In the midst of a massive downturn at Clemson, a USA Today writer believes Dabo Swinney should have taken the Alabama job two years ago, ignoring the reality of the Tide's coaching search.
Dabo Swinney was never a serious candidate to replace Nick Saban at Alabama in January of 2024. Whether that was Swinney not being interested or Greg Byrne's apprehension to focus the search on a coach whose best years were clearly behind him - or a combination of both - his name was never linked to the job in the aftermath of Saban's retirement.