Alabama didn’t hire Sylvester Croom largely because they felt like the program was in such a horrible state with all of the NCAA investigations and sanctions,” Davis said. “They weren’t sure anybody could get through that and they felt like it wasn’t going to be the coach they hired then. It was going to be the next one. As it turned out, the next one after that was Nick Saban. Right or wrong, you can criticize that.
“I didn’t agree with the decision. I actually thought they should have hired Sylvester Croom when they hired Mike Shula. But that was one of the reasons. Sylvester had a closer tie to the university than Shula did. Shula played there. He didn’t have the same type of relationships personally there. They didn’t want to jeopardize that by not hiring him.”
Reece Davis in On3.. i've been looking most of the day, but I did run up on that... I'm not really arguing with what's being put out by some of the members and staff here.. I just heard a quote from Mal Moore that Alabama was not ready for him.. now maybe it has something to do with the above and not race..