What makes Saban so good?

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You know there are other coaches that know just as much about football as he does so what do you think it is that makes him a better football coach than others and what mamkes his players respond to him so well?

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For the players


Just kidding

The Bear was his real dad.

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The Bear was his real dad.

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This.


Redman chew is the Chesterfield of today.

scoop, he has many qualities that make him damn good. no one around him is allowed to fail and they pay for it if they do. i don't want to bust your bubble, but micro managers like coach saban generally don't stay at one place very long because theur shite gets old. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying he's gonna leave. it's possible, at his age, he decides to stay longer than normal. he isolates every player and pushes them to be the best. sounds good, but his methods of intimidation wear thin and players will eventually rebel and lay down on him. happens in business, too. enjoy the success while he's there. like i say, i may be wrong and i hope i am. i hope i am because i love to go up against guys like that. i want to beat 'em bad. something like going after the best.

He has a good defensive scheme for the college game and runs it effectively. Most head coaches give too much power to their coordinators, but nick is always hands on

That dude's micromanaging skills are top of the line!

Plus he knows that strong, physical football teams win. Your players are huge compared to most teams even in the sec, and I definitely noticed at the seccg, how nick saban used that and was able to bully florida.

As much as it pains me to say this, but bring that trophy back to this conference!

he is an expert at evaluating talent,he recruits based on his needsat the time, doesn't get too many players where he has to then decide how to use them...
it is like getting pieces and just placing them in his puzzle

This story is true. Coach Saban himself told it to the press. He missed his mother-in-law's Christmas party because of it.

Here is Coach Saban telling it.....

"This was back in the Michigan State days when I was an assistant. Rules were a little bit different then. Nobody really knew this, and I didn't really know it. In fact, my good friend who's the governor of West Virginia now who you guys like to talk to is the guy who told me this. Alberta Brown was someone who had a business in the coal mining town where I grew up. Everybody knew Alberta Brown when I was a kid, and that was Andre Rison's grandmother and she lived in Fairmont, West Virginia.
"Of course, Andre Rison lived with his mother in Flint (Mich.). We were recruiting him, and It wasn't going great for Michigan State. It was kind of Wisconsin and Michigan and Michigan State. We weren't in a bowl game, so we had time to go home for Christmas. I called Alberta Brown and said I wanted to stop over and see her on Christmas Eve, because we weren't getting there until Christmas Eve and Terry's mother had Christmas Eve at her house at night with all the family, and my mother had it on Christmas morning. That was kind of how we did it.
"So I get over to Alberta Brown's and we had a drink or two and it lasted until two or three in the morning. I missed my mother-in-law's Christmas party, which she never forgave me for. Terry never (did) either. But we got Andre Rison, and we got a lot of good information on what we needed to do to get him."

A Nick Saban Christmas Story

His attention to detail.

Saban has already started to mellow. LSU fans notice that he seems happier here than he did there. He smiles more.... has fun with the players more.

He's learned when to NOT scream and degrade someone.

He's a hell of a coach. I'm an old guy and I consider him right there with Bryant as far as talent. I don't think he'll ever have the "aura" or "legend" that Bryant had, but he's probably a better tactition, a better General. (don't hurt me, Bama fans... it's true)