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Nick Saban is no longer coaching the Alabama Crimson Tide after he decided to retire from coaching college football earlier this year, but it doesn’t sound like he thinks a lot has changed in terms of the team’s culture since he left a few months ago.

During a recent appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay, Nick Saban – who will serve as an analyst for the show this season – said that when he made a recent appearance at an Alabama scrimmage, he thought the team had “the same culture they had when I was the coach.”

“All I can tell you is I went and watched last week’s scrimmage on Saturday, and that team still has the same culture they had when I was the coach,” Saban said. “They play with toughness, they play with great effort, they execute well, they’ve got good discipline. So Kalen has done a really good job.”

Obviously, there will be some changes under new head coach Kalen DeBoer, but it sounds like he has been doing a good job of keeping the same championship culture alive at Alabama, which is good news for a team that has been one of the most dominant programs in the country over the past couples of decades.

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