Imagine yourself, a normal, non-Alabama football-playing you, at the age of 18. You’re a freshman in college. You’re excited, you’re a little scared. You’re ready to make your mark, but if you have any ability to self analyze, you realize you’re a little out of your depth.
Now, imagine you go to college for something you’re really good at, but have to do at a level that may be too advanced for you at the moment. Maybe it takes you six months or so to really become acclimated to the way “things are done.” Maybe it clicks for you immediately.