Nick Saban: “It is what it is”
In Nick-speak, that means fuck you for asking, Mr. Reporter.
The question asked was why did DJ Hall play in the second half after Saban released before the game that he was out for the entire game after violating unspecified team rules. It might have been because you were in a dogfight at halftime at home to the school formerly known as Northeast Louisiana University. Justice lives with a sliding scale.
Alabama Sports columnist Kevin Scarbinsky thinks you have lost the team.
“It is what it is.”
I have a few other questions:
Why were five players awarded Players of the Week after you lose to a Louisiana directional school?
Can you explain “the process” of how you took a 6-7 Independence bowl team from last year and turned them into a 6-5 team that is staring at a one-game season to even be invited back to Shreveport with 14 returning starters plus both kickers?
Fuck the process, I want results
How can Alabama lose to the University of Louisiana at Monroe who’s athletic budget is just shy of your annual salary?
Who is Charlie Weatherbie and would you offer him a position on your staff in the off-season because every one of your position coachs makes considerably more than he does?
Do you think you’ve earned your $4M price tag?
November 19, 2007 at 9:41 am
Screw Saban, that guy is pure evil (he even ended Culpepper’s career). Don Shula is going to kick his ass one of these days
November 19, 2007 at 9:51 am
I know the transitive theory doesn’t apply to sports, but it’s still nice to believe that we are 47 points better than Bama.
But I guess by that same reasoning, we are 70 points worse than Virginia.
November 19, 2007 at 9:55 am
What a fuckin’ pussy.
November 19, 2007 at 1:43 pm
“It is what it is”…Sounds pretty suspicious to me.
November 19, 2007 at 2:03 pm
“The process begins” is a pretty got-damn stirring slogan!
November 19, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Alabama’s theme for the 2008 season will be “Barring unforeseen circumstances, the process continues to evolve as per the planned schedule.”
November 19, 2007 at 4:15 pm
It’s Alabama. They’ll be going with the much simpler “The process is in process.”
November 19, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Tulsa beat La-Monroe.
November 20, 2007 at 7:06 am
It gets better…now he has related the loss to 9-11 and Pearl Harbor.
From the AP (http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7467808):
Citing the 9-11 terrorist attacks and Pearl Harbor, Saban said Monday his team must rebound like America did from a “catastrophic event.”
In this case, that would be an embarrassing 21-14 loss Saturday to Louisiana-Monroe.
“Changes in history usually occur after some kind of catastrophic event,” Saban said during the opening remarks of his weekly news conference. “It may be 9-11, which sort of changed the spirit of America relative to catastrophic events. Pearl Harbor kind of got us ready for World War II, or whatever, and that was a catastrophic event.”
November 20, 2007 at 7:42 am
“Pearl Harbor kind of got us ready for World War II, or whatever.”
Now THAT is inspiring! Or whatever.
November 20, 2007 at 7:53 am
GEEZ, I thought Callahan at Nebraska said some stupid ass shit!
November 20, 2007 at 8:17 am
“Callahan at Nebraska?” Unless you’re talking about Bowdens or Stoops-es, I think we can figure it out there, Private.
November 20, 2007 at 8:51 am
“Unless you’re talking about Bowdens or Stoops-es, I think we can figure it out there, Private.”
That was necessary.
November 20, 2007 at 8:59 am
“That was necessary.”
I thought it was a useful comment.
November 20, 2007 at 11:03 am
“That was necessary.”
Yes. This blog doesn’t have enough football snobbery.
November 20, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I’ve occasionally said stuff like what Saban said. Usually, it’s accompanied by my internal monologue screaming “STOP TALKING STOP TALKING THIS INSTANT! RUN!”
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