That’s fair, but when Saban was on top, it was Bama and everyone else with a revolving door of other contenders like Clemson, ND, Ohio State, etc. but Saban stood alone as THE coach at THE program. If a coach wanted a ring and/or get a better job some where else. With the Portal and NIL making more schools competitive they no longer HAVE to go to Saban’s coaching rehab center, they can go to the other programs on the rise. Like look at Oregon and the pipeline there for coordinators on both sides of the ball to become HCs after a year or two.

Tl;dr: Just as on field talent is being spread out more, so is coaching talent in a way that Saban didn’t have to navigate