Alabama football has faced some significant obstacles since Nick Saban has retired from coaching the Crimson Tide.
One of those obstacles is the loss of several players to the transfer portal, which is something Saban feels does not get talked about enough.
“I think one thing that doesn’t get acknowledged is the fact when I retired, there was 26 players that transferred,” Saban said. “Nobody talks about that.. Isaiah Bond was a pretty good player. He would be an impact player if he was still at Alabama, especially with some of the players that they have now. Then Proctor leaves, then he comes back. Caleb Downs, I looked at all the guys in the draft last year because I did the draft. He was a freshman, and if he was a junior or senior in the draft, he would have been probably the first safety taken in the draft. So, that’s a pretty significant player. They really lost a lot and people don’t talk about it.”
The Tide are 5-1 ahead of critical matchup with the Tennessee Vols.
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