Nick Saban
Nick Saban
Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Alabama, a position he has held since the 2007 season. Saban previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and three other universities: Louisiana State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Toledo. His eight-year contract totaling US$32 million made him one of the highest paid football coaches, professional or collegiate, in the United States at the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 October 1951
CityFairmont, WV
CountryUnited States of America
It wasn't very effective when the guy fell down and they ran 50 yards for whatever, which to me was the biggest play in the first half.
It was a difficult decision because I thought he was doing very well and making a lot of progress. I don't think it's a situation right now where we can wait for a guy for a significant amount of time.
It took us out of sync a little bit,
They were all on the field. They all did some things, but they didn't participate in team (drills).
That is the challenge for me, to keep answering them the same way.
That issue has gone under the bridge, under the next bridge, over the next dam and is gone.
It's important how you respond to good things and bad things. We should enjoy this for 24 hours, but this is one game in a long season.
It's certainly an area that, if the opportunity presents itself, we will try to make some improvements in.
It's an expectation: What are the most important things to accomplish at this time? To find out as much as we can about what those combinations are may be more important at this time than the end result so we can build on a better end result in the long term.
It looked like we were playing on the beach, ... Maybe Gus didn't have a lot of opportunities to do much.
It will be a challenge for our players to face the defending Super Bowl champions in their first game. It just reinforces the importance of our off-season program and training camp to make sure we're ready to play at a high level to begin the season.
It really goes back to the way I've always tried to teach, ... A lot of people teach players what to do. Some people teach players how to do it. But not everyone always teaches someone why it's important to do it that way.
I tried to escape yesterday before the wind started blowing so I could come here where we had a generator and watch film and work during the storm,
There is no doubt that quarterback is a critical position in every organization. That really has to be something that we look at to make a good assessment on how we move ahead at that position. We like all of the quarterbacks that we have here, but if we get an opportunity to improve the quality at that position, we most certainly will.