The signs are there. Saban is losing his effectiveness.

I'm going to get flamed for this but I am going to say it anyway. Saban is losing his effectiveness and it's starting to look like FSU under Bowden. There was a time Bowden was losing his effectiveness but he was still signing top classes. I think this is where Bama is at right now.

Saban was absolutely neglectful allowing Pete Golding to stay at Bama for 4 full seasons as DC. Henry T., Christian Harris, and Brian Branch all look better as pros than they did in their last years at Bama. Talent is not being developed as it once was in Tuscaloosa.

The Tommy Rees hire. ND's offense (and defense) look a lot better since Rees has left. The numbers that get up and coming OCs noticed to get jobs like at Bama, Rees never put up. I watch a lot of college football on Saturdays and I see so many young OCs and head coaches doing so much with scant talent in comparison to Bama that it is embarrassing.

Saban is still out-recruiting UGA on paper yet Kirby is getting more out of his recruits than Saban.

Once Saban hired BOB the offense lost all creativity and that creativity doesn't seem to be coming back under Rees. Do you remember how creative Bama used to be in goal line situations? I remember Daron Payne lining up as a FB and catching a TD pass, I remember Kiffin using a guy who was a part-time lineman and TE to catch a first down pass near the goal line at LSU when Kiffin used hid him as an OL who went out for a pass. I remember the DL outside of Payne we used in goal line situations like Mt. Cody and Jesse Williams.

Why was Milroe never used in goal line situations when Bryce was the QB? Milroe if anything is big and strong. This was a misuse of talent.

I say all that to say the shot caller boosters at Bama should be looking for a new coach soon after Texas and Oklahoma come into the conference. The football program shouldn't be left to become dilapidated out of some misplaced respect for Saban.