What is a coaches ( position and coordinators) role on a football team? They are TEACHERS for gosh sake. If they can't teach a DB to cover without interfering with a receiver 2,3, 4 times in a game, something aint right. If OL are penalized several times per game for holding or illegal procedure,something aint right. To scheme to use a safety to cover their , what turned out to be their most dangerous receiver, aint right. To play scared on defense by not being aggressive and rushing the QB don't seem right to me. Giving the QB as long as it took him to find an open receiver don't seem right to me. You all saw what I saw, open receivers were not hard to find. I love Coach Saban, he is the best we have ever seen. But,ultimately, he is the one most responsible for how his coaches TEACH and for the schemes, both offense and defense run. He relies on all of his assistants to TEACH every player to play SMART and disciplined at EVERY position. To know how to do, when to do, what to do and why it is important to do it that way. Coach Saban relies on his OC and DC to formulate a game plan on both sides of the ball that will give his team their best chance to win. An assistant can be the best recruiter ever, but if he is not capable of TEACHING his recruits how to play smart and with discipline, what good is he? High school players usually come to college raw and have to be whipped into playing condition and TAUGHT what each position is responsible for. In my view, that aint been happening at many positions, lately.
