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Nick Saban an effective recruiter no matter the sport
Where Nick Saban goes, talent follows.
If he picked up from Alabama today and decided to coach football in Anchorage, Alaska, he'd find a way to convince more than a few top recruits to embrace a life of pigskin, snowshoes and earmuffs. He'd probably send some of them to the NFL, too.
So if you have Saban available to you as a resource, why wouldn't you take advantage of that? The man has won four national championships and is working on his fifth consecutive No. 1-ranked recruiting class, after all.
Kristy Curry, who left Texas Tech for Alabama in 2013, has put Saban to use on a number of occasions. And according to Al.com, it has been very successful. Of the nine women's hoops recruits who met with Saban during their visit to Alabama, seven ultimately signed with the Tide.
"He wants everything at Alabama to be great," Curry said of Saban, "and he actually told me that before I took the job, 'Why can't women's basketball be great?'"
You can read more of Saban's impact on recruiting at Al.com.
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AL.com:
For nine Alabama women's basketball recruits the last two years, their visit to Alabama included a meeting with football coach Nick Saban.
Seven later committed to the Tide, a number women's basketball coach Kristy Curryreferenced during Alabama's recent Crimson Caravan event in Atlanta.
"When you look across the landscape there, he really, truly cares about the Alabama family, and there's not been one time when he told us no when we've had a recruit in town," Curry said. "We've actually gone 7 for 9, so he's got a pretty good percentage. His love and concern and care for all of us is beyond anything I can put into words.
"He really means what he says and backs it up."
Curry was hired by Alabama in 2013 after seven seasons at Texas Tech.
"The thing I think that's impressed me the most [about Saban] is his willingness to give to all of us," Curry said. "He wants everything at Alabama to be great, and he actually told me that before I took the job, 'Why can't women's basketball be great?'"
Where Nick Saban goes, talent follows.
If he picked up from Alabama today and decided to coach football in Anchorage, Alaska, he'd find a way to convince more than a few top recruits to embrace a life of pigskin, snowshoes and earmuffs. He'd probably send some of them to the NFL, too.
So if you have Saban available to you as a resource, why wouldn't you take advantage of that? The man has won four national championships and is working on his fifth consecutive No. 1-ranked recruiting class, after all.
Kristy Curry, who left Texas Tech for Alabama in 2013, has put Saban to use on a number of occasions. And according to Al.com, it has been very successful. Of the nine women's hoops recruits who met with Saban during their visit to Alabama, seven ultimately signed with the Tide.
"He wants everything at Alabama to be great," Curry said of Saban, "and he actually told me that before I took the job, 'Why can't women's basketball be great?'"
You can read more of Saban's impact on recruiting at Al.com.
ESPN's SEC BlogāContinue reading...
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AL.com:
For nine Alabama women's basketball recruits the last two years, their visit to Alabama included a meeting with football coach Nick Saban.
Seven later committed to the Tide, a number women's basketball coach Kristy Curryreferenced during Alabama's recent Crimson Caravan event in Atlanta.
"When you look across the landscape there, he really, truly cares about the Alabama family, and there's not been one time when he told us no when we've had a recruit in town," Curry said. "We've actually gone 7 for 9, so he's got a pretty good percentage. His love and concern and care for all of us is beyond anything I can put into words.
"He really means what he says and backs it up."
Curry was hired by Alabama in 2013 after seven seasons at Texas Tech.
"The thing I think that's impressed me the most [about Saban] is his willingness to give to all of us," Curry said. "He wants everything at Alabama to be great, and he actually told me that before I took the job, 'Why can't women's basketball be great?'"
