J.A. Adande

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1,096 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

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The Chuck ToddCast · Alabama: The Making of Nick Saban’s Football Empire (Part 2) · 25 Aug 2026 podcast

I I I think another, you know, what to me the defining um story about Saban was I forget which national championship it was, right?

But among his national championships, they win it.

And then he's upset because they have this stuff that goes with being a national champion.

And he'd rather

be out recruiting.

It's cutting into his recruiting time.

Like the whole reason you're out there recruiting is so that you can enjoy the spoils of being the national champion.

Take a day off, go to Disney World and enjoy yourself, lighten up, smile for one day, and he's miserable because he'd rather be recruiting the whole time.

So that is I got a fun little story

Yeah, one thing he wasn't selling you was was fun.

You know, it was gonna be tough, it was gonna be challenging and difficult.

The saying that everyone adopted that he would be first to tell people, Alabama isn't for everyone.

If you're not willing to put in this type of work, if you're not willing to sacrifice as much as I sacrifice.

Right.

This isn't going to be the place for you.

You're not going to succeed here.

You're not going to be welcome here, even.

Well, look, and there's a question.

The buy-in, though, that he got from so many great players because look at the results.

You you you mentioned the stats earlier of the number of Alabama players in the pros currently that obviously all came up through Saban.

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