I feel bad for Jalen. I really do. All of this has to hurt him and his pride a bit. He likely has never been in a situation where he wasn't the best on the field up until his time at Alabama. I can see where you could easily start to feel unstoppable and get your hopes way up in terms of what you can accomplish. The reality that this will not happen can understandably be tough to stomach. I doubt he has had to face it before, and he didn't know how to handle it.
All that said, I do think that he needs to remember that Coach Saban has an obligation to more players than just himself. There are, what, 85 players (?) on that team? I have no idea. But Coach Saban has an obligation to every single player on that team to give them the best chance at being successful. From what I can tell, and most of us agree, the team has a better chance with Tua at the helm than with Jalen. Some, myself included, would argue they are likely better off with Mac Jones than Jalen as well. He at least gives the RB's. WR's. TE's a chance to do what they are supposed to do. So, I don't feel too bad if Jalen can't see that his own personal feelings fall behind those of the group as a whole. I sympathize with where he is coming from, but a lot of this falls on him and his father. And I don't mean about the talking to the press. I am referring to taking the easy route of getting into the habit of just out-athleting everyone on the field because you could rather than working on developing into what you need to be.
