🏈 Pic—Saban excercising the 24 hour, no make that 24 minute rule...On to Notre Dame.

[TerryP]

 

[Bamabww]

I don't doubt that at all.

 

[TerryP]

Yahoo article on what Saban was thinking about:

Up on the quickly constructed stage, where Saban would soon be presented the championship trophy, his players took turns smiling and hugging and pointing to the crowd. Saban did a little of that, too – a lot for him – but mostly he stood there and rocked back and forth all by himself, impatient even in one of life's fleeting forever moments.

Then a thought crossed his mind, so he reached into his right pocket and pulled out a pen and what he calls his "field notes," simple game reminders that even an iron-focused coach might need to anchor him in the swirl of the battle.
Right there next to "long yard coverage" and "4-man rush," he wrote "(banquet)."

Then he folded up the paper, put it back in his pocket and stood waiting for CBS to throw the broadcast back to reporter Tracy Wolfson so they could begin the process of getting out of here.

"Well, you know, I'm always thinking what I'm going to say to the team, what the team has to do next," Saban said later in a quiet moment in one corner of a near deserted Alabama locker room. "And I usually write all that stuff down. And I had written that we had a 3 p.m. team meeting tomorrow, but I hadn't written down that we have a team banquet tomorrow night.

"So I was thinking about, what are we doing next here?"

Saban took a moment, shook his head slightly, sheepishly laughing at himself.

"I mean, you just won a championship, they haven't even given us the trophy yet and I'm already thinking about what's next, what do we have to do next?" he said.

That's Nick Saban being the incomparable Nick Saban. He's 61 years old and he isn't changing. Not that anyone in Tuscaloosa would allow it. He's 60-7 over the last five years and one game from his fourth career national title.

"So that's what I wrote," he said.

Saban possesses a maniacal commitment to preparation, concentration and taking care of the smallest of details – and reminding a team in the delirium of a championship locker room that it has a banquet the next night would qualify as the smallest of the small.

Everyone already knows this about the man, although sometimes the depth of his focus is not always truly appreciated. This isn't just the intensity on the sidelines or the rushed news conferences or the way he paces a sideline with his arms folded tightly.

 

[BamaFan615]

I literally LOL'd at that picture!

 

[BigAl]

I'll bet you money Coach Saban is workign on ND this morning.

 

[PhillyGirl]

That is the most Saban-y Saban picture of all time.

"NICK, YOU JUST WON THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP AND ARE GOING TO THE NATTY!!!"
" .. and?"

 

[bamaraider]

Staring down Brian Kelly

 

[srollins]

An SEC Championship... check. End of season? Nope... Saban knows there is business to take care of.

 

[EuroTide]

I'll bet you money Coach Saban is workign on ND this morning.

i love it when the man has time to prepare for a game

 

[PhillyGirl]

i love it when the man has time to prepare for a game

Especially when that man is the great Nick Saban!