The 2023 SEC Spring Meetings are occurring this week in Destin, Florida. On Tuesday, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban would speak to members of the media for anumberof minutes to talkabout the existing state of not just the Southeastern Conference, however the Alabama football group, and Alabama sports in basic.
This week’s most noteworthy subject of conversation is the future scheduling design for the SEC relative to remaining with an eight-game schedule with simply one long-term challenger or including an extra conference match for each group with 3 long-term challengers.
Coach Saban would address that and more throughout his press conference. Here is whatever the seven-time nationwide championship-winning head coach had to state!
Opening declaration
“First of all, I guess we welcome everyone to SEC conferences. I believe this is my 22nd year. Not all here clearly. COVID was an problem. I hope everyone had a terrific Memorial Day weekend and like to usage this chance openly to thank all the veterans for their service and assisting to assistance us have the quality of life and the security that we have. So their service and sacrifice is definitely valued.
“Other than that, from a football viewpoint, not truly much going on right now. You understand, gamers are not in school throughout May, and our men simply report back theotherday and today to start summertime school and infact start working out tomorrow and going through a common summerseason, attempting to assistance establish gamers and enhance your lineup and enhance your group. And undoubtedly, these conferences will mostlikely attempt to address some of the things that will plot the course of the SEC as well as college football, so constantly fascinating to be a part of that.”
On what he is attempting to achieve with these conferences
“What am I attempting to achieve? I get an program for the conference, and we go through the program. It’s not my conferences. I have an program when I have a personnel conference and it’s all my coaches there, then that’s my program. This is not my program, so I simply do whatever I’m informed.”
On if he’s simply taking the marching orders
“There’s some days. I’ve been taking marching orders for the last 4 days since I’ve been with Miss Terry at the lake cleansing boats, boat homes, garages and all that. Now, I’m on someone else’s program for today and tomorrow, and then I get back on my program when I get back and have individuals that I can inform what to do.”
On if he still prefers a 9-videogame SEC schedule
“I think whatever occurs takesplace. I believe there’s so numerous things that mostlikely sort of go into this in terms of 8 videogames versus 9 videogames, consistingof TELEVISION agreements and things that are method beyond my scope of presence that I’m sure a lot of those things will sort of element into it. But I still am constantly of the viewpoint that we oughtto play all Division-I videogames. I’ve stated this for years. So whether there’s 60 groups in the Power 5 conferences or 70 groups or nevertheless numerous there are, that it’s muchbetter for fans it’s muchbetter for strength of schedule that we all play all Power 5 videogames. So nevertheless we get to that. I believe that’s the finest thing.
“I think one of the more challenging things with going to 9 videogames is we’ve attempted to schedule 2 out-of-conference, Power 5 videogames to shot to enhance our strength of schedule. Over the next, I puton’t understand, 7, 8, 9, 10 years, and if we go to 9 videogames, we’ll have to relax that. So my offer was constantly play more SEC videogames duetothefactthat we couldn’t get other individuals to schedule. So now I believe there’s more individuals in tune to scheduling, so having a balance is mostlikely the most essential thing.”