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With seven new assistants and as many early departures, Alabama's 2019 'rebuild' is off and running
The end to the 2018 season was rough for the Crimson Tide, and the offseason has already seen upheaval
Nick Saban blames himself.
He said as much in the moments following his biggest loss as Alabama's coach last month -- a four-touchdown beat down by Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
The result and response seemed to signal something more urgent than the typical, "We'll get 'em next year." There seemed to be genuine concern.
"I just have a feeling that I didn't do a very good job for our team, with our team, giving them the best opportunity to be successful," Saban said in the moments following that 44-16 loss. "I always feel that way, even sometimes when we win. I think there's things we could do better or that I could have done better. But in this particular case, never really ever got comfortable with what we needed to do to win this game."