With Steve Sarkisian making the sudden move to leave Alabama for the NFL after serving only one game as the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator, one name that was immediately mentioned as a possible candidate to replace Sarkisian was former Oregon head coach Chip Kelly.

While the speculation is understandable, considering Kelly is the most well-known offensive mind currently out of a job, the union of Kelly and Alabama head coach Nick Saban makes little sense. Taking that into account, it’s no surprise to hear Kelly has “no interest in the Alabama job” according to Jason Cole of Bleacher Report.

Kelly joining Alabama would seem to be a longshot at the very best anyway. With the possibility of several elite college head coaching jobs opening this fall, Kelly would be essentially taking his name out of the running for any of them. The former NFL coach has been adamant in the past that he would not leave a job before his team’s season was done, joining Alabama would likely lock Kelly into the Tide until January. With the trend of college jobs opening earlier and earlier, LSU fired Les Miles four games into the 2016 season, Kelly could miss out on any number of elite jobs that would open between now and January.

And why would Saban want to hire a coach to revamp his offensive system only to leave in under a calendar year?

When Kelly was at his most successful, during his tenure as Oregon’s head coach, his offense was known for quick scoring drives that ate up little game clock. Following Alabama’s defensive collapse in the National Championship Game, largely due to the number of plays the defensive players were left on the field to defend against Clemson as the Tide’s offense failed to chew up much clock down the stretch, would Saban really turn to an offensive system that routinely does the same thing?

While Kelly to Alabama is likely to grab the attention of casual fans and make for some headlines, the move doesn’t make much sense otherwise.