re: Which SEC West program is going to fall to mediocrity by 2020: LSU, Bama, or AU?

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Hopefully we would go after the best available HC.

It all depends on if a top level coach wants to step into Saban's shadow directly after he leaves.

But if we do decide to try and see if Smart can keep Saban's program going (again I hope we don't), as long as he isn't so naive that he lets boosters run our recruiting, he'd be better than Dubose. Smart getting fired after three years won't kill our program, but him getting us on probation would.

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The trend is toward Offensive Coaches over the next few years. That is why I said this is the critical year for Smart. If his Defense has problems with the HUNH Teams again, the ship might have sailed for him at Bama.