Correct me if I'm wrong, but Dabo had no head coaching experience when he took over Clemson. Kirby had none either when he took UGA job. At one point Urban Cryer had no head coaching experience either. Holy cow! you mean Nick Saban had no head coaching experience at some point in his career too?
It's a dumb argument. Every single head coach the world has ever known, had no head coaching experience before their first head coaching job. Funny how that works.
Out of all the programs in the SEC only Bama, T A&M, USCe, & LSU and perhaps recently Florida have historically shown a propensity to hire a "name" experienced HC.