re: This is why we should have hired Kiffin

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Perhaps DeBoer sees something in Mack that makes him believe he's the right guy for his system.
There's no way to know any of this until we see the product on the field.

BAMA didn't hire DeBoer to be a continuation of Saban. They hired him because they believe he can develop a system of winning akin to the winning tradition at BAMA.
The problem is that even if DeBoer has BAMA competitive in every game next season, and goes say 8-4, people will say, if Sayin this, or if TRob that.
DeBoer didn't think TRob or Sayin were instrumental to his success. Until he proves otherwise, I'm with DeBoer.

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I remember a LOT of haters from other schools LAUGHING at us in December 2007 for hiring a "Dud"...... They all claimed Saban was an overpaid BUST. I remember LSux fans buying up tickets to the Independence bowl game in Shreveport to jeer and laugh at Saban.

But no one was laughing after the season opener in 2008.

Candidly, I was REALLY Hoping we WOULD hire a "Continuation of Saban"!!!! But we broke away from the Bryant & Stallings legacies in 2006, and that turned out "OK".....

DeBoer needs at least one full season before we can have ANY idea how he's going to shake out.