... process than ingredients in a seven-course French meal, and just like a great chef, Nick Saban has learned it's the blending of the ingredients that matters the most.

Too much of one, or too little of another, means that it may not taste well to the diner, and getting the diner, or players in this case, to eat the whole meal depends on mixing everything just right.

One of the most important ingredients that I've noticed in meeting and talking to the players on his team is role acceptance.

More and more during Nick Saban's tenure at Alabama, the benches have been filling with players who were studs on their high school teams. These are young men much more accustomed to the starring role than the backup role, to being the sourc...

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