There are many perks to working for ... and eventually leaving Nick Saban's coaching staff at Alabama.
Just ask Dan Enos.
This week, Enos turned up as the new offensive coordinator at Miami, serving under new head coach Manny Diaz.
However, that wasn't the odd part of this story.
Prior to arriving in Coral Gables, Enos had reportedly cleared out his office at Alabama, without informing Saban of his impending move to Miami.
According to national college football writer Feldman (The Athletic – subscription required), Saban called a coaches meeting in Tuscaloosa last Friday -- four days after Alabama incurred a blowout defeat to Clemson (44-16) in the national championship game.
According to Feldman, after the on-site assistants packed a conference room at Alabama's football building, Saban openly wondered, 'Hey, where's Dan?'
According to Feldman, Saban then repeated himself to the group ... once in a calm tone ... and then once more with an expletive mixed in.
Enos had served as the Tide's quarterbacks coach during the fall, before getting promoted to O-coordinator, after Mike Locksley assumed the head-coaching role at Maryland.
According to Feldman, shortly after the meeting, Enos and Saban were slated to interview Brent Key for the offensive line job.
Key eventually took a position at Georgia Tech.
Saban's unanswered query involving Enos prompted an unidentified assistant to check the offices housing the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator.
Both rooms had been reportedly cleaned out in full, minus a stray pencil or two.
Fast forward to the present: Enos sent out a partial-denial tweet of his actions, saying there was "no ghosting here."
On the flip side, Enos said he "would never leave an employer without telling them so."
From a semantics perspective, it's fair to wonder if Enos simply told a fellow assistant coach, or a Crimson Tide staffer of his abrupt move to Miami.
Either way, word apparently never reached Saban in time.
Alabama has undergone plenty of turnover in recent years. Assistant coaches typically serve a year or two under the brilliant but hard-driving Saban, and then use that cachet toward landing better -- or safer -- jobs at other programs.
In Enos's case, it's a lateral move to Miami, meaning he'll no longer have access to Alabama's dominant playmaking cast, led by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, tailback Najee Harris, along with receivers Jerry Jeudy and Jaylen Waddle.
