A good portion of my Faurot Years series has focused on the idea of coaching searches as the ultimate butterfly effect. In retrospect, stories seem so straight-forward, history so well-defined. But that’s almost never the case.
Really, though, instead of writing thousands of words about the 1930s-1950s, I could have just shared this link and served the same purpose. (Via the esteemed Senator Blutarsky.)
“Now What?” was the headline in the Times Daily after Rodriguez said no to the Crimson Tide. Alabama’s coaching search was coming up dry and as each day passed it appeared Alabama was going to have to settle on a coach rather than get their desired pick.