(courtesy, Don Kausler al.com)
Watching Nick Saban is like watching Michaelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel of college football. Some say that he is too hard on the media and then some say he has the media in his back pocket. Before you start saying I'm another son of Saban, just hear me out.
Nick Saban is only playing a game of chess with his players and he's using the press as his pawn. Some say he is not confident his team should be a national championship team. I disagree with that. He's only using the media to send a message to his players. Don't get complacent. Everyone is propping you up to the clouds, he's only knocking them back down to earth. Remember in 2009 when Alabama, coming off a national championship, was picked by most to win it again? What happened? They finished 9-3 in the regular season. With Western Kentucky coming up, he's only trying to keep his players hungry, and it's a brilliant chess play.
Before you start knocking Saban for blasting the media, he's only using them in the game of college football chess that he is mastered so well. You may like it or hate it, but you can't deny it.
