Yes, Alabama fans are arrogant, but some of us have decent reading comprehension. Despite being from Alabama, playing for Alabama, and coaching for Alabama (the trifecta), I wasn't sure how Dabo would view the Alabama job. But read what he said in 2015, well on his way to his eventual meeting with Alabama:
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You don’t ever say never," the Swinney told CBSSports.com. "You don’t ever know what the circumstances would be at any given time. First of all, Alabama may never, ever call me and I would never have a problem with that. They’ve got to do what they’ve got to do. My deal is to be great where I’m at. I had opportunities to leave Alabama (where was a player and an assistant coach). I had opportunities to leave Clemson. But I’ve just never been that guy about the next job. I’m about the job I’ve got."
That does not sound like someone who wouldn't consider the job... Even the president of Clemson understands Alabama would probably want to talk to Dabo:
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If I'm the president of Alabama and I have an opening, guess who I'm calling? Dabo," Clements said. "So it's OK. …"
It is one thing to debate the merits of his hire, or if he'd come. It is another thing entirely to insinuate that it requires delusion to think Dabo would consider coaching in his home state, for his alma matter, where he got his start coaching, at what is probably the best job in college football...