"We try to give every one of our players the best opportunity to make a good decision about whether they should stay in school or come out for the draft," Saban said. "My philosophy is very clear to our players. If you're a first-round draft pick, we're very, very supportive of you coming out for the draft because of the business decision, the amount of money. But if you're not one of those guys, we certainly feel that you should come back to school, graduate from school, use your senior year to develop as a player and try to enhance your draft status for the next year. That's the advice we give to each and every one of our players.
"This year, we had a couple of guys that probably don't fit that category, made the decision to do it and we'll be very supportive of them." ...
"I agree, Coach.
Vinnie should have returned to school."