Many thought Del Rio's desire to walk on was more about his future in coaching and being able to learn from CNS.Absolutely. This why highly rated HS QBs should understand this before committing. Luke Del Rio had offers from Oregon State and Okie State and chose to walk on at Alabama? Somebody needs to advise these young men before they make a huge mistake.
Now, he may have also thought he was good enough to play eventually at Bama.
I remember several saying they really believed that if AJ would have gone down last year that Del Rio would have been given a crash course in mid season and he would have probably passed Blake Sims by. Who knows what might have happened, then.
Of course, many also thought Del Rio might be in a good position to win the job this year, but then Coker transferred and since he was promised the job by CNS Del Rio saw the writing on the wall and transfered.