Is Saban reinventing himself or is he going back

he is prompting a lot of one year coaches along with his best recruiter to find jobs elsewhere. I think he realized he made a mistake and is going back to the basics.

Not that there is anything wrong with Bama or NS. It is the off season right?

Not like we Bama fans have another sport to pull for that I worth a tinkers darn right now.

Cant wait for golf season

Saban has always had explosive plays as a part of his offense and balance. He has never been more run than pass in philosophy. Balance on offense with explosive plays in the pass game but always as physical as any too.

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I think he is trying to put together a staff that will remain largely intact (assuming we are successful) for more than one season.

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Yeah, aside from Lake I haven't seen any "rising star" type names floating out there. It seems that he's going after guys who still need some image rehab and career assistant types.

When you consider the #'s maxing and the overall quality of the current recruiting class and the move toward better coaching technicians it makes me think he is tired of the increasing negative recruiting push about his age and how much longer he will be at Alabama. He appears to be setting the team up for a final push of somewhere between a 2 out of 3 or a 3 out of 4 National Championship run.

Big class on recruiting prowess followed by slightly smaller classes based on best coaching for the players. If the run is for a 4 year plan the coach that follows him will have a tough transition. I it is a 3 year plan the coach that follows him would likely have a strong first year team and time to establish a recruiting footing.

While this is little more than a guess, Saban does tend to coach and select players and staff for long term rather than just what he needs for the next year. Every choice he makes has a well thought out purpose.

Saban isn't reinventing himself. He's simply working on improving his coaching staff.

They faced 5 out of the top 14 offenses in the country while being down most of the edge rushers and best cover corner. They weren't the standard we are used to, but for the most part that defense performed well against everyone except Clemson. They stood up against UGA, held OU until they were up 28-0 and made key stops in the 2nd half, shut down Ole Miss and Mizzou. I actually think next year's defense could be great again with all that we have coming back in the backend.

Retooling not rebuilding

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Lake who coordinated the 14th ranked defense.

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How is this in any way, shape, or form a negative, particularly when that team is recruiting in the Pacific Northwest?

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But I'm looking forward to the next terrible thread with an equally dichotomous theme, like the classics:

"This loss either crushes a program or rejuvenates it"

"Saban is either completely past his prime or he's gearing up for one last run"

"You can't come back from this kind of loss unless you can"

"The dynasty is either over or they pissed off Smaug"

All of them were just awful threads, and the next one will be awful too.

Just a heads up folks: almost zero situations can be boiled down to or accurately described as a choice between 2 opposite things. The world isn't black and white, and it's also stupid to say "there are many shades of grey". Nope. The world is color and is never a binary system.

Reducing a situation to 2 things is just a person's attempt at feeling like they have a thing understood because not understanding is uncomfortable. It's a crutch. In reality, it's fine to not know, and it's fine for a situation to go a thousand different ways. It's actually what makes life interesting.

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This post was either written by a big, veiny dick with a purplish hue or someone who aspires to be a big, veiny dick with a purplish hue or someone who's had big veiny purply dickness thrust upon him.