I would suspect that the OC will be another rehab situation. Tom Herman maybe.
I sure hope the *only type* of coach CNS can attract is not a "rehab" situation. If so, we will likely slide into mediocrity for the rest of the CNS tenure. Now, Hermon might be a huge upgrade over BOB (who wouldn't???) but I'd much rather see CNS go after "the best" candidate instead of taking on rehab projects.
I've worried this is the case for a few years now. I hope you're wrong, but I've posited on more than one occasion that perhaps this is how Saban 'slides' at the end of his career.
Maybe I'm all wrong, Gol*ing is a genius and next year we'll all see it. But I've been hoping that for the last few years, only to get my hopes up then watch some new 'most ___ ever allowed' record to be set by Gol*ing...
IMO, if Saban keeps Gol*ing it will go a long way towards proving my concerns were warranted.
I don't like watching undisciplined teams get gashed on D, I don't like watching teams that look mentally soft, etc. It's why, overall, my CFB viewing has drifted down over the last few years and I've gained more interest in the NFL. Different animal, I know, but watching disciplined players working to be their best is what I like about football - that's not what we've gotten from Bama the last couple of seasons (and it's basically non-existent in football now that Bama isn't setting the standard)...
I'll admit I've been much harder on BOB this year than Petey because CNS made the decision to transition to the more modern style of offensive football a few years ago and BOB doesn't fit the MO for that.
If we are going to have a screen door on a sub approach to defense you sure better have a guy at OC that can produce points like China can produce rice.
But this year, when the defense faltered, the offense did too. Even at UT, when we scored 49, the offense couldn't score in the first quarter and getting behind the way we did was too much to overcome.
Basically, BOB and GOL*ING aren't a good match.
So since it seems Pete has a stocking on CNS's mantle, we've GOT TO HAVE A MORE CREATIVE AND EXPLOSIVE OC!!!
Now, the thing that drove me crazy against Auburn is they had ONE PLAY that they could run that produced yards: the QB scramble. How many times on 3rd and long did they convert when everybody knew what was coming except PG??? Why CNS didn't tell him to have a spy on the QB the whole game, I'll never understand. On one long 3rd and long I just watched Henry T and when Robby dropped back HT shot a gap to the left and Robby just strolled up the other gap and made an easy first down. This is absolutely Jr. High football kinda stuff you could draw up in the dirt to stop if we'd just be willing!!!