How does Saban view the Bama fanbase?

How would we know?

He probalby does't think about the fan base much or care. He sees the fans as mostly a recruiting tool so that he probably likes, but he also probably dislikes all the potential outside distraction they cause.

Every single fan base has lunatics and they scream loudest on the internet and talk radio.

The extremist fringe, they represent like <1% of the fan base and seem to be the only people you ever hear from.

Clay Travis - didn't read. Paul Finebaum - didn't listen.

Why would I care what a buck-toothed hillbilly had to say about anything?

We're a part of the team. Saban has said so. He praises our performance at games, and sometimes calls us out when we don't perform the way we should.

He's more concerned that he'll be at a coaches' convention and encounter this monstrosity:

Saban probably thinks 10% of the bama fanbase is great and some of the best college football fans in the country. Passionate, knowledgeable fans and good people.

Then he probably thinks the other 90% is a bunch of embarrasiing Updyke inbreds like the rest of us think.

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After reading the Clay Travis article and the Bama Nation's responses, I wonder if Saban is ever embarrassed or fearful of his own fan-base. I have to imagine that he has had some uncomfortable encounters.

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This is the major misconception of Tuscaloosa and the Alabama fanbase. The entire area around where Saban lives is really nice and quiet and away from the "riff raff" in the rougher parts of town. My father moved into a really nice neighborhood about a mile away from Crown Ridge and with the shopping center out there you really don't have to leave the area. He probably only has any contact with the fanbase at large during Fan Day, SEC Media Days, and the Regions Classic golf tournament. Outside of that, he meets with REC members at a couple of REC functions at the Zone and friends he has in Tuscaloosa. In other words, very little contact with the typical sidewalk fans. Regardless, he seems more comfortable where he is than anywhere else he's ever been.

I'm sure he publicly says they are great and privately is like "wtf is this redneck bitch thinking wanting me to sign her half dead infant"

I imagine he's appreciative of the support.