Nick Saban is a genius. As a lifetime fan of the Tide winning number 15 (or 9, we still have the most no matter how you count it) is awesome. Around the sports world there are very few teams as dominant as Alabama. Nick Saban has everything to do with this. He is a dictator that has micromanaged everything down to the meals served at the combine. I am proud to say that the graduation rate for the team is higher than it was in previous years. I hope that Saban is really as dedicated to the good of our players outside of football as he says. I hope even more that the pursuit of an elite program does not trump honesty and morality like it did at Penn State. Can you be a fan after that without worrying about what happens behind closed doors?
Saban is predictable with the media. He says the same thing over and over again talking about the process and dedication and doing your job, etc. etc. Oftentimes he sounds like a compilation of motivational quotes spliced together at random. His players sound just like him too. A prequisite to seeing the field during the game is "buying into the system". It kinda sounds like brainwashing when you here them talk, but I think it is more that they have a mission and they trust their leader.
I wanted to share the two Saban paraphrased quotes that I think are worthy of some thought:
"It is human nature wake up in the morning and ask what do I have to do today to get by? What is the least I can do to not fail. But if you want to be excellent you have to work in a way that no one else around you is."
"Excellence is not something that you can keep once you achieve it. If you want to be excellent and continue to be you have to work for it everyday."
Good words. RTR.
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