Coaching in the NFL and college are comparable. Just ask Steve Spurrier.

I suppose one could argue that the jury is still out taking his entire career into account, but going 33-5 in his last three seasons and taking down his #1 rival five years in a row certainly makes me think he's figured something out. For all of the people out there that say he's only successful because he hires good assistants...well guess what...that means he's successful, because that's part of coaching.

Let's see, Alabama's been selling out games...oh...I don't know...forever. If we're selling out season tickets to all the games even during the horrible seasons under DuBose and Shula, I think we could have Daffy Duck on the sidelines and fill up BDS. Oh yeah, it's winning football games that inflates memorabilia sales, not the media. I think the blazing Alabama sun also greatly contributes to concession sales.

Wow. Talk about an inflated sense of self-importance. Huh, I guess LSU fans should write letters to the editor thanking the press for their national title since apparently neither Saban nor the players achieved winning the BCS! If the media is responsible for winning titles for teams, shouldn't Ohio State have won this year? For that matter, wouldn't Notre Dame win it every year?

Pot, meet kettle.

Hardly. I run a Bama blog and I couldn't care less. Missing out on a few quotes during spring practice doesn't upset me in the slightest.

Re: why is Saban being so anal regarding media coverage?

It isn't going to be like this forever. This is unquestionably temporary. The guy is coming in and putting his house in order. Once things are in place and everyone knows the drill, that other stuff will ease up. It already has some. As much as I love Alabama (and hate to have to admit this), the football program has been a mess for a while and he's getting everyone on the same page. It's good that he isn't letting players spout off about how different (meaning more difficult) Saban's regiment is than Shula's. We've barely had an ounce of stability since Stallings and some of that was because we had coaches that weren't head coach material. I could certainly be wrong, but I just view the initial "silence" as getting all of his ducks in a row and getting the players on board with his philosophy. Even if he only stays in Tuscaloosa as long as he stayed in Baton Rouge, we'll be lucky if he leaves us in the same shape.