Rumors or truth?

Not a lot to go on there

So Saban chewed their asses out? Well to be honest they deserved it.

The worst arse chewings are those calm and truthful arse chewings. I would think Saban laid that on the defensive staff sometime after the game.

Well if you put it like that then yes....a come to Jesus meeting. I originally took it to mean a ranting and raving butt chewing.

Why do people think the HC should have no input into play calls? It's his arse on the line for the W/L. You can bet your arse I'd be giving input if I'm the top dog. Do I think Nick should be on the headset calling "Spider 2 Y Banana" during the 25 second clock? No, of course. But at junctures during the game do I think he should be telling the OC "I want to hammer them with the power run game this drive" or "let's take some shots deep this possession"? Damn right. His game show, his basement, his rules.

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but he needs to look in the mirror on some of those calls too. Like calling the fake field goal when the defense is in safe.. and banking it on a 150lb kid blocking.

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Saban is responsible for the program as a whole, but he did not call that play. It was signaled in from the sideline right before the ball was snapped.

Don’t worry Saban is very involved in the play calling.. especially bigger games. Reason we go into a shell in those games and don’t open it up. Such as not blitzing Clemson and sticking with 4 rushers. Saban’s offensive plan is to not make mistakes and rely on defense.. problem is the game has changed. Problem with the Championship game is we ran into a more disciplined team with equal talent.. We out talent most people so it usually works...but we will stall against closer talent. (UGA, Clemson, OSU) I will say he did better this year letting them open it up with Tua. Seemed like he trusted Locksley with Tua.. I just wish he gets a OC he can trust to run the game and they stick around. Being a OC is like being a RB.. you have to get a feel for the game and set up plays. It takes time and its hard when every other play is being questioned. It throws you off your game

Not sure to what you refer. The first topic is about UGA recruiting.

You mean this one about Hurts? LINK

Or perhaps this?

Per a reliable source, Nick Saban unloaded on the coaching staff and players. Some coaches were told they were only there to recruit, where others needed to learn the basic x's and o's before they do anything else! LINK

The players were quite frustrated at how this came across and are apparently questioning some things about the program. LINK

edit: reading rest of thread, I see it's the latter

I was told that it is not all accurate in that post. Boz even said it was partly true.. and others have said it wasnt entirely true as well. So this is not quite reliable info.