(11-28-2019 10:18 AM)the_blazerman Wrote: Clark's dream isn't to go to Auburn to get beat by Alabama every year and Auburn's fan base is way too prideful to dip down to lowly UAB to find a new head coach.
Certainly if Alabama came calling he would be gone today but Dabo is in line for the next opportunity.
UAB could make it an even better place with increased attendance.
A 35,000 average certainly would be tougher to leave than a 24,000 one.
Auburn has won 3 of the last 10 against Alabama, and 10 of the last 20, so I think your first point is off base. Plus, Saban isn't going to be there forever, so I think Clark would jump to Auburn in a heartbeat. They've shown they can compete. Don't forget in the last ten years they've won a national championship and played for another. As far as Auburn's fan base being too prideful- you might have a point there. But the administration has shown they don't care what the fan base thinks. As Exhibit A, I would point to that new contract with a $50,000,000 buyout Malzahn got two years ago. I'm yet to hear an Auburn fan who was on board with that. I'm married to one, so take my word for it.
Alabama on the other hand would never in a million years hire a coach straight from UAB.
As far as Dabo, he's never going to Alabama. I'd bet my house on that. Everyone talks about it, especially hopeful Alabama fans, but it isn't going to happen. He spent ten years at Alabama as a walk-on player, GA and position coach. But remember he was fired from Alabama, along with the rest of Dubose's staff. He was selling real estate when Tommy Bowden hired him to Clemson. He's been at Clemson now for 17 years, and the last 12 as head coach. He's a Clemson man now.
It reminds me of all the talk about how Vince Dooley was going to leave Georgia and go back to his alma mater, Auburn. He didn't. And how Pat Dye was going to leave Auburn and go back to his alma mater, Georgia. He didn't. Likewise, Dabo isn't going to Tuscaloosa.
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Smaug's $0.02
