Edit: Pretend like this never happened.

I could certainly be wrong about this, but it doesn’t seem to me that the Alabama head coaching job is all that great a gig. There’s history, there’s tradition, blah blah blah… but those things do not a great job make. You’ve got a fanbase that expects national title contention every year, when that’s probably not the reality. The Tide has clearly fallen to 2nd-place status in their own state and they’re a second-tier team in the SEC. He’s also going to have to explain to the people of Alabama about 2,000 times in the next few months that is not Mexican, and that is he is in this country legally. I don’t know why that’s a dream job.

I don’t know why that’s better than the job at WVU, where you’ve got Pat White and Steve Slaton together for at least one more year, and possibly two. It’s in a conference that’s not nearly as deep as the SEC, the road to the BCS is far easier, you get an automatic win against Dave Wannstedt every year, your fans do not own ceramic Bear Bryant salt-and-pepper shakers, this bastard is nowhere to be found, and you’ve built yourself as much job security as you could possibly imagine.

Obviously, there’s the money … but as it turns out, what he’ll be making at Alabama isn’t really much more than he’s making at West Virginia. If money was his motivation, I think he probably could’ve held out for another year, waited to see what he could make happen next year with White, Slaton, and nearly the entire defense returning, and then really cash in somewhere.

I don’t know. I think he’s making a mistake, but hey, it’s his life. I’m not going to get on him about “lying” just days prior, saying he would remain at West Virginia. Any coach in his situation is almost forced to lie right there. Perhaps he doesn’t come off looking as good as Greg Schiano, but … coaches lie about jobs. It’s almost a part of the job description.