This popped up on my Facebook memories today.
Jonathan Allen was talking about Nick Saban on Twitter Spaces. Specifically, his reaction after we beat Clemson in 2015.
“It was my junior year, and we had won the national championship. It was crazy. Emotions are high, and we are flying back. I remember him on his laptop, doing emails, texting recruits, and in my head, I’m like ‘this man is like joking.’ There is no way. This is the one day where you can relax and enjoy it. Nope, not even a little bit. After my sophomore year, there were very few things Coach Saban did that stunned me. I was used to his crazy sayings, his off-the-wall hyperboles, and all that stuff. But, I will never forget this one. We had a meeting, a farewell meeting for all the players who were about to go to the draft and for the guys coming back. I had just decided to come back, and Coach Saban says to all the players who were about to go to the NFL Draft, ‘congratulations you have finished off your career with a national championship.’ We clapped for them, but then he turned to the rest of us and said, ‘That’s some BS. That is not how we play defense. That’s not how we finish a game.'
At that point in my mind, it switched from it’s not about winning, it’s about how you win,”
Jonathan Allen was talking about Nick Saban on Twitter Spaces. Specifically, his reaction after we beat Clemson in 2015.
“It was my junior year, and we had won the national championship. It was crazy. Emotions are high, and we are flying back. I remember him on his laptop, doing emails, texting recruits, and in my head, I’m like ‘this man is like joking.’ There is no way. This is the one day where you can relax and enjoy it. Nope, not even a little bit. After my sophomore year, there were very few things Coach Saban did that stunned me. I was used to his crazy sayings, his off-the-wall hyperboles, and all that stuff. But, I will never forget this one. We had a meeting, a farewell meeting for all the players who were about to go to the draft and for the guys coming back. I had just decided to come back, and Coach Saban says to all the players who were about to go to the NFL Draft, ‘congratulations you have finished off your career with a national championship.’ We clapped for them, but then he turned to the rest of us and said, ‘That’s some BS. That is not how we play defense. That’s not how we finish a game.'
At that point in my mind, it switched from it’s not about winning, it’s about how you win,”
