Posted on 04/24/2018 11:17:08 AM PDT by blam
Nick Saban knows what he’s doing isn’t normal. The University of Alabama football coach is well aware that it’s anything but typical for one school to thoroughly dominate a major sport the way his Crimson Tide has ruled college football over the past decade. More to the point, he knows that it’s well outside the bounds of ordinary to expect 18- to 22-year-olds to win national championships—and then work even harder to get better. “To me it takes a completely different mindset to stay successful as opposed to what you have to do to build something to be successful,” says Saban. “All of us are sort of geared toward, if we have success, we’re supposed to be rewarded for it, not necessarily that we have to continue to do things even better than we did before.”
It’s the Friday before his team’s first scrimmage of spring practice, and Saban, 66, is sitting, legs crossed, in a plush chair in his wood-paneled office in Tuscaloosa, Ala., a collection of championship rings spread out on the coffee table in front of him. Clad in a black pullover sweater, gray slacks, and black loafers, the coach is in a reflective mood. But his trademark intensity begins to show as he warms to the subject: Being a champion means, well, being different.
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“I mean, it’s like you make an A on a test and you say, ‘I can take it easy for two weeks and make a C on the next test and have a B average.’
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I tried that, too.............
That should have worked...
Total BS List.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOLKS!!!!!!
THE TOP 10
1. The Students Marjory Stoneman Douglas and other schools SERIOUSLY? GIVE ME A FRIGGIN BREAK?
2. Bill and Melinda Gates Cofounders, Gates Foundation
3. The #MeToo Movement THE ME TOO MOVEMENT???
4. Moon Jae-in President, South Korea
5. Kenneth Frazier CEO, Merck
6. Scott Gottlieb FDA commisioner
7. Margarethe Vestager Commissioner for Competition, European Union
8. Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock
9. General Joseph Dunford Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
10. Liu He Vice Premier, China 11-20
11. Mary Barra CEO, General Motors
12. Nick Saban Football coach, University of Alabama
13. Emmanuel Macron President, France YEAH, OK, BUT TRUMP DOESN’T MAKE THE LIST AT ALL? LOL
14. Tim Cook CEO, Apple
15. Serena Williams Athlete
16. Isabelle Kocher CEO, Engie
17. Katie Bethell Executive director, PL+US
18. Ryan Coogler Film director
19. Huateng “Pony” Ma CEO, Tencent
20. Indira Jaising Founder, Lawyers Collective 21-30
21. Marc Benioff CEO, Salesforce
22. The Gymnasts and Their Allies HUH?????
23. Kathleen McLaughlin Chief sustainability officer, Walmart
24. Mukesh Ambani Chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries
25. Mick Cornett Former mayor, Oklahoma City
26. Donald Hopkins Physician, the Carter Center
27. Oprah Winfrey CEO, OWN FOR SURE, YEAH... FOR SURE...
28. Mitch Landrieu Mayor, New Orleans ROTFL
29. Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister, New Zealand
30. Ma Jun Environmentalist, China 31-40
31. West Virginia Teachers FOR SURE... YEAH GOOD ONE...
32. Leymah Gbowee President, Gbowee Peace Foundation
33. Jamie Dimon CEO, JPMorgan Chase
34. Michael Sorrell President, Paul Quinn College
35. Reese Witherspoon Actor/producer YEAH, TRUMP DOESN’T MAKE THE LIST BUT SHE DOES.
36. Daniel Servitje Montull CEO, Grupo Bimbo
37. Izumi Nakamitsu Undersecretary general for disarmament, United Nations
38. Bashar Masri Founder, Rawabi
39. Leila de Lima Senator, Philippines
40. Angela Nyambura Gichaga CEO, Financing Alliance for Health 41-50
41. Timothy Keller Evangelical minister/author, Redeemer City to City
42. Gwynne Shotwell President and chief operating officer, SpaceX
43. Balkrishna Doshi Architect, India
44. Feike Sijbesma CEO, DSM
45. Kelly Chibale Scientist, South Africa
46. Ana Botín Group executive
chairman, Banco Santander
47. Dina Meza Journalist, PEN Honduras
48. Ridwan Kamil Mayor, Bandung, Indonesia
49. Amy Gutmann President, University of Pennsylvania
50. Ed Bastian CEO, Delta Air Lines
I copied it to an old copy of ‘Wordpad’ that doesn’t recognize HTML junk.........Looks okay.............
USC had a pretty good run in baseball in the ‘70s.
When you’re guaranteed a spot in the playoff every year, and especially this year, when you finished third in your conference, it’s pretty easy to keep it rolling. Add to that, every time you make the playoffs, you get New Orleans or Atlanta which is pretty much a home game. If Alabama weren’t Alabama, they’d have been sitting home watching the playoff this year. That said, Saban is an awesome coach.
Yeah, there was some gunk in there. Save as txt, close, and reopen.
Total BS List. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOLKS!!!!!!
THE TOP 10
1. The Students Marjory Stoneman Douglas and other schools
SERIOUSLY? GIVE ME A FRIGGIN BREAK?
2. Bill and Melinda Gates Cofounders, Gates Foundation
3. The #MeToo Movement
THE ME TOO MOVEMENT???
4. Moon Jae-in President, South Korea
5. Kenneth Frazier CEO, Merck
6. Scott Gottlieb FDA commisioner
7. Margarethe Vestager Commissioner for Competition, European Union
8. Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock
9. General Joseph Dunford Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
10. Liu He Vice Premier, China
11. Mary Barra CEO, General Motors
12. Nick Saban Football coach, University of Alabama
13. Emmanuel Macron President, France
YEAH, OK, BUT TRUMP DOESN’T MAKE THE LIST AT ALL? LOL
14. Tim Cook CEO, Apple
15. Serena Williams Athlete
16. Isabelle Kocher CEO, Engie
17. Katie Bethell Executive director, PL+US
18. Ryan Coogler Film director
19. Huateng ?Pony? Ma CEO, Tencent
20. Indira Jaising Founder, Lawyers Collective
21. Marc Benioff CEO, Salesforce
22. The Gymnasts and Their Allies
HUH?????
23. Kathleen McLaughlin Chief sustainability officer, Walmart
24. Mukesh Ambani Chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries
25. Mick Cornett Former mayor, Oklahoma City
26. Donald Hopkins Physician, the Carter Center
27. Oprah Winfrey CEO,
OWN FOR SURE, YEAH... FOR SURE...
28. Mitch Landrieu Mayor, New Orleans ROTFL
29. Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister, New Zealand
30. Ma Jun Environmentalist, China
31. West Virginia Teachers
FOR SURE... YEAH GOOD ONE...
32. Leymah Gbowee President, Gbowee Peace Foundation
33. Jamie Dimon CEO, JPMorgan Chase
34. Michael Sorrell President, Paul Quinn College
35. Reese Witherspoon Actor/producer
YEAH, TRUMP DOESN’T MAKE THE LIST BUT SHE DOES.
36. Daniel Servitje Montull CEO, Grupo Bimbo
37. Izumi Nakamitsu Undersecretary general for disarmament, United Nations
38. Bashar Masri Founder, Rawabi
39. Leila de Lima Senator, Philippines
40. Angela Nyambura Gichaga CEO, Financing Alliance for Health
41. Timothy Keller Evangelical minister/author, Redeemer City to City
42. Gwynne Shotwell President and chief operating officer, SpaceX
43. Balkrishna Doshi Architect, India
44. Feike Sijbesma CEO, DSM
45. Kelly Chibale Scientist, South Africa
46. Ana Bot¡n Group executive ?chairman, Banco Santander
47. Dina Meza Journalist, PEN Honduras
48. Ridwan Kamil Mayor, Bandung, Indonesia
49. Amy Gutmann President, University of Pennsylvania
50. Ed Bastian CEO, Delta Air Lines
Yep, I don’t know how they do that hidden html junk..............
I just save as txt and disappear it. Sometimes ctl A ctl C ctl V works, or “paste as text” instead of the last.
That’s good to know! Thanks!...............will come in handy!...............
Dang! Saban is sorta short!.............
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They list him at 5’6” but I suspect you can take at one
inch off that if not more. JMO.
Good job!! Did you use the li and /li commands?
No, the words just came out that way...................
I’ve worked in sports for many years. Half of coaching is recruiting the best people.
Maybe more than half.......
True but I recall what Florida A&M coach, Jake Gaither said about Bear Bryant.
“He could takes his and beat yours or he could take yours and beat his”.
Probably Bobby Bowden was even better at that.
I remember a story about how Bear Bryant used to recruit. He’d cruise the Alabama backroads untiil he found a stout young man working with a a mule and a plow. He’d ask the young man how to get to Mobile. If the young man pointed in a direction, Bear would thank him and move on. If he picked up the plow and pointed, Bear would recruit him.
I agree, but there was an old quote, and I don’t know who said it, but in a colloquial style said that Bear could take your team and beat his, and his team and beat yours.
Of course in Bear’s day, he could sign enough players to where he could sit some great athletes on the bench to keep them from playing at another school. In that regard, the sport is much better these days with much more parity among schools. The SEC west has been a killer the last few years. I thought Kevin Sumlin was a great coach. Who fires Les Miles??
Hahaha
It takes great maturity for an Auburn fan to tip his cap to Saban.
Therefore, I tip my cap to you!
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