Shula out....but who's in?

With the firing of Mike Shula as the head football coach at Alabama(al.com, rolltide.com, Mal Moore Statement, Shula's statement), but who will they get to replace him? Rumors are flying around like fruit flies in the middle of summer. Will it be Steve Spurrier or Nick Saban or Paul Johnson. But this is all speculation by the fans. Personally, I think Spurrier would stay at South Carolina because it is starting to turn around. Saban will stay with the Dolphins because there are four millions reasons a year for him to stay put. I'm not familiar with Paul Johnson at Navy so I cannot really comment on that one.

All I know is, Shula has done his job. He has come in and given this program four seasons of stability and four top 20 recruiting classes. He had a great season last year which would have been even better had injuries and lack of depth did not hinder the team the last few games. This season could have been much better, but I believe the loss to MSU could only have been rectified by a big win against Auburn. This did not come about obviously, thus we are where we are.

If the right coach is hired and he hires the right assistants and coordinators, we will be in the hunt again soon. With the right people in place, Alabama could be a BCS team next year and challenge for the SEC title. Then, by the next season who knows.

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Givem' hell Alabama