossing darts as to who that would be.

So go get a promising high profile coach who will get some buzz and knows the conference and hope for the best while accepting the reality that the next guy is probably going to be gone within 5-6 years. Seems like Lanning is as good a bet as any other and it seems unlikely he will dig a considerable hole for the guy who follows.

Is Bama willing to pay his 20 mil buyout?