No one would argue that Paul “Bear Bryant and Nick Saban coached at Alabama during different eras.
Bryant’s 25-year run (1958-82) was before the Internet and during the glory days of the newspaper business. Saban has been at Alabama since 2007, clearly the era of social media and instant, massive TV access.
That’s one thing that makes the two Alabama coaching icons different. There was confirmation this week from the one man still working that had direct working knowledge with both.
The man who once wrote his senior thesis on the comparisons of press relations between Presidents John F.