If you have sensed some awkwardness in Nick Saban’s relationship with former right-hand man Kirby Smart this week, we may now know the reason. From Aaron Suttles:
The Tuscaloosa News learned that on his way out the door, Smart took a picture of Alabama’s recruiting board, which hangs in the inner sanctum of the Alabama football building, and showed it to recruits who weren’t necessarily at the top of that board. His message was simple: Alabama doesn’t want you as much as it says it does.
Multiple people close to the Alabama program told The Tuscaloosa News that same story, but none wanted to go on record about it.