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Nick Saban: It 'doesn't seem quite right' that he can't communicate with team if he's not at game

Nick Saban won’t be able to coach remotely on Saturday night against Georgia.

Saban is set to miss the game because he tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Saban said he is currently asymptomatic and feeling fine and has coached practices remotely with the help of video and audio feeds from No. 2 Alabama’s practices.

But he won’t have that ability on Saturday against the No. 3 Bulldogs. NCAA rules prevent a coach from being able to communicate with his staff and players while watching the game from another location.

“If you’re the head coach, there ought to be a better way to do it,” Saban said during his radio show Thursday night (via Bama Insider).