TUSCALOOSA, ALA. -- THE stifling heat is just beginning to show its teeth on a sun-splashed June morning when Nick Saban sees something he doesn't like on the Alabama practice fields.
"Outside foot, outside foot. Pivot and scoot!" Saban yells as he bursts into the middle of a drill to passionately show how he wants it done.
A few seconds later, he grimaces and turns his ire on one of the assistant coaches.
"Hold it, hold it. We're all messed up. We're in nickel now," he says, stepping forward with his arms restlessly crossed.