Pearl Harbor ... 9/11 ... UL-Monroe 21, Alabama 14 ...

You heard that one, too....

 

There was also the incident about the positive comment he received for his haircut.

 

Holy fuck, is that great!

 

I just watched part of that press conference. Saban's diatribe reminded me of Dirk Diggler's rant when he got kicked out of the poolhouse in Boogie Nights. Unintentional hilarity at its finest.

 

If Saban shouldn't be compared to Bluto Blutarsky, I would certainly hope he wouldn't be compared to Dirk Diggler.



Here's a good one -- Saban takes a page from fellow Belicheck protege/parasite/piggybacker/flunky/fraud Charlie Weis ... It's all the players' fault, I coached great, but they played bad:

http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1195550296143380.xml&coll=2

They don't have the "commitment" or "desire" we need, but of course they were recruited by the idiot before me.

 

You have issues.

 

If huge chunks of the team is blowing off classes, what the heck do you want a coach to do? Sweep it under the rug? He gets killed if he does that.

Actually, I think that weeding out is a huge part of what makes Saban a good college football coach. He gets players in that buy into all his process-speak and then has success on the field. Once you start winning, and doing it with depth of talent, all that other BS takes care of itself. Players don't screw up when they know there are five other WRs behind them champing at the bit capable of taking away their playing time. (And that's why he didn't work at the NFL level. You can't create that same atmosphere.)

Saban certainly must be a pain to deal with for media, but you can't pile on him for demanding responsibility from his players.

Full disclosure: I grew up a Bama fan, but saw the error of my ways in college and now have very little love for them. I don't have any great love for Saban either, so save the "Thanks for stopping by, Nick" posts

 

It also explains a lot of why you are the way you are...

 

If you can find a longer story on Saban -- beyond the Pearl Harbor and 9/11 madness -- you'll see he also managed to compare his players to alcoholics "and people like that" who have to hit rock bottom before they can find awareness. Amazing stuff.

 

Number of dead at Pearl Harbor: 2,403.

Number of dead following the 9/11 attacks: 2,819 (*)

Number of people dead following 'Bama's loss on Sunday: 0

Other than that, it makes sense to compare tragedies to a defeat in a college football game .



(*) As of 9/5/02 according to NY magazine:http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm

 

Yeah, but look at all the Bammer dreams that were killed... that has to number in the thousands too...

 

As non-PC as you can get, but had me laughing until I damn near cried...

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2007/11/20/nick-sabans-press-conference/#more-4221



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