Max
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The Southeastern Conference Media Days event in Hoover this week has one interesting aspect that has been in place for about a decade. That is journalists interviewing journalists. That's partly because there are so many sportswriters and sportscasters and partly because the coaches and players to be interviewed say almost nothing that is truly interesting.
For many years, I was not too concerned about the appearance of the Alabama football coach because I could (and did) meet with him before the SEC event to get an advance story. That no longer is possible, so we’ll have a crew there during Nick Saban’s Thursday appearance to do stories on what he has to say, and also report on the Crimson Tide players – Barrett Jones, Michael Williams, and Damion Square.
I have already been alerted by our media partner, Fox Sports, that it wants a few minutes with me to discuss “the storyline” for Bama football in 2012.
Not only do I have to think about what that storyline is, I have to discuss it in a minute or two.
In one respect, I don’t think anyone can know the Alabama football storyline prior to the season. I think it would be easier for a program in a different position. Can the new quarterback or coach or something else do the job?
But with Alabama, coming off a national championship and expected to be among the national powers again this season, the question seems to be more difficult.
The easy answer – and not incorrect – is that the storyline is Nick Saban. For better or worse (and almost always better), that is usually the focus when a school has one of the best in the history of the game. It was when Paul Bryant was at Alabama. It was when Saban was at LSU. It has been with Steve Spurrier previously at Florida and presently at South Carolina.
http://alabama.scout.com/2/1202648.html
For many years, I was not too concerned about the appearance of the Alabama football coach because I could (and did) meet with him before the SEC event to get an advance story. That no longer is possible, so we’ll have a crew there during Nick Saban’s Thursday appearance to do stories on what he has to say, and also report on the Crimson Tide players – Barrett Jones, Michael Williams, and Damion Square.
I have already been alerted by our media partner, Fox Sports, that it wants a few minutes with me to discuss “the storyline” for Bama football in 2012.
Not only do I have to think about what that storyline is, I have to discuss it in a minute or two.
In one respect, I don’t think anyone can know the Alabama football storyline prior to the season. I think it would be easier for a program in a different position. Can the new quarterback or coach or something else do the job?
But with Alabama, coming off a national championship and expected to be among the national powers again this season, the question seems to be more difficult.
The easy answer – and not incorrect – is that the storyline is Nick Saban. For better or worse (and almost always better), that is usually the focus when a school has one of the best in the history of the game. It was when Paul Bryant was at Alabama. It was when Saban was at LSU. It has been with Steve Spurrier previously at Florida and presently at South Carolina.
http://alabama.scout.com/2/1202648.html
