JessN: The candidates to replace Nick Saban

[JessN]

The candidates to replace Nick Saban
by Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief

In the past, coaching searches for the Alabama football head coach’s job have drawn out over weeks (or months) and have involved a list of names the approximate length of a grocery shopping list at Thanksgiving.

TideFans.com does not expect this coaching search to take very long at all. As of this writing (approximately 9 p.m., Jan. 10), we would not be surprised to see Alabama fill its vacancy by the coming weekend.

Here are 13 names, in order, of who we are hearing will be connected to the job, with a distinct drop-off after our No. 6 name in terms of likelihood of being hired.

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[DrJJoyner]

I'd be really happy with any of Lanning, Kiffin, DeBoer, Sark, or Ryans. Like you, I think Smart is off the table. That's probably true of Sark and Ryans as well.

 

[Toddrn]

Some of the names on this list make me want to vomit. Sorry

 

[davefrat]

James Franklin?

Good lord...No!

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

James Franklin?

Good lord...No!

i dont even think he'd get an interview, nor will Deion

 

[BamaFlum]

Lanning seems to be the strong contender.

 

[davefrat]

i dont even think he'd get an interview, nor will Deion

I think Franklin is one of the most overrated coaches I've seen in a long time.

 

[bamaee04]

I'm warming up to the idea of Lanning, but I still am hopeful for Kiffin. I'm still surprised at myself with saying that...

 

[CrimsonPaul]

I'd prefer Sark but I hear Lanning. Either one would be great!

 

[graydogg85]

I think Franklin is one of the most overrated coaches I've seen in a long time.

Elite recruiter, solid program manager, horrendous gameday coach. Gets outflanked by anyone he faces with comparable or better talent. I think Penn State might eventually fire him because he just doesn't win any of the big games.

 

[graydogg85]

I am warming to the idea of Lanning as well. The relatively short resume scares me a bit, but his pedigree seems very solid. A first-time head coach at a P5 program doesn't go 22-4 by accident, generally speaking. There's plenty of guys who get their first gig at a P5 program and promptly run it into the ditch. Most importantly, he seems to have an extremely solid grasp on modern recruiting and the transfer portal.

 

[GulfCoastTider]

I am surprised to see Kiffin on that list given what I've heard about his character on this board and elsewhere in the analog world.

I also think that we need to check our expectations. It would be a miracle for the man who follows Nick Saban to succeed like him. Whoever takes the job will need time to grow into it.

 

[Ledsteplin]

I'm not sure DeBoer would even be interested in the job. I think it's between Lanning and Kiffin, with Lanning in the lead.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

I am warming to the idea of Lanning as well. The relatively short resume scares me a bit, but his pedigree seems very solid. A first-time head coach at a P5 program doesn't go 22-4 by accident, generally speaking. There's plenty of guys who get their first gig at a P5 program and promptly run it into the ditch. Most importantly, he seems to have an extremely solid grasp on modern recruiting and the transfer portal.

I am too. 3 of his 4 losses were against UGA (2022 Champion) and Washington (2023 runner up). So It's not like he was losing head scratchers.

 

[HighlandOak]

I'll take any of then except Franklin or Locksley.

 

[SkullDuckery]

Anyone hearing Fickell as a possibility?

 

[LittleLexi]

The way this unfolded yesterday, I am betting the next coach said yes sometime yesterday and CNS dropped what he was doing and announced his retirement to his staff and then the team.

 

[Bamaro]

Whoever it is, they dont have to like the portal or NIL but they have to be prepared to take advantage of it. Thats the unfortunate situation today.

 

[CrimsonCleanse]

I don't get why Ryans is even a remote consideration. He's doing well at Houston. He's a little busy right now what with them in the playoffs. Plus, if we didn't learn from the history that was Shula, then we will repeat it with such a hire. A Bama alum NFL guy with no experience at the collegiate level didn't work out well last time

 

[bat123]

On3 reporting that Lanning has told his players that he's going nowhere