re: UA fans, a question about Saban's future direction for program.

In terms of defense, someone like Pettway is an upgrade over Hubbard. Pettway had a knack for getting to the quarterback. He's also good at takeaways :rimshot:
I think he will help contain a lot better than Hubbard. Hubbard was sometimes Clowneyesque in the way he'd take off plays.

Also think our cbs will be better next year. Saban's defense is complicated for young cbs, but they are typically improved year two. I do wish that we'd simply some of the checks to make it easier on the cbs, but that's not how Saban operates.

With Nuss I think there were some idealogical differences. I think it was the SECCG where Saban said at half that we needed to run the ball more. This was just a few weeks after the ATM loss when Saban commented to Eli Gold "I don't know why we didn't jus run the ball." I think Nuss was great at coming up with game plans beforehand, but lacked in-game adjustments. Also criminal that Henry had eight carries in the OU game while Yeldon is not 100%. Strong rumors suggesting that he had hurt his hip earlier in the season, and he also did something to his ankle at the Miss State game. Don't know how it can be justified that a hobbling Yeldon is better than a healthy Henry. Henry in high school would get a lot of carries, so it's not like he isn't used to it.