The 90s braves would've been consistent word series regulars with or without cox, and if you can't win at the Yankees you don't deserve to coach.I'm a big MLB guy but have to confess to not knowing the college ranks all that well. I did actually work in the clubhouse of a professional baseball team for what it's worth, so the game isn't exactly foreign to me. I can give a lengthy list of great hires in baseball, basketball and football in terms of going out and getting someone who was a proven winner. I do feel that the more experienced a coach is, the more you know what to expect. Assistants can turn out great, but it's just a bigger gamble.
I'd also add something else. When I say proven, I don't mean coached for 2 or 3 years at a lower level college and won a bit. What did they prove really? Not that much, unless they actually coached a contender. You can't read too much into that either, it just means a bit more than if the guy wasn't a head coach at all.
I'm not saying Alabama can or will end up with a truly proven college coach, just saying it's pretty darn obvious that it is the most foolproof method of getting a winning coach. To give baseball examples, Joe Torre and Bobby Cox who came in to the Yankees and Braves and had great success when they had the right players. They didn't have to learn on their job, they knew how to coach and that's not a given with some hires.
But back to your argument. We have been saying that unless CBB just has this wild idea of throwing the bank at an elite coach then we ain't going to get a coach everyone is happy with. Well you may say "money isn't everything, the Alabama name should carry weight", well Alabama is at severe recruiting disadvantage and plays in the toughest conference. It's going to take a good amount to convince someone to leave a comfortable situation to a rocky 1. So unless CBB changes the Alabama baseball philosophy then I say probably the best coach we might can get with a great resume is coastal Carolina's coach, but convincing him to leave myrtle to come to t town is going to be hard.
So if I'm making a reasonable guess for our future coach, it's going to be someone like calvi