In my opinion from a distance, it doesn't strike me that he instills that much discipline in his players. When it's trendy with many of your players to basically sexually harass opponents on the field with poking and fondling, to the point that one of your team leaders defends the practice by ridiculing critics as no-talent losers, and you as a coach basically dismiss it all with "wasn't right, but boys will be boys", you're not exactly setting and enforcing a standard.
I don't know what he was or wasn't involved with under Dubose, but I'm aware of the fact that there are many who are strongly opposed to his having any association with Bama based on their definite inside knowledge of that Dubose-era involvement. That's enough for me.
I recently expressed that sentiment with my brother's in-laws, who are big Bama fans and are big on the idea of Dabo replacing Coach Saban when he retires. They said that the "insiders they know" all strongly support Dabo as a future consideration. I highly doubt that their "insiders" are as "inside" as my brother's in-laws think. And like I said, from a distance, I don't think I like the idea purely on a lack of discipline basis. But you can't deny his success from a win-loss perspective since he took over the program.
I don't know what he was or wasn't involved with under Dubose, but I'm aware of the fact that there are many who are strongly opposed to his having any association with Bama based on their definite inside knowledge of that Dubose-era involvement. That's enough for me.
I recently expressed that sentiment with my brother's in-laws, who are big Bama fans and are big on the idea of Dabo replacing Coach Saban when he retires. They said that the "insiders they know" all strongly support Dabo as a future consideration. I highly doubt that their "insiders" are as "inside" as my brother's in-laws think. And like I said, from a distance, I don't think I like the idea purely on a lack of discipline basis. But you can't deny his success from a win-loss perspective since he took over the program.