TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Be careful not to make any assumptions about Alabama’s offense now that Lane Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian have departed.
And if you’re determined to make an educated guess about its direction under new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, don’t do it around Nick Saban.
The Crimson Tide’s head coach was in midseason form at the start of spring practice on Tuesday when he went on a rant following a reporter’s question about whether the hiring of Daboll signaled a shift in philosophy to a more “ball control” type of offense. Saban repeatedly questioned the premise of the question, shot down the idea that Alabama lost to Clemson in the national championship game because of a 9-minute deficit in time of possession and, at one point, he even went on a tangent about a new NCAA rule he said will prohibit high school coaches from bringing players to summer camps and instead allow “some third party guy” to do it.