Where is this coming from? Any Alabama fan will tell you Saban was the best recruiter in college football for a long time… Alabama gave him the resources to continue to be the best recruiter, hire the best staff, maintain the best facilities. The kids wanted to play for Saban, nobody is questioning that? Alabama gave Saban whatever he needed to get those kids to win championships. Both parties were committed to excellence and it was a great fit for everyone involved.

Pointing out that a HS recruit would want to play for the best college football coach ever, as if that’s a bad thing, is just stupid as shite. It’s obvious. Of course they did. It was a fast track to the NFL, which is really what these kids are looking for anyway. It was mutually beneficial.

You think Zion wanted to go play for Duke? Or could it have been because K was there? All the kids Cal pulled to Lexington wanted to play for Kentucky? Or wanted Cal to get them to the NBA and try to win a trophy during their 1 year in school?

High profile recruits want to win, get drafted, and play pro ball, so they go play for the guys that can get them there. They don’t play for schools anymore. They play for their careers.

If DeBoer proves he can be successful at Alabama and compete for the conference and playoff berths, Alabama’s AD will support him in the same manner. If Saban’s tenure at Alabama has proven anything, it’s that when the right coach is in town, Alabama football can still be a dominant force. It might be now or it might be 30 years from now, but the two most successful football coaches to ever walk a college sideline both worked in Tuscaloosa and you think that’s a coincidence?