re: Nick Saban says Dashaun Hand made good decisions getting DUI

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We do not know if he was driving or not beforehand.

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So why do you just assume he did?

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Saban is a terrible person. Im glad he doesnt represent my university.

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...well then you would be in one of the smallest minorities in the world!

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he said they submitted him to 48 hour in-patient evaluation to see if he has an issue/problem, said they have education planned and punishment planned for the kid, but that he (player) did what they tell them to do - don't drive. Also pointed out how this will impact the kid and his future moving forward. I swear, some of you are so blinded by your hatred for the man that you fail to see anything he does as positive.

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I don't know. Could it be that no suspension for a DUI isn't positive?????

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Had Alabama played a cupcake school on the first game, Hand would've been suspended for that game.

Nope, they play FSU.

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are we gong to pretend that eveyr school doesn't pick and choose how to suspend players in similar situations. Urban Meyer was the king of benching players in game 5 against directional U for an offense that occurred in the offseason. All our programs are guilty of it.

Fake news.

What was really said.....

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“Da’Shawn put himself in a bad situation, obviously made a mistake being where he was at the time,” Saban said following practice Thursday. “But the fact that he didn’t drive the car — which is what we tell the players not to do. It’s not OK with me that he was drinking, and that’s a behavioral issue that needs to be addressed and we will address it.

“But the fact that he didn’t drive the car, he did not put other people at risk — which is to me the most significant thing when you drive under the influence. But he didn’t drive. But they had every right to do what he did.”

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We do not know if he was driving or not beforehand.

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How is this relevant? We also don't know if he planned on killing someone that night too. Does he need to be punished for anything he might have done, but have no evidence of?

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And regardless, the fact is he has got a DUI charge. You're argument is that "well he didn't hurt anyone" so who gives a rat's arse?

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That's not my argument. He is being punished. You seem to think that the only thing considered a punishment is playing time. The justice system will punish him for the DUI. He is being punished by Saban for being so heavily intoxicated at 4:30AM that he was put in that situation. Saban is not bound by criminal statutes when doing what is best for his program, no should he be.

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So you would agree that all those players who failed drug and steroids tests and were suspended from play also should've been given a break? They didn't hurt anyone.

What about players taking money for playing or merchandise? They never hurt anyone, and yet they were suspended.

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You are starting to sound really unintelligent. Both of those examples are NCAA offenses that directly affect the game. A DUI is not an NCAA offense. It is a criminal offense. One has required NCAA punishments The other does not.

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Had Alabama played a cupcake school on the first game, Hand would've been suspended for that game.

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Saban has been fairly "lenient" on punishment for the past 5-6 years. And yet he still runs a relatively disciplined program. When you have been at a school for a decade and have the track record he has, you don't have to be a huge disciplinarian to maintain control of a program. He already has the respect of the team. They know who is boss. It is coaches new to programs who have not proven themselves that usually have to play the tough guy role to establish their authority (see Lincoln Riley kicking off a new QB signee with no priors for a publix intox charge).

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Saban is a terrible person. Im glad he doesnt represent my university.

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He's pretty slimy, isn't he. At least other slimeballs like Jackie Sherrill tried to put on a facade.

After reading his quote it's clear that saban is not happy about the dui and is just glad he didn't make the situation stemming from poor decisions worse by compounding it with more bad decisions.

I see no problem with that quote at all.

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Nick Saban is a pussy when it comes to player discipline. He cares more about winning games.

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And yet he has a very disciplined program. Would you say Saban has lost control of his team and locker room like Urban Meyer or Gene Chizik did? Isn't that the whole point of a football coach disciplining his players in excess of what the justice system already does?