re: Bama Football Tidings

If we would actually turn around and play the ball, I’d feel better about our secondary

It is called in phase and out of phrase. If you're not in position to play the ball, you're out of phase. Don't turn around.

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Coach Saban told a recruit he's going coach until he's older than Bowden was when he retired.

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And I do believe him. By the time coach Saban gets around to retiring all these standard candidates could be null and void anyway.

Joe Paterno said he didn't want to end up like Coach Bryant. In that regard, he did.

That's why I say a more graceful exit. He will finish out the year for the sake of the players, but Byrne and the rest of the administration will know long before then. Then there will be a presser and he will announce that it's time for him to move on because he can't give it his all anymore. I just think he's wired to believe that something isn't worth doing if you can't do your best, so as soon as he feels like he can't give 100% he's not going to want to keep coaching. There's zero chance he allows himself to have the undignified end that Bowden and Paterno (even setting aside the whole enabling a child rapist thing the man pissed himself on the field and had to go change his pants in the middle of a game) had.

LINK ]Evan Neal making a smooth transition from guard to right tackle (BamaOnLine)

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I can see Saban making it until his late 70s or early 80s for sure. He really doesn't even look all that old. I guess that's what happens if you've never been a smoker or much of a drinker and didn't get fat as you get older.

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Another thing about Saban that separates him from some other coaches who have continued to coach as they got older is that the dude doesn't let the game pass him by. He constantly adapts to the changing landscape. Whether it's moving to a more spread offense or hiring cutting edge S&C coaches, the dude is willing to change with the times (and, in the case of Ballou/Rhea/Sports Science Center, even break new ground for the rest of college football to follow).

I feel like Paterno and Bowden never really tried to adapt as they got older. I imagine their recruiting pitches were more, "do you know who I am?" as opposed to, "do you know who I am...but also, check out all this new science that will make you as strong and fast as humanly possible!"

I think Saban will win one more natty and move on to bigger and better things, like SEC Commissioner. Might even be a college football commissioner sometime soon.