re: Derek Dooley Is The Fredo Corleone Of The Saban Family.

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All those people that say these guys were just GA assistants, and it was really Saban's defense are turning out more right by the day.

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I think most realistic people knew this. It was part of the debate earlier in the year when AUs defense was sucking. People would point at Chizik and say "he's a defensive coach, why is Roof being blamed for the defensive problems. If Alabama had defensive struggles you know damn well everyone would blame Saban straight up."

I think everyone just hoped that Saban DCs were decent coordinators and then they learned under Saban and became great coordinators. As you said, it hasn't really turned out that way thus far. Kirby Smart really could be awesome, but he hasn't done anything to prove it and the past examples don't indicate a positive trend.