Hart wasn't at Alabama when Saban was hired. He came the next year (and he was never their AD, so he couldn't have hired anyone anyway). Bowden was also already the coach when Hart got the AD job at FSU, so he didn't do anything there either. People who have confidence in Hart, have no basis for it. He's never hired a top football coach. Also, he got run out of his last high profile AD job (FSU). I would have thought after Dooley, fans would be less lilkely to have confidence in someone with no evidence to back it up, but it appears nothing was learned.