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Qualities of excellent coaches

By Bruce Feldman

Thursday, July 23, 2009

The other day, I saw an interesting discussion popping up in one of the Conversation tabs off an older blog entry about the validity of Utah as a top team in 2008 (after the Utes had dumped Alabama in the Sugar Bowl). A few readers downplayed it, claiming the Tide really didn't want to be there and were playing without their best lineman. I get that Andre Smith is a huge loss for Alabama, but Nick Saban is one of the most highly regarded coaches in the sport. Would he really put a team out ther ...

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