re: Scott Cochran takes pay cut

I don’t think Saban wanted Cochran to leave. But Alabama was absolutely moving in a different direction with the strength program, with the Sports Science Center under construction. I think we would have saw someone hired to work with Cochran to implement the updated strength program.

However, Cochran had been wanting to move to an onfield position and wasn’t ready to shake up the strength program he’s implemented for 13 years. So it was time for everyone involved to go in a different direction.