Of course the Cold Pizza report was wrong.
We know our own coach by now. He would never reveal his hand, to anyone, before all the chips were on the table.
The fact is, even if saban were to bring in a veteran, he would give Gus a chance to compete with whoever he brought in. Not flat out deny him a starting position.
Saban would never make such a decision before having everything in place for a new QB. Which means he had already spoken with the veteran QB, had papers signed, and was so confident in the abilities of said quarterback that he would toss out his starting qb of last year (who he never pulled from a game except for injury) for the off chance that this guy was our next Marino.
Besides, Cold Pizza is not the most respected or best informed sports news source out there. Not even close.
Not surprised at all.