Thanks for your candor, Mack. I am sure I will be run out of town for my comments, but the Alabama program has slipped a notch or two over the past couple of years, not just because we lost to Clemson, but our having to rely on outscoring teams we would normally manhandle. Has CNS become complacent, is his age catching up with him? I personally do not think this is the case.
The only rationale I can come up with is the coaching turnover, especially in 2017 and 2018. We have 3 coaches (Golding, Scott and Banks) on staff from 2018 returning for 2019. We had 3 coaches (Lupoi, Key and Locksley) from 2017 to 2018 return. Between 2016 and 2017 the only turnover was Kiffin replaced by Daboll. We have replaced 13 assistant coaches for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. If this continues then we are going to continue to struggle in the big games. BTW, I feel the loss of Pruitt was more devastating than anticipated. I do think the new 2019 staff could be CNS's best yet.