Because the death was a fluke thing. You expose 10,000 kids to the exact same environment and 9,999 will be just fine. Yes, you want all 10,000 to live but this is the type of thing that does occasionally kill people, and it isn't like anyone involved expected it to happen. This wasn't a, "if you do this he'll die" and the head coach was like ah forget about it, I'm going to do it anyway type situation. This was a series of events that produced an unlikely outcome no one saw coming.
The guy was cleared for a reason, just because something happens "under your supervision" does not mean you were to blame. I for the record do hold him somewhat accountable, just apparently far less than some people here who have stated something like this should never, ever happen (even though people will continue to die from heat exhausting under circumstances in which no one expected it to occur).
Edit: To put it another way, a poster said something about promising to keep players safe. That's all well and good, but say a player gets in a car wreck after practice and he dies. May be he had an undiagnosed concussion or something even and that was a factor. Is Saban to blame though? Sometimes you get into these areas where yes, the coach could prevent it if he was prescient, and yes the players are under their care, but you can only control so much.
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Read where he, Durkin, had also been in contact with NFL teams. The man will and should be forgiven for his negligence and indirect role for the tragic death of one of his players. He will always bare the guilt for the kids death no matter what. That will haunt him and follow him the rest of his life everywhere he goes.
