re: Caleb Downs likely portals?

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I really have to ask this question as i keep seeing Alabama fans post this. What is this top secret blueprint that y'all keep talking about? Working hard and amassing talent? It's nto something that has to be shown or learned. It's something that has to be mastered. I mean, are you saying that he showed this top secret blueprint to winning to Kirby Smart but kept it a secret from all the other assistants that worked for him?

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No need to twist my words or make up something I did not say to try to get your opinion across. I am not one of these fans that think Kirby had to copy Saban and follow his every move just to be successful.

My point is that Kirby served as an assistant under Saban maybe with the longest tenure. He studied and learned what it took to create a winning culture that one day could be sustainable. Many other assistants who were under Saban tried, why so many were hire due to the hope that they could, but Kirby so far has demonstrated he knows what it takes. He understands the commitment to the process and how to implement it.

No one will ever do what Saban did at UA but Kirby has shown so far he knows what it takes. But if you are naive enough to believe that many successful coaches are not who they are because who they once worked for I guess we will not agree. In the end no reason to reinvent the wheel, just understanding how to keep it rolling forward is why Kirby has been successful in my opinion. Again something his other assistants have yet to do.