Is Bama better prepared for a Post-Saban era than it was for Post Bear?

I want everyone's thoughts tho?

God I hope so.......hopefully the admin. and the good ole boy contingent learned their lesson and we will find the next Saban instead of the next Ray Perkins

I will probably be dead. Look while Miles has done with a saban established program. Had Saban not come back to college football the dynasty would be in Baton Rouge. Miles has been running on Saban fumes for almost a decade.

If Les Miles can still have LSU competitive 9 years after Saban left then I feel great about our chances.

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I am about to be 31, so any of you who are older definitely correct me on how off-based I am, but we didn't get a reputation of firing coaches pretty quick for nothing... am I right?

Are we better prepared for whenever that does happen now?

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EASILY more prepared. Bama's problem after Bryant was not the quick trigger finger to fire coaches, a lack of talent, or anything else.

It was Pat Dye. Bama fans can say what they want, but Dye was one HELL of a coach. One of the best the SEC has EVER seen. He was a hard arse of the 10th degree. He was such a hard arse when he got to AU he makes saban look like a pussy (seriously). He had a rep when he arrived at AU of being a hard core militant dictator. He ran off 20-25% of the entire team his first spring training and in his first two years, took on vastly superior teams and made it a 4 quarter game or beat them.

When Saban is gone, it is not likely AU will have a coach that has already surpassed bama and is beginning a decade of SEC dominance. It could happen, but when Bear retired, a LOT if not the majority of bama's failures were due to Dye's greatness. It is hard for both teams to be on top at the same time (though not impossible - both were good in the 80's).

Yes. Citation: LSU.

The only time I've ever really seen a smooth transition was Howard Schnellenberger to Jimmy Johnson at Miami.

Had Johnson stayed at Miami, there's no telling how many national championships he would've won. Saban has actually surpassed Johnson as a college coach, and that's no small feat. In fact, Saban is the best coach since JJ.

I just don't see that train stopping until Saban has a heart attack or something. Alabama will probably move into having the greatest dynasty in college football history. Greater than OU in the 70's and 80's. Miami in the 80's and 90's. Notre Dame. You name it.

Saban is marching towards being the greatest coach in history. I personally think he's got OCD and is batshit crazy, but that only feeds into his perfectionist mindset and will to win.

It will not be easy to replace Saban. No way, no how. You might get a Miles scenario at LSU or a Erickson scenario at Miami. But they'll be a pale reflection of just how good Saban is. And they won't be able to sustain the success.

things don't happen that way; the outgoing coach tries to pick his successor. saban did that at LSU. he will most definately do it at bama. will the pick work out? usually they don't. les miles will eventually become the most winning coach at LSU and there is still a vocal segment of fans that hated him from day one and still do. since nicky has 3 nc's at bama, you will probably get a ray perkins and even if he's good, it won't be good enough.

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I'd say the topic answers it all. I'd say we had a hard time accepting ANY measure of normalcy when the Bear retired. I think this started from the top of our admin all the way to the fan.

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I doubt it. The next few coaches at Bama will be compared to Saban at every turn. What Saban has done at Bama is unprecedented, in this day and age of CFB parity.