re: Saban says 3 players pouted all year so weren’t ready to help in the National Championship

If he saw this all year, why didn’t he do something about it at practice. In addition, why not get them involved during the season so, when they were needed in the national title game, they had some meaningful game experience to fall back on?

Seems like Saban is blaming his players for the failure of the coaching staff to properly motivate and prepare his players in practice and regular season games.