re: When it's time to get a new Head Coach

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If I had to choose right now, I'd have to go with Mario as Nick's replacement.

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I'll tell you why I'm a hard no on Mario. Sure, he's a good recruiter. But lots of guys are. That isn't good enough.

Mario lost to TWO teams with losing records last year. This year, after winning that big game at Ohio State, he turns around and loses to a Stanford team that's 3-9. Imagine him coming here and beating Texas A&M in a big game on the road...and then losing to Vandy three weeks later. That's basically what Mario did. Then his team gets manhandled and demolished 38-7 by Utah.

Mario, with all his talent, has had 4 horrendous losses in the last two years...three to teams with losing records...Stanford, Cal, and Oregon State. He has shown a propensity the last two years to not have his team physically or mentally ready to play. Those losses are unforgiveable. One...maybe. One a year...maybe. Four in two years? Hell no. It would be like coming here and suddenly and inexplicably starting to lose to a South Carolina or Vanderbilt every year. Arizona State was 5-7 in 2018, yet somehow Mario found a way to lose to them by 29.

And before you say Saban almost lost to Florida, Arkansas and LSU and Auburn, Mario has had those also. Scoring with 5:00 left this year to beat a 4-7 Cal team, for example.

Maybe Mario can get his obvious deficiencies corrected and win something big by the time Saban retires. Otherwise...hell no.