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Seems to tarnish his legacy to have walked away from his team without a plan. That seems selfish to me and I didn’t think he would have done it like this!

I disagree about the "tarnishing his legacy" thing. P5 CFB coaching has become a year round job with no true off-season so there really is no good time for such a coach to announce he's stepping down.

Having said that, I'm also surprised he did it this way without a plan in place. We seem to have this image of him being the Godfather of Bama football and as such wouldn't give up the top seat without proper succession. Here's the thing...if he had stepped down after his last natty I think Sark is leading Bama now, that's how much Nick believed in him. As it is now all of his past coordinators/position coaches who were worth a damn either already have good jobs (Sark, Kirby, Kiffin, Dabo) or flamed out and are now sitting back counting their aggy bucks. (Jimbo) As it is now Bama will have to waaay overpay (aggy style, 100% guaranteed) to grab one of the big names, or go the humble and sensible route and start looking at guys like Lance Lieopold or Chris Klieman. Kansas and K-state arent exactly destination schools, but both are very good coaches that have had success at the lower levels and P5. Just my $.02