The story caught headlines Thursday morning with Jalen Hurts' dad discussing the possibility of a transfer.
After Alabama's 14th practice of the spring, Alabama coach Nick Saban met with reporters in a previously scheduled news conference.
Saban said he met with Hurt's father after Saturday's scrimmage and they had a good conversation.
"I think we all want the same thing for players who compete on our team, regardless of position," Saban said. Even though there's going to be a significant effort on a lot of folks' part in this room obviously, want to make this a very public thing. But it's going to be handled in a very private matter. In our conversation, I was very positive and upbeat. Jalen has done a great job. He's made a significant amount of improvement. His dad was very positive."
In the Bleacher Report story, Averion Hurts indicated his son could transfer if he doesn't win the starting quarterback job.
"At the end of the day, everybody has career decisions that they have to make. Nobody knows what the outcome of this situation will bring. We don't want any player not to be able to fill their goals and aspirations in our program here. We don't want that for any of our players. Jalen's dad has always been very positive and supportive in every conversation that I had.
"So I'm not really concerned with what somebody else chose to write because I'm always sort of use the personal communication that I have with our player, Jalen and his family when necessary. And I have a lot of trust and respect for those folks. And I don't think there's an issue or problem from my standpoint."
Hurts is one of two healthy scholarship players who'll participate in the 1 p.m. CT Saturday A-Day Game in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mac Jones, a redshirt freshman, will also compete while Tua Tagovailoa will be out with the broken finger that limited his spring practice schedule.
Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.