People don't seem to understand that Saban is cut from the same cloth as Edsall. When Saban traded for Daunte Culpepper who had knee issues instead of signing Drew Brees who was recovering from a shoulder injury, it turn out to be a terrible decision. Culpepper played a couple of games and then spent the rest of the season on the bench rehabbing. We all know the kind of career Drew Brees went on to have with New Orleans. Saban blamed the doctors, not himself, for the this poor decision and left the Dolphins in terrible shape as he went back college coaching.
Edsall may deserve the criticism for not turning Uconn's football program around in his second tenure as head coach but he is not much different than many successful bigtime college coaches in his demeanor and overall football philosophy.
Winning cures many faults.
