Greg McElroy has seen a Tommy Rees-type offense before at Alabama, and the former Crimson Tide quarterback offered a glimpse into how it might work out.

Rees, the Notre Dame offensive coordinator, reportedly traveled to Tuscaloosa on Thursday to speak with Nick Saban about the OC vacancy, and is believed to be a strong candidate. McElroy explained during a segment on Friday on WJOX out of Birmingham, Alabama.

“You guys like 2015 Derrick Henry-led offense? Because that’s what you’re going to get with Tommy Rees,” he said. “It may not be with one back, but you’re going to get heavy personnel, and you’re going to get a downhill rushing attack, a la 2009, a la 2010, a la 2011 and 2012, 2010 not as much. Either way, that’s a downhill, flat-back rushing attack. … We were less-balanced in 2010 when the game was on the line than in any of the other 3 seasons, which is why we didn’t win it.”

McElroy then channeled some fans’ point of view about wanting the “good old days” with Jim McElwain as OC, and said, “That’s what you’re going to get.”

McElroy added that Rees would use tight ends from a “12 personnel” package to “hammer” opponents.

“I think it’s a very effective style of attack,” he said. “I love the hire, personally, it’s exactly what I want the Bama offense to be, and it’s what I believe in.”