Nick Saban: pretentious a**hole or misunderstood genius?
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Nick Saban: pretentious a**hole or misunderstood genius?
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Nick Saban: pretentious a**hole or misunderstood genius?
That's the question posed by the Wiretap, and I'm leaning towards the former. I'm really not that sure how he became this great college coach.
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Can he be both?? a really really great coach who is a pretentious ****.
I know he was involved in that car accident with Glen Davis, he was trying to screw us.
I know he was involved in that car accident with Glen Davis, he was trying to screw us.
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I've known Saban sine he was the head coach at Toledo and he was recruiting a HS teammate of mine. I tried to gravy train it to no avail, but I did get to see him in action. He's absolutely a pretentious A-hole, completely and blissfully unaware of any way but his way.
Having said that, I think he's an outstanding college coach and will have success at Bama. You can get college kids to buy into that kind of thing; the pros are another story, as Saban found out the hard way. He's great in the capacity of being a guy who rallies the team together in their fear/loathing of him. The man knows his X's and O's and he also is very good at recruiting the kind of players he needs to make that work. Fast, loyal to a fault, not real intellectual, selfless to the cause, prefers working out to anything else, etc., that's the Saban kind of player.
Having said that, I think he's an outstanding college coach and will have success at Bama. You can get college kids to buy into that kind of thing; the pros are another story, as Saban found out the hard way. He's great in the capacity of being a guy who rallies the team together in their fear/loathing of him. The man knows his X's and O's and he also is very good at recruiting the kind of players he needs to make that work. Fast, loyal to a fault, not real intellectual, selfless to the cause, prefers working out to anything else, etc., that's the Saban kind of player.