They say that the true mark of leadership is having the ability to develop others. Well…ole Nick Saban trains and develops his assistants to the point where they move on from the nest and take over major programs.
He just makes sure that he teaches them enough to do their jobs but not to beat him. After a 41-24 beat down of No.3 Georgia and former assistant Kirby Smart, Saban is now 22-0 against his former assistants. In my Coming to America voice, “That boy good!”
Saban didn’t get the nod that he would even be able to coach and walk the sideline for Saturday’s matchup until Saturday afternoon when he received his third negative COVID-19 test. He apparently got a false positive on Tuesday. Then it was Chris Brown up in Bryant-Denny Stadium, “On and Poppin’!”
Georgia came in pumping their chests sitting in the third spot behind No.2 Alabama. Everybody and their baby’s momma were killing Bama’s defense all week because they looked a mess against Ole Miss the week before. Georgia had the No.1 defense in the country so boyz were literally looking for an upset in T-town.
The Bulldogs were up 24-20 at the break feeling themselves when all of a sudden in my Keith Jackson voice, “The flood gates opened.” Nick and Co. put that thang on them in the second half scoring 21 unanswered points.
That seems to be the M.O. of the Tide against these boyz. Fall behind early and come back to win. In 2017’s national title game Georgia was up 13-0 at the break and loss. In 2018 in the SEC title game they were up 21-14 at the break and loss. On Saturday night they repeated the same foolishness up four points and loss by a landslide.
I guess ole Nick was just putting the word out not to come for the Boss unless you’ve got boss tendencies. Up next for the Crimson Tide is Tennessee.
I tell you this game was huge for recruitment. This will surely help us allot pulling 5 stars that are debating between 2 of the 3 good programs in the nation. A plus in the s.e.c you get to prove yourself with stiff competition unlike Clemson in the acc.