{"id":372354,"date":"2017-08-11T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=372354"},"modified":"2017-08-11T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T17:43:14","slug":"saban-still-defending-off-field-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/saban-still-defending-off-field-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Saban still defending off-field staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NutsBolts-8-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-372386\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NutsBolts-8-11-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nick Saban gave yet another impassioned response this week when asked about the size of Alabama\u2019s off-field support staff for football.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s no issue when it comes to actual coaches on the field and on the road recruiting. That number is limited to nine for every Division I program.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But no such rule exists for off-field analysts, academic advisors, player development specialists and the like. The question is whether there should be a restriction.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Saban not only defended the size of Alabama\u2019s support staff &#8212; which is hard to pin down exactly &#8212; but also challenged the rest of the Power 5 on why they don\u2019t support their players better.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s what he said this week:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cEverybody thinks we&#8217;re creating a competitive advantage, but really what we&#8217;re investing in is the players. Whether it&#8217;s academic support folks, whether it&#8217;s administrators, whether it&#8217;s player development coaches, all these things help us have the kind of program where players can have a better chance to be successful in life. I think we should be able to have whatever we want. If somebody else doesn&#8217;t like it, they should hire more people too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When you put it that way, it\u2019s hard to argue the point. That is, unless you\u2019re a coach or a fan at a Power 5 school where the commitment to win at every level is not as high.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-372354-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NutsBolts081117.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NutsBolts081117.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NutsBolts081117.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Nick Saban gave yet another impassioned response this week when asked about the size of Alabama\u2019s off-field support staff for football. 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