Tua Tagovailoa Explains The ‘Two Sides’ Of Playing For Nick Saban

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“I think being able to play for someone like coach Saban, it gives you two sides,” Tagovailoa told Greenberg, via 247Sports. “It gives you someone who’s very hard on you. Someone who expects the best out of you. Then the other side where you get someone who is very caring. Very loving for his players. That’s who coach Saban was. On the field, he was very hard. He expected the best out of his players. He expected the best out of you.”

“Off the field, he knew how to turn that off. It was like he wasn’t a coach anymore,” Tagovailoa said. “He’s just someone who wanted to be there to help his guys in whatever way, shape, or form he could. I think having someone like that has helped me in the NFL because you deal with guys with different personalities. You deal with guys that are ‘hoo-rah’ guys that like to get in your butt. You also deal with guys where you’ve got to help them get the best out of them. I think that’s how he helped me.”

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