Live updates from Sabanâs radio show before Alabama faces Mississippi State
Alabama football head coach Nick Saban was scheduled to make his weekly radio show appearance on Thursday in Tuscaloosa. Saban was set to take the microphone on “Hey Coach” at 7 p.m. at Baumhower’s Victory Grille.
Saban and his Crimson Tide team are set to continue SEC play Saturday at Mississippi State after beating Ole Miss at Bryant-Denny Stadium last Saturday. The game in Starkville is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN.
Follow along here for live updates..
— Ryan Hennessy of WVTM is the media guest.
— Saban praises the success of Alabama’s golf programs. Says it creates lots of interest for fans to be able to follow golf alums.
— Hennessy asks Saban about his favorite off field memories of Mike Leach. Saban says Leach was unique and intelligent, says Leach had various interests and used to ask him off-the-wall questions about non-football things before games. Compares Leach to former Houston Oilers coach Jerry Glanville, in how unique their approaches to coaching was.
— Saban goes deep on how unconventional Glanville’s methods were.
— Peewee in Grand Bay is back after missing last week with an illness. Peewee notes how poor Alabama’s start was against Ole Miss. Says the offense got much better in second half. Saban says Tide’s first half was “a novelty in how to self-destruct” and it cost UA. Says players need to understand why things work or don’t.
— Saban notes needs to fix costly errors. Says five touchdowns called back because of penalties “might be an NCAA record.” He says players need to have sense of urgency about doing things right.
— Saban says Jalen Milroe throws great long ball and Tide have to continue to do that well.
— Hennessy asks what goes into media training. Saban says he tries to convince players that being in front of the camera can help them build their brand and create value for themselves, especially in the NIL era. Says he wants everybody to want to hire Alabama’s players when they see them speaking to the media.
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