Retired Alabama football coach Nick Saban unloaded on Internet trolls this week in his latest blunt statement about his challenges as a coach — Saban style.

This time, the target was “external factors” that Saban called one of the biggest challenges.

“It amazes me that some guy sits in his basement, probably in his mom’s house, probably in his underwear, probably overweight and he puts something on the Internet and anybody cares about what he thinks,” Saban said.

“But it would affect our players,” Saban said, “and I was constantly trying to get them not to be affected by external factors, what other people think.

“You trusting and believing and doing the right things is so much more important than what somebody else thinks,” Saban said. “So, that was one of the most challenging things, to not let external factors — and you’ve heard me use the term ‘rat poison’ — affect what you do and how you do it.”

Saban was the headline speaker at the Irondale Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast at the Church of the Highlands. He spoke also spoke about his “most humiliating” defeat and other stories from his time as a coach.