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here's a dumb question by irishrock

but what happens when Saban retires? Alabama and thus the SEC won't be nearly as good as they are now...he really has made that program as well as the conference. I don't think the SEC is all that great in basketball with the exception of Kentucky. I know they're good at baseball...fine, I don't watch college baseball. Track & Field...ditto. Swimming...they're phenomenal...but who cares.

I think back to Pete Carroll at SC...he had them running hot for a period of time and then he left...and SC has been a shell of a program compared to when Carroll was there. I believe that Saban has done a remarkable job but the same thing will happen when he retires (or takes the ND job...I wish)