Last year Bobby Williams turned in a magnificent job, as the Tide's special teams were special.
Special teams play last year was, for the abiding majority of the season, excellent. Cyrus Jones and Kenyan Drake were terrors in the return department, Adam Griffith rebounded from an early season swoon to be named Second Team All-SEC, and JK Scott mostly shook off some early year malaise to punt more consistently down the stretch.
And, as Saban constantly preaches, it is about growth and development: Last season the Tide improved nearly every game down the stretch, with special teams play having its magnum opus in the College Football Playoff championship game, where an onside kick recovery by Marlon Humphrey would completely change the momentum of the game, and a kick return touchdown by Kenyan Drake would seal the Tide's 16th title.