🏈 Long, but interesting read. Adonis Thomas, top ATL linebacker, and his mother recap Alabama visit,

[TerryP]

From his mother:

4:45 p.m. Saturday: Nick Saban makes a big impression on the Thomas family. “He was a very serious guy,” Freeman said. “He is more serious than any coach that I’ve met so far. It looks like he is really about business, and he gives it to you straight on. Normally I have to ask a lot of questions to a coach about their football program, but Coach Saban got right into the meat of the situation. He began to tell me what they offer the boys, how serious he is about character, how serious he is about school, and how serious he is about being productive in life. And if you can’t follow certain rules, he just won’t tolerate it. The most fundamental information that he gave me is that school is important because at the end of day, after football, you have to have your education. Even some guys that might get hurt and not to get to complete their football career in college, Coach Saban allows them to finish their degree. I thought that was very impressive. He explained to me that Adonis was a really good football player, and they wanted him at Alabama. He’s a stand-up linebacker and that’s what they’re looking for. He does well in space. He was really excited about having Adonis down. Coach Saban wants him at his school, and he wants him to play.” What did Thomas think? “It was honor to be sitting on the couch in his office and having a conversation like that. I know he’s a very busy man. Like my mom said, he was very real. He doesn’t joke around; he’s very serious. He told me why he liked me as an outside linebacker. I can play in a lot of pass coverage, and stay on the field. He just said he watched a lot of my RisingSeniors film, and that’s why he was impressed and was recruiting me so hard. He wasn’t intimidating or scary. He’s like that grandparent who knows everything because he has been through and seen a lot. He knows how to do things, and he knows how to win games.”
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Here's the link.

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Sound familiar to some of the older fans here?

Adonis talked about how it would be to play for Coach Saban, because from my understanding, people are saying he might not be coaching much longer.

 

[riz]

Familiar? Yeah, you could say that.