Kap & Nunez

Saban is coming back to coach the defense. I just made that up too.

With respect, I disagree with your take on coaches in place to complete the portal deal. These portal players are coming for money 1st and foremost. They will accept whoever is coaching them. The old method of assistant building relationships is pretty much history since everybody is one and done.

I don't disagree much with you when it comes to the big money blue chip guys. It may still matter to the lesser paid or the developmental guys. It would at least be good to have someone to talk to the OL prospects, though, as opposed to telling them "yeah, we don't have an OL coach right now". I don't think we're ready to announce anything about coaching changes, yet (if we have changes planned, which we hope). We're already paying the coaches salary, what good would vacating the positions do for us at this point in time?

I'm beginning to think CKD has the "Mike Shula Syndrome"-ferocious loyalty to your assistants, no matter how badly they're hurting you. Personally, I think this is a terrible mistake but there's not a damn thing I or anyone on this board can do about it.

I had hopes for Ballou when he came here. Remember how a lot of people were on Cochran’s case about injuries? But we are definitely not moving people/piles or as physical. CKD did work with Ballou at Indiana. They may be close. I don’t know. I just want to see our players dominate again.