Alex is an Auburn man. Period. I've never known of one who could get the Auburn slant out of his writing. My God, at one time, the newspaper had Philip Marshall assigned as our beat writer! The agencies, including ESPN, hire these guys in part because they can be depended on to ding Bama and accumulate hits, which is what this thread is doing for them. He would have a lot more material over at Auburn, but that's not where they'd assign him. Saban is battling the exact same societal demons all other HCs are these days. He's not especially lenient - at all! But, as said above, if he cuts the ties finally, then the chorus from across the state is that he's culling the roster. I've had enough of this and this article is just garbage...