Saban is unstoppable because he has NCAA immunity. His phenom QB who rescued Baga in the NC game? Family bought and paid for, moved from Hawaii (its not even a secret at this point). Without Tagaviola, Saban doesn't win championship last year and is starting J. Hurts, which makes them vulnerable. You simply will never beat a guy who has the President of the NCAA in his pocket, unless you get someone more powerful than the NCAA pres on your side. Leach for all his faults, is the only coach who has that, and can get the President of the United States to put his thumb on the scale. And the craziest part of this is that Trump, before he was Prez, actually tried to get the Miami BOT to hire Leach. POTUS is already a Miami fan.
A long time ago I read a quote by Einstein that I think carries more truth about success than any I've ever heard:
"You have to learn the rules. Then learn to play the game better than anyone else."
The rules of college football are that certain teams are protected by the NCAA, so they can cheat and so long as they are protected, they will always have a leg up on the competition. "Playing the game" better means finding a way to end the NCAA protection. If you try to outcoach or out recruit, you might get lucky, but that luck won't last. You have to end the ncaa protection and their whole b.s. system will collapse. POTUS is just about the only Person who can do that (and I think would, if doing it as a favor to a friend).
After Saban retires, it will be Swinney or someone else at Alabama doing the same thing. Saban retiring doesn't fix the real problem. If you really want to beat Emmert and the SEC cheaters at their own game, then you have to consider Mike Leach. And one last time for the dunces who have zero reading comprehension- I'm not saying to hire Leach because he some amazing coach. I'm saying Leach only because he has the President of the United States in his corner, who is just about the only person who can single handedly destroy Emmert and the NCAA protection racket of the sec.