(02-02-2021 11:24 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-01-2021 05:12 PM)KJ Eagle Wrote:  

(01-31-2021 02:17 PM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(01-28-2021 02:45 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I know Napier reaffirmed his commitment to UL this year but I'm curious what jobs would realistically tempt him to actually leave. I wish Neal Brown would have said no to WVU. 3 years later and I still hear him yelling "We just beat LSU!".

Good question about HCBN. It’s a really big ? for most everyone. Not just UL folks. I personally think and really hope it’s bama. I know it’s a very high goal but that’s just what he is about. That would give him 4-5 years to make a really big name for himself at UL by winning a NY6 bowl, get Cajun Field renovated, etc., meanwhile he can raise his family where they are happy.

Outside of that dream somewhere in the SEC East I’d imagine would be the most likely goal but you got me on which one. Who knows what the landscape will be like in 2-3 years.

Short of making it into and staying in the top 10 for the next couple years, I don't see him having any chance of being hired at Bama when Saban retires. You don't go from the best of all time to a G5 coach just because he was a WR coach for three years there. You don't go from the best of all time to a coach who has only been a head coach for 5 years (depending on when Saban retires). Now, if it's 10 years from now that's a different story. But He's not going from UL straight to Bama.

Dabo Swinney is 51 years old and played at Alabama. He will be the first call for that job.

I'm sure he'll be call #1 but he's built a sweet life from himself in Clemson. He has won multiple national championships, plenty of playoff appearances, recruits well, and has good money. Clemson is probably also going to be more forgiving for a down season here and there more than Bama would.