Saban is the absolute goat. So many people that you don't have to be smart to play or coach football. That couldn't be more incorrect. Saban is a professor of football. You can have the best athletes in the world on your team, but if you can't teach them what to do, you will not win games.
All of that is great if you are facing a traditional I-formation or Pro-style offense, which back then until the last 15 yrs was CFB, NFL!! Then the RPO offense which centers around a dual threat QB that u have to compensate for became his Achilles heel. Because he is such a perfectionist!! He wants to control everything on field instead of gambling at times. My response to a dual threat is same as Pro-style…..Hit him ….Get to him but at least contain him & let him know u are there. Saban’s philosophy is pressure QB not sack QB & it has got him burned in some games. And for those of us that use to be 17-20 yrs old, many of whom were up half the night, hungover, ADD….Can u imagine sitting at that age to this for 2hrs? Even now I hate classes Safety meetings in my late 40’s. And then trying to process all that information at that age…..
Saban is the absolute goat. So many people that you don't have to be smart to play or coach football. That couldn't be more incorrect. Saban is a professor of football. You can have the best athletes in the world on your team, but if you can't teach them what to do, you will not win games.
Where can i get the copies he talk about at the start!
Master
Thank you for posting this.
A few years later in 2001, Hatin Ass Spurrier made him go back to the drawing board and now I'm sad.
All of that is great if you are facing a traditional I-formation or Pro-style offense, which back then until the last 15 yrs was CFB, NFL!!
Then the RPO offense which centers around a dual threat QB that u have to compensate for became his Achilles heel. Because he is such a perfectionist!! He wants to control everything on field instead of gambling at times. My response to a dual threat is same as Pro-style…..Hit him ….Get to him but at least contain him & let him know u are there. Saban’s philosophy is pressure QB not sack QB & it has got him burned in some games.
And for those of us that use to be 17-20 yrs old, many of whom were up half the night, hungover, ADD….Can u imagine sitting at that age to this for 2hrs? Even now I hate classes Safety meetings in my late 40’s. And then trying to process all that information at that age…..
Cu