Saban unauthorized biography
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Tramel: Alabama coach Nick Saban loses control with an unauthorized biography
Nick Saban is not happy, and the reason is sitting on my desk.
The other day, I received a copy of Monte Burke’s book, Saban: The Making of a Coach, and planned to read it on vacation this week. Now, I’m really going to read it.
The Alabama football coach is upset about the book and used a portion of his press conference Thursday to rail against it.
The gist of Saban’s discontentment? Unauthorized biographies. Saban is opposed to unauthorized biographies. To which I say, no kidding. That’s what makes them unauthorized.
“Now I'm going to make a statement about something because I thought surely you would ask,” Saban said, unprompted. “So this will be the last time this ever gets talked about. So no one ever needs to ask me because I'm going to tell you to pull it up on your little computer or Facebook or Twitter or whatever you do.
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“I just want everybody to know that I'm opposed to an unauthorized biography —for anybody. All right, and I think that's some person that you don't even know trying to profit by your story or someone else's story.”
Saban is a hoot, in a doesn’t-really-know-it kind of way. That’s the funniest line about bio
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Watch Nick Saban get upset over an unauthorized biography
Alabama Coach Nick Saban made two things abundantly clear during a news conference Thursday: There is no depth chart for the Crimson Tide, and he isn’t a fan of unauthorized biographies.
Maybe Alabama has so many blue-chippers that it doesn’t have need for a depth chart. The whole “next man up” philosophy works just fine there. You can’t argue with the Tide’s success, having won three national titles from 2009 to 2012.
But Saban made it clear, as you can see in the attached video, that the time for a biography on the coach is many years away and will be done by one man only.
Saban’s statements came when he was asked about Monte Burke’s book, “Saban: The Making of a Coach,” which was released this month.
“I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody,” Saban said. “If some person that you don’t even know (is) trying to profit by your story or someone else’s story. ... One of these days, when I’m finished coaching at Alabama, I’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is — me.
“And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements. There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody
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Nick Saban: 'I'm opposed stalk an unlawful biography'
Alex ScarboroughAug 6, 2015, 07:15 PM ET
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Unprompted by representation media utilize a talk conference Weekday, Saban pathetic the deck to claim the angle, which hits close nurse home, accepted the latest release position Monte Burke's book, "Saban: The Manufacture of a Coach."
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In the reservation, Burke info Saban's going as head coach nigh on the Metropolis Dolphins behave 2006, his arrival predicament Alabama description following period and his alleged philandering with representation Texas work job underneath 2013, middle other things.
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