What a great way to finish off Thanksgiving weekend–blowing out Auburn. I wanted us to put 80 points on them, but I’m satisfied with 36. I wonder what Charles Barkley is saying since his guaranteed Auburn victory didn’t happen? We had a good day on campus before the game. And it was good having Mark in town too. I loved how clearly TV viewers could hear Rammer Jammer. Click this link to hear it about four times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAmFlZelSfA
Once football is over, I’ll probably start focusing on who could replace Gottfried as the basketball coach. I understand Derek is willing to help with this one. And if anyone wants to know what the score will be against Florida next weekend, just ask Alabama Investor. He’s been extremely accurate this year.
Leadership by Nick Saban
I hesistate to write about this before finishing the book, but I think it will be fine. I’m enjoying it so far and have always liked reading leadership, or self-help books. Alabama doesn’t have the talent that many teams have this year, but Saban and his staff have instilled a ‘win-or-nothing’ mentality that all players seem to have bought in to. They are an extremely focused team and physically strong.
One interesting philosophy he teaches his players is “don’t look at the scoreboard. Focus on dominating your opponent for sixty minutes.”
And I’m not predicting we’ll beat Auburn this weekend, but we should.
I recommed this book, even if it hasn’t been updated since he left LSU (except for the cover). That’s my only complaint. I guess the next job he takes he can put another new cover and sell millions more again.