re: Just how stacked is the 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team?

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I don't think CBW necessarily has anything to do with the recruitment/development of kickers. CNS has said that all the coaches coach STs with one just getting the title of "coordinator". It's a group effort not just one guy

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Actually, ultimately, the responsibility is on just one guy...Nick Saban. Yeah, I get that Bobby Williams may be the coach assigned to that area, but it is Saban's responsibility. End of story. Like a lot of people, I may occasionally have a gripe with an assistant or a coordinator, but if it becomes a continued problem, I don't hold the assistant responsible in my mind. Ultimately, it's on Saban.

And in this case, from the point it became painfully obvious in the 9-6 game that Cade Foster was not a kicker that could be relied on in a big game, Saban did nothing to improve at the position. And that, as much as anything else, in my humble opinion, is what cost us a spot in the BCSCG last year. And the performance in the A-Day game this year, given how we ended last year, was downright depressing.