re: What is it about Nick Saban that makes him such an extraordinary Head Coach?

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Saban was smart enough to understand who the power brokers throughout the state are, how the machine works, and how to communicate with the REC while keeping a plausible deniability distance from them while he works that relationship with Emmert at the NCAA, and getting the administration to fall in line at home. That coupled with the fact that he is highly organized and motivated and you get the dynasty he has built today.

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