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Predict what will cause Alabama to eventually decline, if they ever do

Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:25 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:25 pm
A) teams within conference rising to their level in same consistent manner
B) future coaches post- saban not being able to maintain elite all around management of program
C) scandal
D) somebody figuring out how to beat Alabama without requiring elite QB performances
E) other

What is most likely to cause Bama to come back down to earth?
Posted by IAmReality
Member since Oct 2012
12229 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:26 pm to
The only good answer is Saban retiring.

Alabama will never not be a top 10 team with Saban there.

There may be a hiccup year every now and then, but that will look a lot like 2010, still a 10 win season.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:26 pm to
Saban retiring. Dumb question with dumb choices OP
Posted by m45auburn
Auburn
Member since Aug 2014
4467 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:27 pm to
When real speculation starts about Saban retiring, their recruiting will decline like at the end of Bowden, Paterno, and Spurrier's careers.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26121 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:29 pm to
One thing, and one thing only: Saban leaves, for whatever reason.
Posted by Master of Sinanju
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:32 pm to
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This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 7:33 pm
Posted by 12
Redneck part of Florida
Member since Nov 2010
18751 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:34 pm to
B is the correct answer.
Posted by Jumbo_Gumbo
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2015
5691 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:35 pm to
NCAA sanctions
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19495 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:36 pm to
The same things that brought Bear Bryant down: liquor and time.
Posted by cyde
He gone
Member since Nov 2005
31793 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:40 pm to
E.

Teams have peaks and valleys. We'll eventually have our place at the top taken by another team for a while. It is the way of things.

We're just making sure that we're not forgotten in the meantime.
This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 7:41 pm
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:45 pm to
Obviously they will be doomed as soon as the ink is dry on the contracts when Saban hires Ed O as DC and Jim Harbaugh as OC just because he can
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
4744 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:02 pm to
Agree with Saban leaving. He will never go lower than ten wins again, barring some Les Miles-esque stubbornness that causes his own undoing.
Posted by Poker Dough
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2018
8589 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:07 pm to
Won't have anything to do with Michigan
Posted by BoarEd
The Hills
Member since Oct 2015
38862 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:09 pm to
Let's be real for a minute, guys. Everyone here knows it's just a matter of time before Bama gets the NCAA sanction hammer again.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62725 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:10 pm to
F. Bama hires Rich Rod
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
22953 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:12 pm to
Saban retiring.

No one can replicate what he did there. Sorry. Just not going to happen anytime soon.

He is the best coach in history. So their decline happens when he leaves. By decline I mean come back down from the insane high of the last ten years. Not decline as in hiring a TE coach that sucks as OC.
Posted by MIZ_COU
I'm right here
Member since Oct 2013
13771 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:21 pm to
Herpes epidemic

has already begun
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:55 pm to
It will be a combination between A&B but I personally am hoping for C only because the Rant threads will be delicious. We need another As the Plains Burn.

Interesting that when you type "ATPB" Chicken's Rantbots automatically extend it to As the Plains Burn.
This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 8:59 pm
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
66344 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:57 pm to
B

Duh
Posted by UAgrad93
Sylacauga
Member since Oct 2015
1480 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:58 pm to
Saban retires!
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