The specter of Sir Alex Ferguson still looms large at Old Trafford. He's there for every home game and has an input in the Board. Eerily similar situation here.
DeBoer should have said "Saban leaves or I'm staying at Washington - those are my terms".
I don't know if Lanning has the resume. It's Alabama, they'll have a contingency plan, the dude was 72 years old - this can't have come as a surprise to them... but it's going to be interesting to watch.