re: After processing all that has happened... I think Bama will be much improved

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But if there’s one thing that makes me shake my head and boggle, is the statement that Nick Saban, the goat, was not a good game day coach. That’s nonsense and cope. He was the best game day coach.

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Saban, by his own admission, wasn't a great in-game coach. He excelled at recruiting, development, and preparation; it's one of the reasons people consistently misunderstood his approach to playing guys with experience vs. the can't-miss freshman. He wanted a player to know exactly what to do in every situation, and do it correctly every time. That was more important to him than being faster / more explosive / flashier, and in general the players who knew what to do had been in the system longer.

If you could combine Saban's attributes with someone like a Kiffin or Sark, who has a tremendous feel for the game and an almost instinctive understanding of what offensive plays to run at a given time, you'd have a coach who would win 95% of the games.