Many have a tough time separating from work, and sometimes watching TV, or a sporting event, could be relaxing. Nevertheless it doesn’t sound that way for Nick Saban.
“I actually have a tough time having fun with the sport, to be honest with you, after I watch it,” the legendary coach said during a weekly radio appearance.
The issue lies throughout the amount of study he has done in the sport throughout his profession. Perhaps it’s seeing mistake-filled football that frustrates him or his need to resolve every problem he sees on the sphere.
“On a regular basis that I spend, whether it’s watching a defensive team for our offensive preparation or the opposite team’s offense for the defense’s preparation — what you’re always searching for is what are the problems, what causes problems, what type of adjustments do you could have to make if we were playing against that? That’s all I do,” Saban continued.
“I find myself like at the tip of the sport saying, ‘Why didn’t they call timeout?’ … I’m like managing a game like we’re playing the sport. So I’m like, ‘What can we watch on Netflix?’”
Tom Brady similarly said at first of the season that he has seen “loads of bad football” this season while watching others. Saban and Alabama are in a down 12 months for the Crimson Tide at 8-2 and prone to miss the College Football Playoff.
Few share Saban and Brady’s football intelligence. And, it seems, their frustration watching mistakes.
Many have a tough time separating from work, and sometimes watching TV, or a sporting event, could be relaxing. Nevertheless it doesn’t sound that way for Nick Saban.
“I actually have a tough time having fun with the sport, to be honest with you, after I watch it,” the legendary coach said during a weekly radio appearance.
The issue lies throughout the amount of study he has done in the sport throughout his profession. Perhaps it’s seeing mistake-filled football that frustrates him or his need to resolve every problem he sees on the sphere.
“On a regular basis that I spend, whether it’s watching a defensive team for our offensive preparation or the opposite team’s offense for the defense’s preparation — what you’re always searching for is what are the problems, what causes problems, what type of adjustments do you could have to make if we were playing against that? That’s all I do,” Saban continued.
“I find myself like at the tip of the sport saying, ‘Why didn’t they call timeout?’ … I’m like managing a game like we’re playing the sport. So I’m like, ‘What can we watch on Netflix?’”
Tom Brady similarly said at first of the season that he has seen “loads of bad football” this season while watching others. Saban and Alabama are in a down 12 months for the Crimson Tide at 8-2 and prone to miss the College Football Playoff.
Few share Saban and Brady’s football intelligence. And, it seems, their frustration watching mistakes.
