Actually, the future of Bama football fandom will be unlike anything we have ever witnessed. Get the Prozac out in bulk. Just go back and look at Bama fans after Bear, they threw rocks through windows, had a coach leave them for a lowly Tx AM program barely winning enough to be bowl eligible, had alumni in Memphis buying every player in West Tennessee he could, called Fulmer the devil, not because he turned them in (it was documented that other coaches snitched before Fulmer) but because he dominated them unlike any Tennessee coach before.
What does the future hold now AS (after Saban)? They are so hot and cold on Debor, he was a god after UGA last year, was pure crap after Vandy and Oklahoma, this year, was ready to hang him from Bryant Denny after Fl St, then he was the best thing since sliced bread when they won 4-5 in a row over ranked opponents, now his family is under protection after Indiana bowl game. If j were him I would have jumped at the Michigan job.
There is not another Saban or Bryant out there. Add to the fact that the portal has evened things up, each Bama firing and hiring will push bama fans to the point of delusion unmatched in sports history.