Nick Saban names what he likes best about talented incoming class
By Ethan Stone
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Alabama is and has been the team to beat in recruiting for some time now.
Legendary head coach Nick Saban has become a titan in the recruiting game, signing another uber-talented class on the first and most active day of the 2023 Early Signing Period. Saban flipped recruits such as Kadyn Proctor from Iowa to Alabama and signed a class that includes six 5-star talents (per 247), more than any other team in the country.
Saban was asked the usual questions Wednesday, including one along the lines of “What do you most like about recruiting?”
Well, Saban assured reporters that likes all of it.
Saban: “There’s nothing about the recruiting process I don’t really enjoy. I enjoy it all.”
— Chase Goodbread (@ChaseGoodbread) December 21, 2022
And that’s easy to see not only from the talent he is able to sign every year, but by a quote he gave a few minutes later. Saban said that he especially likes the character of the players he was able to sign from this specific group, on top of the obvious talent that they possess.
Saban: “We’re obviously very pleased with the class we were able to attract. … I think what I like about this group the most is it seems like they have really good character.”
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) December 21, 2022
And that checks out. Character goes a long way in success, perhaps excluding the unwanted variable of being difficult to coach and not buying in to what the culture of the program is.
It’s the kind of thing that has gotten Alabama to where it is under Saban, ultimately .
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
