re: I Hate Watching A Fading Coach

Jan/Feb/March every year Saban tells you what his concerns are for the team the following year. If he goes to JUCO and/or now the portal there is a significant issue with that position group. If there is a coaching change, that usually means a teaching/development issue.

OL - he recruits 2 ~ 3 years in advance. If he has to go to the JUCO/Portal they messed up bad in recruiting and/or development. If a player reaches year 3 without being in the rotation and the coach has not been changes - big recruiting miss. This year we have a 6th year guy starting for his first time at OG and a portal guy starting at LT. That is 3 years of misses and/or bad coaching hires in the OL group.

WR - if a player is not in the rotation by at least end of year 2, they were likely a recruiting miss. Otherwise the coach has just been replaced for teaching/development issues.

Saban does not like to bring in RB's from JUCO. They will have missed 2 years of teaching them to block and read for pass pro.

Any time someone is brought in to start (not having been developed in his system) that is a problem. They are not likely to catch up until at least their 2nd year in the system.

How many of us think that #80 this year is a better player than Devonta was at WR? Devonta did not become a significant contributor until the end of his freshman year. #80 started game 1 and did not even report until 3 months before that 1st game.

We have had development issues and/or recruiting failures at OL / DL / ILB / CB / WR for several years. There is only 1 person that is connected to all of those areas of concerns. His problems appear to likely be staff choices and negative recruiting against his age.