Re: My take on all things assistant coaches...
I don't know what to think and I'm starting to question my knowledge regarding football. If Golding took over mid-way and Saban loves Golding, then why did the D seem to regress to the point where most people agree there were huge breakdowns, misalignments and huge communication breakdowns as the season went on?
I think its funny how much a media narrative drives our perceptions. it wasn't that long ago that Saban was a coaching genius that gave assistants a PHD in coaching and most (if not all) used that knowledge to better their careers. They last 2 years have been a lot of turnover but to me there are really only 2 assistants in the last 10 years that I feel have set the program back or forced no win situations (just a little). 1. Pruitt, I don't blame him and I bet Saban doesn't either but if UT doesn't mess up their coaching search, Pruitt leaves this year and the succession plan would have been more seamless. 2. Kiffin, it was a great ride but a hard fall, Locksley was no better than the Nussmeier's of the world with elite talent and an all world QB. If Kiffin wasn't a 16 year-old trapped in a 40 plus year old's body and stayed around to truly rehab his imagine, can you imagine what he could have done.
I get where most people are coming from and it looks bad, everyone is saying its bad but, and this is just my opinion, it is primarily driven by this new narrative out there. Saban has always turned over his staff, the only real difference is the OC/DC shuffling with recruiting being a huge factor in the last 2 hires.
2 years ago and even last year he was a genius, now he is someone that is hard to work for and doesn't have as much fun as Dabo. I don't buy it. I think he was forced into a no win situation and he picked recruiting, I also think he realizes he made a mistake and instead of forcing it, he is fixing it
