To me, this was the most important news over the past 24 hours: The Alabama S&C program has not fallen off following the departure of Dr. Rhea to the New Orleans Saints. Fortunately for Alabama, Nick Saban was able to retain Rhea’s shadow, David Ballou, who has kept the core program in place:
“It’s been really smooth,” Saban said Wednesday of the transition. “Dr. Rhea did a great job for us, but the people we have in place know the system. They worked it for several years. Dave Ballou is the guy that implements the whole thing, so that hasn’t changed.