re: What was Nick Saban thinking when he hired Kevin Steele as defensive coordinator

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Did Satan fire Applewhite or didn't Major just up and leave?

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Major supposedly left to become the Texas RBs coach but I'm 100% certain that Saban basically told him to get lost. It makes no sense why he would take such a dramatic demotion. I've also heard some people say that it was "Mama (Texas) called him home" but that doesn't make much sense either because I remember all kinds of articles being written about Applewhite being a huge Alabama fan growing up and how he always wanted to go there and so forth. He was definitely canned.