Just suppose Golding, O'Brien and Marrone are elsewhere next year.
Honest question, because as frustrated as I've been with the 2021 team, I don't know the answer: Who would realistically come to be Alabama's DC, OC, or OL coach, respectively, and represent a clear upgrade from what we have now?
I see nobody on Florida's, LSU's or USCw's staff worth having. I like tOSU's offense, but no way their OC leaves to come here. Lane Kiffin is really OM's OC, and he's not coming except maybe as HC when Saban hangs it up (and that assumes he's outgrown his off-field proclivities). I'd take Sark back in half an instant, but I don't really think UTw will fire him after only one year. Cincinnati's OL has been pretty stout, acknowledging it's against inferior competition, so maybe there for an OL coach....maybe? Lake is out at UDub, and had some pretty good defenses there, albeit in the Pac-12, prior to becoming example #405987 of the Peter Principle.
There's some talk that Brian Kelly might have done all he can do at Notre Dame, and might be willing to consider one of the prominent openings. So maybe somebody on the ND staff?
The bottom line is: I see our problems, and I'm as frustrated as anybody. But I'm failing my own test of being able to propose a solution.
I'd be most appreciative of specific names. "Anybody would be better than [insert name]" (1) isn't right, and (2) doesn't qualify as a name.