More News From The Nicktator

by outsidethesidelines on Mar 11, 2008 6:31 PM CDT in Football

We are only 48 hours away from the opening of Spring practice, and Coach Saban announced some news in his most recent press conference. To hit the high points, here goes:

Chris Lett has given up football. Saban announced that Lett had been moved to a medical scholarship as a result of some medical condition, and with no doubt it is because of the heat complications that he was suffering as a result of his diabetes.

Zeke Knight will not participate in Spring practice because of his ongoing health issues, but he has not been moved to a medical scholarship. We'll wait and see, I suppose.

Luther Davis will not participate in Spring practice because of "personal reasons." And I have no clue what that means, though I'd be lying if I said I thought that was a good connotation. He has also not participated in the past couple of weeks of the S&C program as well.

Patrick Crump and Jeramie Griffin may be held out for the first couple of days, i.e. the time before Spring Break. I'm not sure what the deal is with Griffin, but I do know that Crump recently had his knee scoped. It sounds like nothing serious for either one.

Glenn Coffee is still recovering from a shoulder injury -- I'll have to verify this, but I'm almost 100% certain he had some minor surgery on it -- and he may be held out of some contact work.

To close on a positive note, Saban did say that performance in the Fourth Quarter Program was much better than it was this time a year ago, and noted that all of the assistant coaches were working well together.

I'll have more up on all of this later, looking at things a bit more in-depth.

Update [2008-3-11 22:8:2 by Todd]:

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Luther Davis ???

Anyone knows anything..?

Man, that would be a big blow..

by montenegro on Mar 11, 2008 10:46 PM CDT reply actions

No clues

As of right now, no one knows. It certainly doesn't sound good, but hopefully we'll find out something soon.

by outsidethesidelines on Mar 11, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions

As im watching this press conference

It is quite evident that Saban really doesn't care about the "University" of Alabama. He only really cares about his football team and everything else is a distraction and annoyance. You can tell he hates the media and dispises having to do press conferences. Im not sure this is a good thing or bad thing but i could see it being a problem if he doesnt embrace the University.

by bammer on Mar 12, 2008 8:16 AM CDT reply actions

Huh?

wth are you talking about? No where in that video do you get any sense that he doesn't like the university. You are being ridiculous, man.

by Cam on Mar 12, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Look

at his body language and facial expression. He is annoyed by the fact that he has to do anything that doesn't have to do with the football team. Come on man can't you tell. He's annoyed that he has to do the press conference, the whole thing about the "concert" was quite sarcastic and its just plain obvious. Im not saying that he doesn't "like" the university or that he is unhappy but it is evident that he's simply annoyed.

by bammer on Mar 12, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Cam

Please don't be one of those fans who gets offended every time someone is critical of Saban. He's a self absorbed ass. Everyone knows this. Until he proves otherwise, he will always be known as the guy who's loyalty only lies with himself. You can't tell me that in the back of your mind you're not worried that in a few years he will leave Bama for a bigger better deal??

by bammer on Mar 13, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions