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He just summed up his whole sorry career here.. by graNDfan

Kelly from the Hansen article after the game:

“But you don't necessarily have to walk around and be the best team every week. You just need to be the best team on that given day.

“And I think there's more than just two or three teams that can be the best team on that given day. And I think that that opens it up to more than just two or three teams.”

Somehow I don't think that Saban thinks that he just needs to be good enough on that one day. It is a 365 day a year thing for him, it's how he seems to be wired. Kelly's quote seems to make success a roll of the dice.

I used to love Lou's schtick - "not sure how we will beat Navy this week". I believe it was Moff that said that he would start out week speaking to the team in that way and working their asses off, but by the end the week the team knew they couldn't be beat. But the media continued to get the woe is us theme. The final results of the game didn't always work out with a win, but the losses were more of an exception than the rule.

Ara Had blowouts too - but at least he gave a shit about them. The day that Kelly needs to step down because he's almost worked himself into the grave will be the day that hell freezes over....