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Daniel Chavkin

Saban Shares Why He Seems More Calm on Sideline This Season

As Nick Saban has gotten older, he has appeared to keep his composure more often instead of getting heated at his teams on the sidelines. That doesn’t seem to be a coincidence.

The Alabama head coach explained that he as been trying to keep calm for years, but it usually depends on how his team would respond.

“This has been a lifelong sort of goal to not get too emotional, not get too upset. I think that sometimes it’s the kind of team you have,” he said, via Saturday Down South. “Some guys really need you to get on them. Some guys get… a little upset, maybe, and don’t respond when you get on them. It bothers them a lot.”

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