Weird time for Wells

Alabama coach Jim Wells nearly left the Capstone this summer before deciding to stay on as the Crimson Tide baseball coach.

He's probably wondering why right about now.

His team just split a day-night doubleheader with a scuffling LSU outfit -- then again the entire SEC West is scuffling.

This is not the Alabama team -- or program -- we're accustomed to seeing. Maybe Wells had it right the first time. Maybe he should have stayed gone.

Or, maybe, he sees promise in the current Tide and doesn't want to leave the cupboard bare for former NSU head coach Mitch Gaspard, who seems to be in line to succeed Wells whenever the Bossier City native calls it quits for good.