SI Article on Saban - Similarities to what Bo is implementing.

[admo]

Instead of talking about wins and championships, Saban speaks about the Process. In its most basic form, the Process is Saban's term for concentrating on the steps to success rather than worrying about the end result. Instead of thinking about the scoreboard, think about dominating the man on the opposite side of the line of scrimmage. Instead of thinking about a conference title, think about finishing a ninth rep in the weight room. Instead of thinking about graduating, think about writing a great paper for Intro to Psych. Since Saban has won three of the past nine BCS titles (LSU in 2003, Alabama in '09 and '11), the phrase has morphed into the mission statement for Saban's program-building philosophy. After watching the Tide coach raise all those crystal footballs, athletic directors and coaches across the country are trying to replicate his philosophy and results. Call it the Sabanization of college football.

 

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Great read! The snip was good enough to not have to read any further....AND get a few extra reps in at the gym tonight

[NUance]

Come to think of it.... that may have been Not Tom Osborne.

lol @ Not Tom Osborne. There's some good material there.

[carlfense]

One of TO's great accomplishments was winning the Natl Championship 3 times in 4 years and was close to winning 5 straight years. Another way of looking at it was that he won 3 Natl Championships in 25 years. A lot of growing, tinkering, complete overhauls when he finally decided something wasn't working went into those first 20 years and that is a lot of what made the last 5 years special. Many Husker fans only remember those last 5 years and fail to realize that it was the process of success and failure that let him arrive at a workable formula. Hats off to the BobFather for standing behind Tom in the rough years. We nearly ran him off. Thankfully cooler heads prevailed, as they should now.

We'll see over the next couple seasons. It's too early to say that cooler heads should prevail.

[irafreak]

Instead of talking about wins and championships, Saban speaks about the Process. In its most basic form, the Process is Saban's term for concentrating on the steps to success rather than worrying about the end result. Instead of thinking about the scoreboard, think about dominating the man on the opposite side of the line of scrimmage. Instead of thinking about a conference title, think about finishing a ninth rep in the weight room. Instead of thinking about graduating, think about writing a great paper for Intro to Psych. Since Saban has won three of the past nine BCS titles (LSU in 2003, Alabama in '09 and '11), the phrase has morphed into the mission statement for Saban's program-building philosophy. After watching the Tide coach raise all those crystal footballs, athletic directors and coaches across the country are trying to replicate his philosophy and results. Call it the Sabanization of college football.

 

Read more: http://sportsillustr...l#ixzz23Xac6jsi

Well it took me a few minutes to locate that magnifying glass option in the windows start bar but after finally being able to read the snip it seems like simple goal setting...

[melscott62]

People tend to gloss over, or simply forget, that many of the great coaches we see today (i.e. Saban) spent years as a head coach at smaller universities. Saban's been a head coach since 1990, and has held five coaching gigs including Alabama. That's remarkable experience in comparison to Pelini. Pelini, although experienced in his own right, is still a pretty young head coach.

People tend to gloss over, or simply forget, that many of the great coaches we see today (i.e. Saban) spent years as a head coach at smaller universities. Saban's been a head coach since 1990, and has held five coaching gigs including Alabama. That's remarkable experience in comparison to Pelini. Pelini, although experienced in his own right, is still a pretty young head coach.

Good point... so why did NU hire an inexperienced coach in pelini rather than an experienced one?

it was the best we could do