With a Group of 5 team on the schedule like Louisiana-Monroe, Saban’s known to find a question that opens the door to harp on respecting the opponent. He found it Wednesday.
Dialing up one of his news conference rant greatest hits, Saban did what he does with a grooved fastball. With a Group of 5 team on the schedule like Louisiana-Monroe, Saban’s known to find a question that opens the door to harp on respecting the opponent.Asked about the difficulty to gauge offensive growth “when the quality of opponent can vary,” Saban did the Saban.And was off to the races.
“I respect all the people we play and I respect winning and what you have to do to win. And every player should not be focused on who we’re playing against relative to their motivation but every player should want to be the best player they can be. So why should it matter whether we’re playing Texas or playing somebody else.”the famous tin horn moment
, these rants are designed to reinforce what he just said to the locker room about respecting every opponent.“I told you guys more than once, when I was in the NFL, when I watched players, I didn’t know who they were playing against,” Saban continued. “I was evaluating them.
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