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Nick Saban likes this Alabama team, but he wants more competitive fire

After escaping the Longhorns with a victory, how will Alabama improve going forward?

Nick Saban has been a coach that has praised his players or challenged them to be better. Before facing Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, he made an interesting comment during his weekly radio show. Coach Saban loves this Crimson Tide team a lot. He constantly talks about the leadership, he loves how this group has no ‘energy vampires,’ and that players want to do things correctly. Saban likes the character of this unit, but it feels like it is missing one marquee ingredient.

“I do think we have a good bunch of guys on our team this year,” Saban said Thursday.