money to dish out to players than anybody else.


The biggest difference is there were artificial limits before as players couldn't and didn't openly talk about it, and overdoing it would be quickly exposed.

When they mixed that in with every single year 100% free agency, we've now got the wild west.

Saban's a tough coach. It kind of wrecks his style if he's got to be constantly recruiting his own players while coaching them. That's the biggest part he didn't want to deal with.