re: Is Cristobal's star starting to lose a bit of its shine?

Sarkisian
- great recruiter? Yes
- great innovative and forward thinking offensive mind? Yes
- knows the ins and outs of how our program functions and runs? Yes
- respected and trusted by Saban? Yes
- major head coaching experience? Yes
- relatively young? Yes

Just seems like way too logical a fit to me - again, assuming everyone who truly knows feels good about the drinking thing.

There are so many risks with almost EVERYONE else - the continuation factor with the guy who runs and innovates the offense (which is paramount in 2020) gives him a BIG leg up on almost anyone else, IMHO.