Where success is concerned, Alabama does it by the book
TUSCALOOSA | Shortly after he settled in as head football coach at the University of Alabama in the early days of 2007, Nick Saban issued a 148-page book to every player.
The cover stated Saban’s vision for the kind of program he wanted to build:
“To hunt,
“To stalk,
“To intimidate,
“To have a killer instinct,
“To create a nightmare,
“For this is the way of the Crimson Tide.”
Linebacker Cory Reamer, who had just finished his second season as a redshirt freshman under Saban’s predecessor, Mike Shula, thumbed through those pages and was overwhelmed.
“Just wow,” he said, recalling his first impression. “You’re pretty wowed by it when you first see it and you flip through it.”
There was a lot to digest.
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1/10/10
Magnolia Tribune
