re: Saban: The two most important words in a player's scouting report is "and" and "but"

Post about Alabama...first two responses are from LSU fans. tObsession.

Are, not is.

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Are, not is.

Your welcome.

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So let me get this straight, teams prefer players that have only good thing about them over players who have bad things said about them?

Good to know.

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Granted it should be obvious stuff, but I think it’s Saban’s way of stressing to players (who aren’t necessarily the wisest people) that spend a ton of time working to give NFL guys reasons to draft them that it’s also important to make sure they don’t give those same guys reasons not to draft them.

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“What I tell players is you don’t realize that as soon as you apply for a job, as soon as you put your name in for the draft, people are looking for reasons not to pick you. They’re looking for reasons not to hire you

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This is the only part I somewhat disagree with. Job hiring is a two way road and my experience is they want you to be the right person. It ends their search and they fill a position of need. I think it is just as likely they are looking for reasons to draft/hire you.

I get what he's saying but just think about it differently.