Gus Malzahn and Nick Saban are two very different people and two very different coaches. They took very different paths to become SEC head football coaches, and they have very different resumes in their shared profession.
Nowhere are those differences more striking than in their recent hires of new offensive coordinators.
Auburn's Chip Lindsey and Alabama's Steve Sarkisian both arrived in this state after stints at Pac-12 schools. Each is 42 years old. That may be about all they have in common until they stand across the field from each other Nov. 25 in the Iron Bowl.