Saban declined to name any specific players who will not be retained on scholarship, saying that was "their decision" and not his, but he indicated one or two players, as he did in August, will be retained on non-athletic scholarships and released from the team for medical reasons.
He also pointed at a rash of suspensions this year as an indicator of the types of problems the staff incurred in enforcing their will on players.
"What I think our calling is, is to try to establish the things that we feel are important, to get consistency in performance and players doing things correctly," Saban said. "It's no secret that you guys know how many players were suspended throughout this season for whatever reasons, so why were they suspended? Did they do what's right? If you do it right, that doesn't mean you are going to have success. But if you don't do it right, you have no chance.
"What defines success to me is consistency in performance. Then you are going to play to a standard of excellence that is not determined by your opponent. It's in you. It's your burning desire of what you want to accomplish and how you want to do it. We just have to continue to build on that."
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