"You know, when I had Gary Rutledge, I told Coach Bryant he was a really good player," Saban remembered Moore telling him. "But if he only did this better, he could pass a lot better. And Coach Bryant said don't mess with him."
Moore was an assistant to Bear Bryant from 1965-82 and was Rutledge's quarterback coach in the early 1970s. That story had
That story had purpose.
"So in Mal's way, he was saying don't mess with Mark Ingram," Saban said. "He's a pretty good player. He didn't tell me don't do it. He told me a story that related to exactly what I was talking about."