'As out-of-the-box as these hires appear, go deeper,' The Lede columnist KevinScarbinsky writes about Nick Saban's coordinator hires. 'Saban found an old trusted friend and a new kindred spirit. Makes perfect sense to the most advanced Sabanologists.' ➡️
This is what winning looks like, Exhibit A. Script A, if you please. Both coordinator jobs come open after a letdown of a football season. Thirsty for change because two losses are too many, fans clamor for a familiar face, a hot name or both. Time passes, both jobs remain unfilled and heretofore loyal supporters who generally genuflect before the man who walks to work past his own statue start to wonder what’s taking so long.
Naturally, he does it his way. He closes the circle and returns to his roots by hiring Kevin Steele and Major Applewhite 2.0 - a k a Tommy Rees - with a twist.
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