http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2017/01/alabama_reportedly_hiring_new.html

That's a call any AD would love to get

yep, let Saban stay as long as he wants to...and then go get Dabo.

rather simple

Gratz to MSU for not mentioning the name of the new AD...

Dollar Bill's son. Holy ****

cevans_40 said:

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Dollar Bill's son. Holy ****

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If he's anything like $Bill, look for Bama football to slide, non-revenue sports to do much better, and $Bill's son to go missing after the first sub-10-win football season.

Greg Byrne is highly respected. I wouldn't be surprised if he was named SEC Commish in the next ten to fifteen years. Being AD at Bama puts him in the best position to work very closely with Sankey.

Great hire by Bama.

W said:

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yep, let Saban stay as long as he wants to...and then go get Dabo.

rather simple

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It is a very good job, but if you think prying Dabo loose from Clemson is going to be easy, I think you're in for a surprise, as are the Bama fans who are thinking that. Coaching is a business, and leaving the program you built, in order to take over the program that someone else built, is not a sound business move. The fact that its your alma mater doesn't override business considerations. There's nothing that Dabo can achieve at Bama that he can't achieve at Clemson, and Clemson will be his program in a way that Bama never would be (at least not if he takes over directly following Saban).

twk said:

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W said:

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yep, let Saban stay as long as he wants to...and then go get Dabo.

rather simple

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It is a very good job, but if you think prying Dabo loose from Clemson is going to be easy, I think you're in for a surprise, as are the Bama fans who are thinking that. Coaching is a business, and leaving the program you built, in order to take over the program that someone else built, is not a sound business move. The fact that its your alma mater doesn't override business considerations. There's nothing that Dabo can achieve at Bama that he can't achieve at Clemson, and Clemson will be his program in a way that Bama never would be (at least not if he takes over directly following Saban).

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twk said:

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W said:

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yep, let Saban stay as long as he wants to...and then go get Dabo.

rather simple

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It is a very good job, but if you think prying Dabo loose from Clemson is going to be easy, I think you're in for a surprise, as are the Bama fans who are thinking that. Coaching is a business, and leaving the program you built, in order to take over the program that someone else built, is not a sound business move. The fact that its your alma mater doesn't override business considerations. There's nothing that Dabo can achieve at Bama that he can't achieve at Clemson, and Clemson will be his program in a way that Bama never would be (at least not if he takes over directly following Saban).

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Tend to agree. Many people assumed that Les Miles would eventually end up at Michigan at some point, too. Didn't happen.

Dabo has more legit reasons to stay at Clemson than to take over Bama post-Saban. That would be a purely emotional decision as Clemson can stay in the ballpark with the money and Dabo isn't only motivated by money for himself.

Ding ding ding. The biggest reason in my opinion why he stays at Clemson is that the ACC is still just a 2 horse race to win each year between Clemson and FSU. VA-Tech might make things a little interesting, but it makes no sense for him to go to the SEC West.

twk said:

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W said:

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yep, let Saban stay as long as he wants to...and then go get Dabo.

rather simple

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It is a very good job, but if you think prying Dabo loose from Clemson is going to be easy, I think you're in for a surprise, as are the Bama fans who are thinking that. Coaching is a business, and leaving the program you built, in order to take over the program that someone else built, is not a sound business move. The fact that its your alma mater doesn't override business considerations. There's nothing that Dabo can achieve at Bama that he can't achieve at Clemson, and Clemson will be his program in a way that Bama never would be (at least not if he takes over directly following Saban).

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If you think it will be the AD's job to pry Day-bo away from clemson, I think you are in for a surprise.

By the time Saban retires, there will be a new red-hot coach and Alabama will hire him, thus making Ed Orgeron the first coach ever to serve as the head coach at 3 different SEC schools.

Write it down.

The Bama model. Nationwide search; hire the best, not the best connected.

The Folks in Starkville sure hated to lose him.

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The Folks in Starkville sure hated to lose him.

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Yes, he did a good job for us. When he left, Scott Stricklin took his place and did an even better job and now it's the former baseball coach John Cohen's turn. So far Cohen has hired Andy Cannizaro away from LSU as his replacement and we've now added Todd Grantham as our DC from Louisville. Surprisingly, Cohen is paying him SEC coordinator money which our previous AD's wouldn't do. We can't expect to have any success defensively by having a new DC every year and Cohen understands this.

Picadillo said:

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The Bama model. Nationwide search; hire the best, not the best connected.

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Where do you come up with a "model" from the hiring of Nick Saban? Look at Bama's other hires--not exactly carbon copies of Saban. Nick was a one-time event.

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If you think it will be the AD's job to pry Day-bo away from clemson, I think you are in for a surprise

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Doesn't matter who is doing the pitching, Clemson is Dabo's baby. Darrell Royal didn't leave t.u. for Oklahoma when Bud Wilkinson retired. Same will be true here.

twk said:

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Picadillo said:

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The Bama model. Nationwide search; hire the best, not the best connected.

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Where do you come up with a "model" from the hiring of Nick Saban? Look at Bama's other hires--not exactly carbon copies of Saban. Nick was a one-time event.

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Exactly. The bama AD did hardly anything outside of the Saban hire. Every other sport they have sucks except softball.

it depends if Watson was a once in a generation QB at Clemson (a la JF at A&M)...or Dabo reloads with one just as good.

Dabo (pre-Watson) was typical Clemson. Win 8 or 9 games vs. bad ACC teams and then collapse/choke in the big games

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it depends if Watson was a once in a generation QB at Clemson (a la JF at A&M)...or Dabo reloads with one just as good.

Dabo (pre-Watson) was typical Clemson. Win 8 or 9 games vs. bad ACC teams and then collapse/choke in the big games

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I don't know about that W, Dabo is known as an ace recruiter and now he's having recruits calling him. Didn't hurt that South Carolina and Georgia were in a doldrum state either.

Tamu_mgm said:

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twk said:

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Picadillo said:

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The Bama model. Nationwide search; hire the best, not the best connected.

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Where do you come up with a "model" from the hiring of Nick Saban? Look at Bama's other hires--not exactly carbon copies of Saban. Nick was a one-time event.

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Exactly. The bama AD did hardly anything outside of the Saban hire. Every other sport they have sucks except softball.

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Yep; guess you're right. I should be content that our non-revenue generating sports are kicking 'Bama's tail. Quite a winning mentality you have there.

Dabo has been helped tremendously by South Carolina's post-Spurrier collapse.

Clemson under Dabo was 0-3 vs. South Carolina when the Gamecocks had Clowney (2011-2013).

in fact Dabo started 1-5 vs. SCar

W said:

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Dabo has been helped tremendously by South Carolina's post-Spurrier collapse.

Clemson under Dabo was 0-3 vs. South Carolina when the Gamecocks had Clowney (2011-2013).

in fact Dabo started 1-5 vs. SCar

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Not a surprise considering when Dabo became HC. Spurrier was the Big Dog in that neck of the woods at the time. Once Dabo brought in Chad and then Venables he was set to better take advantage of Spurrier's waning days.

With back-to-back playoff appearances and a national title, he's set for recruiting for a couple of years at least.

That makes him a good coach that knows how to take advantage of his rivals on and off the field.