re: So if Alabama 'murderball' is the best way to win, why did they get away from it?

Maybe that's just it. He wasn't a college fit, although he seemed to do well enough to get an NFL head coaching job from it at Penn State.

And in the NFL, his offenses were good if he had a capable QB.

I realize you all are at a different standard of expectation than everybody else, but it's not like those coordinators were as bad as Coley.

If this were any other team in college football, no one would be picking them to make the playoff or win the title.

- Lose a Heisman winner, maybe the best QB you've had after having a second round pick, first round pick and first round pick start consecutively before him. Replace with ? We still don't know and it's not because they were all so good previously and in camp it's hard to choose.

- Replace both coordinators with new hires when, at least from a statistical standpoint, both were well above average.

- the talk about the disadvantage you had having the top offensive player and defensive player taken in the draft playing for you last year.

He's the GOAT. He may have this all figured out. Won't be shocked if you win it all again this year.

But I'd say on the doubting himself meter, Saban's higher than he's been since you lost to that non power 5 team in his first year. Not to say that it's extreme doubt, but I do think he's less sure of what the right move is relatively speaking.


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