re: Alabama has killed us as a championship calibre program...

I agree with the OP, I don't see us beating Bama while Saban is there. We barely beat him the first year or two after he got to Bama when our talent levels were superior to what he had in his stable. I think as far as our QB situation goes, we can't develop a good passing QB because that's not our goal. We don't plan to throw the ball more than 15-20 times a game and you have to throw it more to get better at it!! Seems like Cam is trying to recruit some better drop-back type passers but the last few years have been spent looking for these "dual" threat QB's who end up not being a good runner or passer. Meanwhile, Saban has beaten LSU on college football's biggest game of the regular season 4 straight games, and continues to cherry pick the top 2-3 athletes in our state each year on his way to #1 recruiting classes every single year. Maybe Miles can still feel ok about losing every year to Saban, but if I were him, I would do WHATEVER IT TOOK in the offseason to make the changes necessary to the offensive scheme, QB, etc. in order to beat Bama. If you can beat Bama, you can beat nearly everyone else that you play. It's hard to have both a "good ol boy" and a championship coach at the same time. Usually the nice guys finish somewhere down the line, and the one-track minded maniacs like Saban, Jimmy Johnson, etc. are the ones who truly excel. Depends if you want to win at any cost, or just have a nice guy who wins a lot of games as your head coach.