re: Paging BAMA fans that remember Debose, Shula

you're not going to get an honest answer from bama fans, esp with the hindsight of saban's era ... most fans were ok with dubose's hire ... he was a longtime assistant under stallings and played for the bear and was the main person targeted for the job ...

shula was a last minute alternative, so that's not comparable to your situation ...

the simple fact is that there are no homerun hires ... nick saban wasn't nick saban when he came to alabama ... he was just another coach with a natty and some decent years under his belt ... howard schnellenberger went to ou with a natty and left after 1 year ... johnny majors went home to tennessee after winning a natty with pittsburgh, but never really threatened to get it going there ... danny ford never found success at arky ... urban's the only real homerun hire there's been in quite some time ... most everybody knew/felt he would be very, very successful at ohio state ... O might turn out to be a great coach - you never know ... plenty of guys have gone onto success with less of a resume than his ...