Saban doesn't back Oats

[first time caller]

Saben says "no such thing as wrong place wrong time", in reference to suspending Mitchell after his arrest. I would like to be a fly on the wall in that athletic department.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

Seen that last night......shots fired for sure!


Ok, that might have been a bad choice of words

 

[VOLfrombama]

Trouble in paradise?

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

 

[aaronvol]

Saban is fearful that Bama is now a basketball school.

 

[Caculator]

What if you're in fear for your life?

 

[Jax_Vol]

One of them two will have to leave for greener pastures.

Wonder which one it will be..?

 

[TNVOLFN]

Got to love the drama, all those simple Bammer minds are going to explode now that lord Saban has spoken out against all their BS justifications for being outright scumbags.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Nick Saban throwing shade on a coach for ethical choices is like Jeffery Dahmer throwing shade on someone's cooking choices.

 

[Volfan1000]

Saban is fearful that Bama is now a basketball school.

Oats may not be at Alabama very long if the Kansas job becomes vacant.

 

[LouderVol]

What if you're in fear for your life?

I was going to say, its too bad the BBall player didn't hit a woman, then it would have been fine with Saban.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Seen that last night......shots fired for sure!


Ok, that might have been a bad choice of words

Saban doesn’t make poor word choices at the first press conference of Spring Ball. He’s very deliberate and very aware of everything he’s saying . This was distancing himself from the situation to show the moms and dads out there that their kids can come to Bama and play football and that they shouldn’t worry about that behavior being tolerated in his program.

 

[RockyTop140]

Saban doesn’t make poor word choices at the first press conference of Spring Ball. He’s very deliberate and very aware of everything he’s saying . This was distancing himself from the situation to show the moms and dads out there that their kids can come to Bama and play football and that they shouldn’t worry about that behavior being tolerated in his program.

Sabans one of the few coaches in the NCAA who can say that without getting any crap from the athletic department. Not exactly a great image to take shots against another coach at the school, even if deserved. He owns that campus

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Sabans one of the few coaches in the NCAA who can say that without getting any crap from the athletic department. Not exactly a great image to take shots against another coach at the school, even if deserved. He owns that campus

He should own that campus. Whatever Saban gets paid, he’s probably worth double that annually. As much as we don’t like to talk about it, Saban is pretty much responsible for so many positive things at that University, even beyond the athletic department.

 

[RockyTop140]

Tide Two-Step: Nick Saban was not talking about Nate Oats; Nick Saban was talking to his team. - Roll 'Bama Roll
Bama journalists doing their best to make this seem like it’s not a shot

 

[Pennheel]

Tide Two-Step: Nick Saban was not talking about Nate Oats; Nick Saban was talking to his team. - Roll 'Bama Roll
Bama journalists doing their best to make this seem like it’s not a shot

Bama's PR department doing a bit of damage control. Not really surprised. I think everyone knows what Saban meant by what he said. Backtracking isn't going to help anything after it's already been said. Saban said how he felt about the matter.

 

[SockeyeVol]

This is Nick Saban telling his team that excuses that he's going to hold his team to a higher standard of accountability than what they have been seeing over on the hoops team.

And he's smart to do so, before bringing guns to bars becomes normalized as acceptable behavior. I think more of Saban for having done so.

 

[SockeyeVol]

Sabans one of the few coaches in the NCAA who can say that without getting any crap from the athletic department. Not exactly a great image to take shots against another coach at the school, even if deserved. He owns that campus

Maybe he's as disgusted by Oats and Byrnes as the rest of us, and decided to speak up? I applaud people who will speak up for what's right. He's trying to tell testosterone-laden men that they must be accountable, and early enough when it might help. Screw Oats.

 

[RockyTop140]

Maybe he's as disgusted by Oats and Byrnes as the rest of us, and decided to speak up? I applaud people who will speak up for what's right. He's trying to tell testosterone-laden men that they must be accountable, and early enough when it might help. Screw Oats.

Same here, agree with him completely. Just pointing out that he’s one of the few ahead coaches who could say what he said without getting an earful about it from the higher ups.

 

[allvol123]

This is Nick Saban telling his team that excuses that he's going to hold his team to a higher standard of accountability than what they have been seeing over on the hoops team.

And he's smart to do so, before bringing guns to bars becomes normalized as acceptable behavior. I think more of Saban for having done so.

Yea, quite the leader. Look guys, you don’t shoot women, hitting them does the job.

 

[05_never_again]

He should own that campus. Whatever Saban gets paid, he’s probably worth double that annually. As much as we don’t like to talk about it, Saban is pretty much responsible for so many positive things at that University, even beyond the athletic department.

It's incredibly easy to make an argument that Saban is underpaid.

Over the course of his time there that school has likely brought in hundreds of millions, or perhaps even billions, of dollars over what they would have brought in if they had a replacement level football coach. It isn't just about the increase in football revenue, which is substantial, but their enrollment has exploded. They've got a bigger booster/donor base, and the existing base donates more. Something like 60% of their incoming freshman classes are from out-of-state. They get a lot more money coming their way in terms of research. It's allowed them to attract a type of student and type of professor that they probably wouldn't have otherwise been able to.

It's annoying as hell, but I've run into multiple people while traveling whose kids, or whose niece/nephew, etc. go to Alabama. When I ask why, they say something to the effect of "Well, they got into college football, and Alabama was always playing in the big games, and when it came time to think about college choices they thought Alabama looked like a fun place to go." The second and third order effects are enormous, and it all goes back to the success of their football program.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

It's incredibly easy to make an argument that Saban is underpaid.

Over the course of his time there that school has likely brought in hundreds of millions, or perhaps even billions, of dollars over what they would have brought in if they had a replacement level football coach. It isn't just about the increase in football revenue, which is substantial, but their enrollment has exploded. They've got a bigger booster/donor base, and the existing base donates more. Something like 60% of their incoming freshman classes are from out-of-state. They get a lot more money coming their way in terms of research. It's allowed them to attract a type of student and type of professor that they probably wouldn't have otherwise been able to.

It's annoying as hell, but I've run into multiple people while traveling whose kids, or whose niece/nephew, etc. go to Alabama. When I ask why, they say something to the effect of "Well, they got into college football, and Alabama was always playing in the big games, and when it came time to think about college choices they thought Alabama looked like a fun place to go." The second and third order effects are enormous, and it all goes back to the success of their football program.

Exactly. I had actually written something similar about out of state enrollment and enrollment in general exploding, but I changed tabs and it got erased and I didn’t feel like doing it all over again.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Seen that last night......shots fired for sure!

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Who actually believes in the "wrong place wrong time" nonsense? The only way it could make sense is in an innocent bystander gets hit by a stray bullet type of scenario. And act of commission is always on the commitor. Nobody's fault but your's if you did it. Own it.

 

[tennrich1]

JMO….but I think most of Volnation fully understand the effect NS has had on the Bama program. In fact…I’ve read references to it many times on Volnation. Actually…to me…it’s the most obvious thing NS has contributed to Bama by winning like he has. Also….anyone who has followed the SEC and NS press conferences over these many years CLEARLY understands who NS was talking about. It’s very elementary IMO. Sad…but elementary.

 

[TNVOLFN]

Tide Two-Step: Nick Saban was not talking about Nate Oats; Nick Saban was talking to his team. - Roll 'Bama Roll
Bama journalists doing their best to make this seem like it’s not a shot

This entire situation has exposed the lengths those scumbags will go to twist something that is black white in their favor; to have them tell it, B Miller was minding his own business at his weekly Bible study when all this went down... Delusional idiots, I’ll never respect them or take anything those fans say serious.