Pick a presser: Saban or Belichik?

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Would you rather cover a Nick Saban or Bill Belichik press conference?
Both guys seem like Grade A dicks at the podium.

This week Saban referred questions about Kirby Smart to UGA to his soda bottle.
Belichik ... he was typical when asked about the turnaround in sharing information on Gronk's injury.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I find Belichick wildly entertaining, with the smirk that shows that at heart he's above it all.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Belichick will give good answers to technical football questions.

 

[amraeder]

Belichick will give good answers to technical football questions.

This. I don't know a lot about Saban pressers, but you can get some amazing insight from Belichick.
I'll try to remember to look for it later but he gave an answer a couple weeks ago that was an amazing insight into the coaching thought processes. It might have been about the strategy that goes into scripting plays at the beginning of the game, but I don't entirely recall. Didn't hear it, but read through the transcription and it was a great read.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Belichick will talk football in general until your ears bleed. One Friday, he even brought in old black and white films of 1940 football to make a point. Saban remains the only coach I've ever covered after a game who was completely pissed at the world after a win.

 

[TyWebb]

I'd pick Saban just for his propensity to get pissed off. I've never covered either, but it seems like Belichick doesn't get pissed off. He just ignores you. There's no fun in that. Saban is on a hair trigger. You never know what question is going to set him off and force him to refer you to an inantimate object. That's hilarious.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Nick Saban gets mad at the words coming out of Nick Saban's mouth. That's braggable.

 

[steveu]

Saban by far. Yeah, he gets mad, pissed off, honked at the world. Belichick just stands there and delivers his answers in a monotone.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Belichick held court on the evolution of the holding position last season.
As with many autists, if you steer the conversation into his comfort zone he will talk endlessly.

 

[wicked]

I remember one time listening to his weekly radio show. It was Army-Navy week, so the host asked Belichick about it. He went on for five minutes about historic games in the series in the 1950s and 1960s, etc. Get him going and he can be a great quote. As evidenced by his offhand knowledge mentioned above, he has a photographic memory.

 

[albert77]

Belichick will talk football in general until your ears bleed. One Friday, he even brought in old black and white films of 1940 football to make a point. Saban remains the only coach I've ever covered after a game who was completely pissed at the world after a win.

Very early in my career, I stood there slack-jawed as Ray Perkins and Rick Cleveland got into a shouting match over a question Rick had asked in a post-game interview. And that was after Bobby Humphrey ran for about a gazillion yards and eleventy-million touchdowns against Mississippi State in a blowout win.

 

[da man]

I remember one time listening to his weekly radio show. It was Army-Navy week, so the host asked Belichick about it. He went on for five minutes about historic games in the series in the 1950s and 1960s, etc. Get him going and he can be a great quote. As evidenced by his offhand knowledge mentioned above, he has a photographic memory.

Didn't his dad coach at Navy?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

His dad, a fabulous interview BTW, was a lifer assistant and scout for Navy.

 

[DanOregon]

It would be great to hold a "grump-off" debate between the two. Points awarded for death stares, number of words in response (less is more), body language and general hostility. Points deducted for useful information, actually answering the question, and smiling.
Questions to be included:
"Coach, what pleased you about the team's performance today?"
"Coach, did the other team surprise you with how well they were able to move the ball today?"
"Coach, was your team looking past this opponent to next week's big game?"

 

[amraeder]

To revive this, these are the quotes I find interesting. From today:

Never really realized that the ZB was a West Coast beater.