News broke late last week that Alabama was hiring Eric Wolford away from the Kentucky Wildcats to serve as the Crimson Tide's new offensive line coach.

Wolford is set to replace Doug Marrone, who is expected to return to the NFL.

At first glance, this isn't much of a story. Wolford is a long-time offensive line coach who has SEC experience at Kentucky and South Carolina, plus NFL experience with the San Francisco 49ers.

Just a typical Nick Saban hire.

Except Wolford did the Wildcats dirty. Real dirty.

Kentucky Sports Radio's Matt Jones reported on Tuesday that Wolford was out recruiting when he left to go interview for the Alabama job and just….never returned. Didn't say goodbye to his offensive linemen. Nothing. Just gone.

Wolford even started recruiting the same kid for Alabama.

The Athletic's Kyle Tucker confirmed Jones' report.

This is such a bad look for Wolford. He's been in the business long enough to know that you shouldn't burn bridges.

I get that Alabama is the better job. And he would've been a fool to not take the job. But at least do it the right way. Tell your players in person. Tell your superiors the right way.

There's no way any recruit can trust Wolford after the way he deserted his players at Kentucky.

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