Video: Nick Saban went a long way to find, congratulate Dabo Swinney
You can just tell the admiration Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney have for one another.
But Monday night, the weathered veteran, Saban, lost to the up-and-comer and new kid on the block, Swinney, 35-31.
Leading up to the big game, Saban and Swinney appeared in press conferences together and TV interviews together. Perhaps they aren’t great friends, but they’re pretty good buddies. Swinney even has the ability to make Saban smile and laugh, an accomplishment in its own right.
Following Clemson’s 35-31 victory over Alabama, the playing field became chaotic, with confetti raining down and people everywhere. It would have been easy for Saban to just give Swinney a call after the game or find him somewhere in the locker room and not fight the crowd, but instead, Saban sought out Swinney on the field after the game.
Of course many coaches would do this very thing, but it’s still awesome to see the admiration and respect these two have for each other. And AL.com was there to capture the cool moment.
Classy move by Saban. Gotta say it.
Haha, you gotta love Coach Saban. He seems like a good guy.
If Kiffin were still on the staff, he would’ve been tall enough to find Dabo.
Congratulations to clempsen and if any coach is gonna knock off bama in a game like this, i’m glad it’s Dabo but he’s gonna have to grow up and stop acting like such a flippin amateur before he comes home to coach at alabama.
They are so proud to have you as one of them.
Nick’s going to hang on as long as Joe Pa, Dabo will retire before Nick.
Saban is easy to hate because he is so damn good at what he does. Coaches respect other coaches with a few exceptions (Looking at you Petrino). Like him or not, Saban is arguably the best college coach in history. Doing what he has done in this era of football is much tougher that doing it in Bear’s era. Congrats to Bama on another great season. Watson was a player with a destiny. Amazing game.
He coaches for his student- athletes to do the right thing and he practices what he preaches.
Sabin is a classy coach as well as a great coach.
The Greatest Of All-Time! Class 🅰️ct!
Hard to not like Saban. He gets sh!+ done.