Tide will try again to improve kickoff coverage unit

September 14, 2009

By Ken Rogers

Alabama’s problems with its kickoff coverage have made each of its first two games closer than they should have been.

One of my articles in Tuesday’s Dothan Eagle has Saban analyzing what has gone wrong.

Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said his team worked hard on that area last week, but didn’t get the results it wanted against Florida International.

“We even improved the scout team and put quality players on the scout team so that we can get a better picture of how we went about it,“ Saban said Monday before practice. “And it was disappointing to me that we didn’t make more progress in that area.”

The coach was asked if some players were being too eager to make a play.

“We have one guy in particular who is a demon running down the field,“ Saban said. “I’m not going to mention any names because I certainly don’t want to be critical of the player. But I think sometimes his overaggressiveness puts him in the wrong position relative to the rest of the players. So that’s something we’ve got to continue to work on with him.“