re: This is unprecedented

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Tom Osborne was still winning at Nebraska when he retired. In his five final seasons dude was 60-3. If that's not top of his game, idk what is.
He also replaced a dude that won 101 games in 11 years at Nebraska, Bob Devaney. He won consecutive titles in '70 and '71. He retired after the '72 season. Osborne is a legend. Osborne won a seat in Congress after he retired as a coach and very nearly won the governorship after that.
This can be done. It just has to be the right guy. There's no reason why DeBoer can't win and win big at BAMA.

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There really isn't.

Old style, hardcore recruiting isn't really the thing any longer. Winning the living room is about NIL money these days and not much else. Alabama is fortunate to be filthy with it.

Say the obligatory yada, yada, yada's and blah, blah, blah's about academics and developing young men or whatever other dumb shite, and then after all that and a plate of homemade fried chicken, get down to the nitty gritty of what really matters.

NIL, for all it's faults offers succinct clarity that the game of recruiting has never had before.