Oh I’m not making excuses. Simply stating Bama will always cheat regardless of the coach. Hell Auburn ran their coach off bc the guy wanted to play it by the book.According to NCAA rules, those are violations.
Moreover, according to those same rules (which the NCAA has crookedly refused to enforce with respect to Saban and Bama), what you describe is a textbook case of "lack of institutional control."
I'm always intrigued by the excuses and exculpations people make for Saban, the greatest cheater in the history of the game. The excuses always amount to more and more serious infractions that the NCAA has crookedly covered up.