You do realize, of course, that the agreement would have been predicated on Saban’s final decision. Right?

I’ll ask you like I asked the other guy. Do you seriously think that within 4 days a national title game was played, Saban just started considering retirement, the Alabama AD compiled a list of candidates, contacted the agents of those candidates, contacted DeBoer, interviewed DeBoer, and agreed on a contract, then hired him….all within 4 days? It doesn’t happen that way. It damn sure didn’t happen that way when LSU hired Kelly. We were all told that Riley would be hired and dominate the SEC. It definitely took Auburn more than 4 day when Harsin was hired, and more than 4 days whe Sleezy Freeze was hired.

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Posted by SidewalkTiger

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Member since Dec 2019

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Posted on 3/5/24 at 2:06 pm to John Milner

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You do realize, of course, that the agreement would have been predicated on Saban’s final decision. Right?

"Saban may retire, we want you to go ahead and agree to be the head coach, in case he does."

Yeah, I seriously doubt that happened. DeBoer would have to be a moron to forego other opportunities to wait for a job that may or may not actually come open.

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I’ll ask you like I asked the other guy. Do you seriously think that within 4 days a national title game was played, Saban just started considering retirement, the Alabama AD compiled a list of candidates, contacted the agents of those candidates, contacted DeBoer, interviewed DeBoer, and agreed on a contract, then hired him….all within 4 days?

Sure, it doesn't take as long as many of you think.

I'm sure your AD has been holding a list of candidates for awhile now.