Paul Finebaum has strong opinion on Alabama offensive coordinator job

Paul Finebaum offered a strong opinion on the Alabama offensive coordinator position.

Alabama fans are going to love what Paul Finebaum said about their program on Monday.

While appearing on McElroy and Cubelic In The Morning, the ESPN football analyst spoke glowingly about the offensive coordinator post of the Crimson Tide. He cited it as the preeminent assistant role in the entire country. It is a job that can take a down-on-his-luck coach and transform him into a hot coaching candidate. The Nick Saban coaching rehabilitation clinic works!

“It is the most coveted position I think as an assistant coaching position in college football and I should be,” said Finebaum to McElroy and Cubelic. “You have skill positions players across the board. You’re in the best program in college football and you’re working for the best coach, so you’re on that national platform.”

“And that’s really happening a lot. We saw it for years with Bill Belichick. Everyone who worked for Belichick wound up getting a job somewhere else. And now it’s the Saban effect. Greg, if you’re going as offensive coordinator, can I be the quarterback coach? It may help me get a better gig.”

Since 2015, all four of Nick Saban’s former offensive coordinators are head coaches: Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss), Brian Daboll (New York Giants), Mike Locksley (Maryland) and Steve Sarkisian (Texas). With Bill O’Brien potentially drawing interest at the college and NFL level, it could be five-for-five here in short order. O’Brien could replace Jim Harbaugh if he leaves Michigan for an NFL job.

Paul Finebaum believes Alabama OC job is the best assistant job in the country

It is hard to argue against Finebaum’s claim. The only other gig that has been anywhere as successful as the Alabama offensive coordinator job has been the defensive coordinator gig over at Georgia. Under head coach Kirby Smart, Mel Tucker and now Dan Lanning have gone on to lead Power 5 programs of their own. Glenn Schumann seems to be being groomed as the next one.

All that aside, what makes the Alabama offensive coordinator job so compelling is three-fold. One, Saban is a defensive-minded coach, so he is not going to meddle with these coaches as much as he would on the defensive side of the ball. Pete Golding may be a strong head-coaching candidate somewhere down the line, but everybody and their brother knows who is running this defense.

Two, part of the Saban coaching rehabilitation clinic is assistant coaches do not speak with the media. While the likes of Kiffin, Sarkisian and now O’Brien know how to conduct themselves at the podium (for better or worse), being the Alabama offensive coordinator is about one thing and one thing only: Coaching ball. It allows the coaches to focus on what is important in their own rebuild.

And finally, Alabama gets better players than just about any program in the country. Even though this is an SEC power, Alabama recruits nationwide for top-flight talent. This mean these offensive coordinators will have so many weapons at their disposal to dial up something good against largely inferior competition. This is how they go from the dog house to the penthouse very quickly.

So if Saban asks you if you want to be the next Alabama offensive coordinator, you should say yes.

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