Nick Saban to BIFF, the Biff Poggi podcast: "I made coaching so simple. I said there are two things that are important: board of trustees, you guys can go do whatever you want, talk about whatever you want. But I'm focusing on two things here: not talking to Red Elephant Clubs and all that bullshit. It's how we bring players to our team and how we develop players on our team. That's all that matters.
"Anything else you want to talk about, you can kiss my ass."
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I know people don’t want to make the connection, but being defiant and unapologetic in the face of clearly doing some shit that is wrong is a direct result of the last decade of political climate.
Mind you, when it was convenient yall was saying lame ass shit like “I am not my elders and ancestors.” Like they were ever weak. Just for them to show up and do more than us in their seasoned years while we tweet.
One of the craziest races of all time would follow this on Sunday, the penultimate round of the 2021 season.
It was Max Verstappen's first matchpoint to take his first world championship over Lewis Hamilton, who had taken pole in Saturday's qualifying session.
After early red flags, corner cutting and field reshuffling, Lap 37 saw the tensions of a close fought season reach a boiling point.
Coming through the Pit Straight, Lewis launches a move around the outside of Max who, similarly to an earlier incident between the two in Brazil, defends aggressively with his favorite wheel to wheel move.
Red Bull are quickly instructed to hand the position back to Lewis which they promptly do as Max slows down on the straight.
Lewis, however, is not told of Red Bull's instructions in time leading to confusion as he slows down himself behind his championship rival.
Small movements from the Red Bull further mystify the world champion and, out of nowhere, the two rivals make contact as both are unaware of the other's intentions.
Max quickly gets on the throttle and speeds off in to the distance following this incident, bewildering Lewis even further.
Once the dust settles (a bit), Max lets Lewis through once more while also receiving a penalty for his earlier Turn 1 corner cutting.
Lewis takes the win and levels the points heading to the final round in Abu Dhabi.
Unbeknownst to the teams and fans, the Finale would hold only even more controversy.
Amazing how people keep misreading Coach Saban. He never said players shouldn’t get paid — he actually supports it.
His point was that college football needs structure: revenue sharing, real NIL deals, and clear rules. Right now it’s chaos with collectives, nonstop transfers, and eligibility loopholes.
Coach Saban won 7 national titles and is happily retired. He’s speaking up to help the game, not hurt it.
He knows the importance of education for players and their future. When the smoke clears. FOOTBALL AND NFL are Dreams EDUCATION AND Degrees is reality.