http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/co...bama-crimson-tide-nick-saban-spring-practice/
At most schools, a two-game losing streak is a temporary hiccup. At Alabama, it's cause for an existential crisis. Despite winning three of the college football's last five national championships, signing its fourth straight top-rated recruiting class in February and Saban earning a new $7 million annual contract, the Crimson Tide's eighth-year coach is hitting the reset button on his entire operation. Alabama, in his words, is "starting all over," just like it's 2007 again, when Saban was beginning to build the program that would emerge as the sport's gold standard.
At most schools, a two-game losing streak is a temporary hiccup. At Alabama, it's cause for an existential crisis. Despite winning three of the college football's last five national championships, signing its fourth straight top-rated recruiting class in February and Saban earning a new $7 million annual contract, the Crimson Tide's eighth-year coach is hitting the reset button on his entire operation. Alabama, in his words, is "starting all over," just like it's 2007 again, when Saban was beginning to build the program that would emerge as the sport's gold standard.
