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Michael Casagrande |
There are predictable reactions and then there's this.
Nick Saban's response to Michigan's spring break in Florida? Dan Patrick sought that answer Friday on his national radio show. To each his own, was the gist of the reply.
"I think everybody's gotta make decisions that they feel best for what they need to do in their program," Saban said. "I don't think when people design the rules, that they design the rules to take your team someplace else and have spring practice during spring break."
Michigan took the unprecedented step ofmoving a portion of its spring practices to Bradenton, Fla., during the school's spring break. It caused a bit of a stir.
Related: Listen to Saban's full interview on the Dan Patrick Show.
If you had any questions about Alabama's interest in something similar, Saban took care of that.
"Whatever they decide we'll kind of roll on," Saban continued. "We love having spring practice right here at Alabama. There's a lot of people that have a lot of interest here and this doesn't disrupt our players' schedule, their class time and we get a lot out of it, have a lot of fun."
Saban went on to say he understands why teams in cooler climates would have interest in southern expeditions.
He stopped short of endorsing the spring break plan, though.
"If everybody has one then how do the kids decide where they go or don't go,"Saban said. "How much of a benefit really is it? Nobody really knows how big a benefit it is. That's for everybody to decide on their own. I basically like focusing on the way we do it. I'm not too worried about what somebody else is trying to do."
"So it doesn't really make sense."
This isn't the first Jim Harbaugh innovation that Saban didn't cheer. Hisopposition of the 2015 satellite camps in SEC territory included the word "ridiculous."
"I mean we're not allowed to go to all-star games, but now we're going to have satellite camps all over the country," Saban said in April 2015. "So it doesn't really make sense."
On Friday, the SEC confirmed a rule banning these satellite camps will be discussed next month when the NCAA Division I council meets in Indianapolis.
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Nick Saban's response to Michigan's spring break in Florida? Dan Patrick sought that answer Friday on his national radio show. To each his own, was the gist of the reply.
"I think everybody's gotta make decisions that they feel best for what they need to do in their program," Saban said. "I don't think when people design the rules, that they design the rules to take your team someplace else and have spring practice during spring break."
Michigan took the unprecedented step ofmoving a portion of its spring practices to Bradenton, Fla., during the school's spring break. It caused a bit of a stir.
Related: Listen to Saban's full interview on the Dan Patrick Show.
If you had any questions about Alabama's interest in something similar, Saban took care of that.
"Whatever they decide we'll kind of roll on," Saban continued. "We love having spring practice right here at Alabama. There's a lot of people that have a lot of interest here and this doesn't disrupt our players' schedule, their class time and we get a lot out of it, have a lot of fun."
Saban went on to say he understands why teams in cooler climates would have interest in southern expeditions.
He stopped short of endorsing the spring break plan, though.
"If everybody has one then how do the kids decide where they go or don't go,"Saban said. "How much of a benefit really is it? Nobody really knows how big a benefit it is. That's for everybody to decide on their own. I basically like focusing on the way we do it. I'm not too worried about what somebody else is trying to do."
"So it doesn't really make sense."
This isn't the first Jim Harbaugh innovation that Saban didn't cheer. Hisopposition of the 2015 satellite camps in SEC territory included the word "ridiculous."
"I mean we're not allowed to go to all-star games, but now we're going to have satellite camps all over the country," Saban said in April 2015. "So it doesn't really make sense."
On Friday, the SEC confirmed a rule banning these satellite camps will be discussed next month when the NCAA Division I council meets in Indianapolis.
Continue reading...
