Re: Alabama QB competition article (ALL QB posts here, please)
Well it's very obvious which coach wanted to play Hurts. It's also on record who won the Auburn game last year. I just wonder why Saban hires an offensive coordinator if he isn't going to let him do his job. I hope Locksley isn't just a yes man.
Your frustration is understandable but the conclusions you've drawn about Coach Saban and manner of expressing it misses the mark, IMO.
CNS lets them do their job. He does his job which includes the final say on all issues. He did his job last year. Daboll was not a yes man, but he is not the boss, Saban is. They both did their jobs. There was a disagreement and as should be the case the boss/the greatest of all time/Saban had the final say. Daboll knew that and agreed with that when he signed on. Saban is not perfect but he is much better than you think. Much more could be said but I will leave it at that.
I doubt that Locksley is a yes man. There is a chain of command and he will follow it just like Pruitt, Smart, Burns, Steele, Cristobal, Pendry, et al. and every other coach in football does. There can be disagreement and discussion but when it comes to decision time - one man makes it. That's true at Alabama, Clemson, Jax State, Samford and all in between.
Your desire for a certain outcome has blinded you, among other things, to the realities of how a coaching staff should work and in Bama's case, does work. Also, to your view of CNS.
Edit: sorry, no "personal smack" intended.