I kind of agree with you. Anderson grew up in Birmingham and from what I know his entire family is down here. On the other hand, Grant is really a Florida guy who would probably jump at any of their three major jobs, and he has no ties whatsoever to the state of Alabama, much less the university.

If we got Anderson, I imagine he’d be here as long as we would keep him. I imagine the Alabama job would be the closest thing to a “dream” job that he probably has in terms of location. On the other hand, like you said with Grant, I could easily see him leaving after some success.

All of that said, though, I won’t complain the first bit with Grant. He’s arguably the top mid-major coach out there, and we have been terrible for three straight years now, so we have no room to complain. Personally, though, I’d be very happy with both Grant or Anderson, and frankly think both would constitute a major upgrade over Gottfried.

I’ll believe it when I see it (hmm, I remember saying that about 2 years ago), but if the money is good, now would be a good time to get out of horrific C-USA and into the SEC where at this moment there is not a lot of separation between the best teams and the worst teams. Bama has some players, and the right coach could contend for the SEC immediately. That being said, I think you could put the names of every coach in the ncaa tourney in a hat and pull one out and it would be an instant upgrade, but if Anderson, Grant and Callipari are legit candidates, then we can’t go wrong.