Sabans comments came throughout his weekly radio program Thursday evening in which he appeared from his home office a week after making his first in-person look at a regional dining establishment.
Possibly a little more difficult if it was an organizer who calls the plays and possibly you do not have somebody that is effective at doing that, or experienced at doing that, on your personnel.”
I believe you might most likely do without an assistant, if you had to. Possibly a little harder if it was a coordinator who calls the plays and maybe you dont have someone that is effective at doing that, or experienced at doing that, on your staff.”
Saban was then asked why the longstanding rule prohibiting most technology throughout games might not have actually been altered for the unique situations in 2020.
” Our contingency plan, due to the fact that of the experience we have on the personnel, would be Sark has actually been the guy who has actually been a head coach, has made those kinds of choices in the past,” he said. “I believe philosophically were extremely close in terms of how we believe about those situations. Hes a very brilliant guy.
” The protocol is, if youre in quarantine, you cant have any remote access to the sidelines and you cant go to the video game, even if they put you in a separated area. So, never ever having actually thought much about that– and Im not being crucial here– if youre the head coach, there should be a much better method to do it.
I likewise truly believe in the security of all the people, not simply the players on our team, or the coaches. There would have to be some logistical things that might be worked out for you might do something like that.”
Saban likewise repeated that offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, a previous head coach for Washington and USC, would lead the group in his lack.
” I just think that its really hard that if you have to make a close call, I would just hate for somebody on our staff to have to get and make that close call slammed for it if it didnt work,” Saban continued. “Because I dont believe thats reasonable to them, if you understand what I mean.
” Our contingency strategy, since of the experience we have on the staff, would be Sark has actually been the guy who has been a head coach, has actually made those kinds of decisions in the past,” he stated.
Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat press reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak.
You ought to have some kind of interaction with the sidelines, just like I have communication with somebody on the field throughout practice. I cant directly talk to a player, however I can state, Tell 22, that he was supposed to re-route the guy, or whatever.
Alabama coach Nick Saban on Thursday questioned an NCAA rule forbiding him from coaching from another location throughout Saturdays game against Georgia.
Saban, who evaluated favorable for COVID-19 on Wednesday, still left open the possibility of being at Bryant-Denny Arena for the video game– presumably in the occasion his test was determined to be an incorrect positive.
” Well, there are smarter people than me in positions to make those, sort of, determinations,” Saban said. “Im not being vital of anybody, but I would dislike not to be at the game on Saturday– if thats what this turns out to be– and I would dislike not to be, a minimum of to have a headset, where I might interact with the sidelines, even if youre in journalism box in seclusion.
NCAA guidelines permit just voice interactions in between the press box and sideline. In a rules interpretation particularly for quarantined coaches in 2020 written last month by national coordinator of college authorities Steve Shaw, that indicates, “the [quarantined] coach might not call into the press box or the sideline for anything related to training purposes.” Shaw is an Alabama graduate and former head of SEC officiating.
If you make a call and it works, and it works, its a good call. If you make a call and it does not work, its a bad call. If an assistant on your staff has to make one of those types of calls, and if it does not work, I d dislike to see somebody have to get criticized for something that probably should not even have actually been their obligation to start with.”
If you make a call and it works, and it works, its an excellent call. If you make a call and it doesnt work, its a bad call. If an assistant on your personnel has to make one of those types of calls, and if it does not work, I d hate to see someone have actually to get slammed for something that probably shouldnt even have actually been their responsibility to begin with.”
