TUSCALOOSA -- Alabama’s four permanent team captains have moved on. So have multi-year starters along its defensive line and in its secondary. But the good news for the Crimson Tide this spring and offseason is most of its rising senior class elected to return for its final year in Tuscaloosa and forego the 2016 NFL Draft.

So a new spring season not only brings about several position battles but it also serves as an open audition for leaders to emerge. And after winning its 16th national title, Alabama needs a lot of players to do that

Head coach Nick Saban was asked how his team fights complacency after losing so many of its leaders.

“We want everybody that has a get-it-done type of attitude,” Saban said after Friday’s first spring practice. “I think that everybody not only has to have a get-it-done type of attitude but they also have to take ownership for people who aren’t getting it done because they’re unable to do things to the standard that we want to do it.”

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One of the strengths of the 2015-16 Alabama team was its leadership. The draft eligible players decided not to learn their draft grades during the Tide’s playoff run, and players like A'Shawn Robinson policed the locker room, firmly removing the clutter that was discussion of the NFL or anything not related to Michigan State and Clemson.

Not only that, but the leadership council decided to send a player home from Dallas after an on-field incident at practice to avoid distractions in the team’s preparation for the Spartans and the College Football Playoff semifinal.

That’s what Saban wants to see again. And having players like Jonathan Allen, O.J. Howard, Reuben Foster and others return for their senior seasons will only help establish those leadership roots this spring.

“This is a work in progress and I do think that players have to accept roles,” Saban said. “So far, these are things that need to continue to develop. This is kind of a work in progress. This is not something that just happens. The team chemistry last year happened over time. I think we’ll see how this team develops over time.”

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