Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry revealed one pet peeve of his former college coach, the legendary Nick Saban, during his time with the Alabama Crimson Tide
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Derrick Henry, who won Heisman Trophy at Alabama, reveals hilarious Nick Saban pet peeve
"He couldn’t stand anybody scoring then wanting to celebrate afterward," he said.
That became apparent to Henry during one Alabama team meeting.
"We were in a meeting after a game – I forgot who we played," Henry recalled. "He pulled up film and showing everybody. He’s talking about, ‘You guys, stop doing that showboating, doing all that prayer hands, acting like you’re thanking God. Then, later on that night, 12 o’clock, you down there, got Black & Milds, got liquor. You’re chasing (girls). Forget all that."
It's no secret Saban was an old-school, no-nonsense coach. His style produced results, and he wasn’t going to change that.
Over the years, clips of him at practice have surfaced in which he’s yelling at future NFL stars.
Following his surprising retirement, Saban revealed a conversation he had with his wife Terry that led him to walk away from the game.
"All the things I’ve believed in for all these years — 50 years of coaching — no longer exist in college athletics," Saban said while on a panel in Washington, D.C., with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz had asked if the "current chaos" in college sports, specifically regarding NIL deals and the transfer portal, led to his retirement.
"It has always been about developing players, always been about helping people be more successful in life," Saban added.
"My wife even said to me — we have all the recruits over on Sunday with their parents for breakfast. She would always meet with the mothers and talk about how she was going to help impact their sons and how they would be well taken care of. She came to me right before I retired and said, ‘Why are we doing this?’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ She said, ‘All they care about is how much you’re going to pay them. They don’t care about how you’re going to develop them, which is what we’ve always done. So why are you doing this?’
"To me, that was sort of a red alert that we really are creating a circumstance here that is not beneficial to the young people, which is why I always did what I did. My dad did it, I did it. So that’s the reason I always like college athletics more than the NFL, because you had the opportunity to develop young people."
