Contributing to the mindless discussion about Saban v. Clawson, and what more Saban would've accomplished through his first two years with the utter dearth of talent on hand:
Alabama had 7 players taken in the 2016 NFL draft (all in the first 3 rounds; that's amazing; Bama had 7 of the top 96 players in all of college football for the 2016 draft class), and then another 8 Bama players signed as undrafted free agents. In 2015 Bama also had 7 players drafted, and another 9 players sign as NFL free agents. That's 31 football players in two classes that have the talent to contend for a spot in the NFL. Over that same period, WF had 1 player drafted (KJ), and 3 other players sign as undrafted free agents (Noel, Brent and Chubb; am I missing anyone?). That's 4 football players that have the talent, to put it kindly, to contend for a spot in the NFL. Saban is really good at coaching elite players; have a hard time seeing him do much more with the WF 2014 and 2015 rosters even if Saban had signed some high profile recruits during his stay at WF.
The 2014 WF football team was as lacking in offensive talent as any Power V team ever; Saban could've had Bill Walsh rise from his grave as OC, and Bill Belicheck as his DC, and that team wouldn't have gone to a bowl. Last year's team was similarly lacking in talent. The argument that Saban would've recruited better is not really valid in guestimating 2014 and 2015 accomplishments under Saban because true and even RS freshman rarely make a huge difference in college football; so, even with Saban recruiting hard to see that WF would've been a bowl team last year.
Also, the ridiculous Saban v. Clawson ignores the variable that Saban would've left WF after the 2014 season, if not during that season, as soon as any opportunity arose had WF hired Saban to replace Jim Grobe.