Right, so bammers want everyone to believe that 2 of their key defensive coaches and best recruiters get shown the door just before national signing day and there is ZERO information about potential replacements. So what head coach is dumb enough to make that happen? It is quite obvious that there are serious issues within the UAT coaching staff and Saban/Smart have been caught unprepared. All this hype about Steele and Thompson being told to find another job is PR damage control talking points. UAT always leaks a set of talking points to their loyalists on message boards and into sports media to cover up negative events. UAT had no choice but to leak a story like that to protect their recruiting class. Think about this, as big a control freak and micro-manager as Saban is, do you really believe he would push 2 key recruiters and coaches out at the worst possible timing and not have replacements ready to back fill ?? Ridiculous ! !
My guess is that Thompson called his 'ol friend Muschamp as soon as Will's deal was done with AU and worked out a deal to jump. Everyone knows how much Thompson despises Kiffin after Wonder boy's scorched earth exit from UT. Not only that, several UAT insiders including Wimp Sanderson have said that Kiffin was a bad hire but Saban can't say that because there is too much invested. Also, don't be surprised if there are more coaching desertions and/or NCAA investigations coming to UAT. Saban and Smart are scrambling right now to hang on to recruits and find some new coaches.