Everything Nick Saban said after Alabama’s loss to LSU

Here is what Nick Saban had to say after his Alabama Crimson Tide lost to the LSU Tigers.

And with a second loss on the season, Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide have pretty much been eliminated from any serious College Football Playoff conversations.

It was a bold move by LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly to go for two in the first overtime period. He rolled the dice and had tremendous confidence in his star quarterback Jayden Daniels to come through in the clutch for him like he did all night long. As for Saban, two SEC losses before the Iron Bowl means Alabama is not getting to Atlanta, and may only get to a New Year’s Six Bowl game…

Saban said some very interesting things at the podium, especially this bit about his players and indirectly, his coaching staff.

"“Look, I can’t blame the players. I’m responsible for all this stuff. So if we didn’t do it right, that’s on me.”"

Here is Saban further reflecting on what his players still have to play for: A 10-win season, NFL Draft stock and other things of that nature. Very atypical stuff for this Alabama program, to be totally honest here.

Alabama has also struggled a bit on the road in recent years. Saban would touch on that as well.

"“We used to play better on the road than what we played at home because we had some hateful competitors on our team and when they played on the road, they were mad at 100,000 people and not the 11 guys they were playing against. And they wanted to prove something to everybody.”"

While Alabama has typically been the hunted throughout the Saban era, this sounds like a roundabout way of saying his team has grown complacent. This happens to the best of teams, but it is still hard to believe this is finally getting the best of college football’s evil empire. The presumptive favorite to win the national championship this year may not even be a top-10 team…

Obviously, there is so much more to unpack here with Alabama, so let’s get right to it, shall we?

Nick Saban speaks after Alabama loses its second game in overtime to LSU

Clearly, the biggest thing here is Saban may need to replace his two coordinators this offseason. Defensive coordinator Pete Golding has never lived up to the hype of predecessors such as Jeremy Pruitt or Kirby Smart. As far as offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien is concerned, he is in a similar predicament when having to succeed Steve Sarkisian, Brian Daboll, Mike Locksley and Lane Kiffin.

In a way, this is exactly what proved to be Pete Carroll’s undoing at its essence at USC well over a decade ago. Eventually, even the most savvy coaching minds are going to run out of candidates to replace their star coordinators who leave for bigger jobs. While Alabama is still recruiting at a high level, the Crimson Tide are not blowing everyone out of the water like they did when at their apex.

Ultimately, we would be foolish to say the Alabama dynasty is officially dead, but the Crimson Tide are not winning the national championship this year. It would be two in a row that somebody else will win the College Football Playoff. Should they miss the playoff next year, or be unable to get to 10 wins this season or next, that might be enough evidence to definitely say the dynasty is over.

Alabama has a very talented team, but it is one not close to being anything championship-caliber.

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