re: 10 years of Saban at Alabama= everyone is getting tired of "the process"

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but I see the Bama faithful will begin to annoy him for not winning titles

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It will annoy him that we want the same thing he wants (titles)? I doubt it.

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New AD

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will have zero impact on Saban, but will be responsible for Saban's replacement in a few years. Saban does and gets what he wants in that dept. the new AD won't have more pull than Saban. New AD knows it. Saban knows it.

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new OC

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Oh yeah. This will be a big problem. The new OC is so inexperience. No telling if he'll be good or not.
This is the 5th different OC in Saban's tenure at Bama. All the others who coached more than one season won SEC and National titles.

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other position coaches leaving

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you said coaches (plural). there has been one coach leave (singular) and he left for an OC role. Also, coaches leave every year - an average of 2 per season under saban. you're grasping at straws here.

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some of that Saban/Bama swag "always wins the big one" has been humbled a bit...somewhat snapped the belief Alabama was unbeatable on the big stage.

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I think the close game last year and the loss to Florida in 2008 made it clear Bama wasn't unbeatable on that stage. That said, Saban is 5-1 in SEC Championship Games at Bama and 4-1 in National Championship games. That 9-2 record on the biggest stage possible is still staggeringly impressive. The loss to clemson snapped a NINE game winning streak in title games, but it doesn't mean they can't/won't win the next title game they appear in.

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He may want to win 7 titles to surpass the Bear

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he does.

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that's the only thing I see driving him

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that and enjoying what he's doing, being well paid to do it, and doing it at a high level.