I hate to sound like a Debbie Downer here, and I know sometimes that’s how it comes off, but I like to be realistic and even-keeled.
It is a bit over the top to say he has the Saban seal of approval because while Saban needed to hire a defensive coordinator this offseason, and he did, he didn’t hire Armstrong for that role, he hired him to coach a position.
There’s a hell of a difference between Saban thinking Armstrong is ready to coach a unit, and thinking he is ready to run an SEC defense – which is what UF has hired him to do.