From a USA Today story on Nick Saban’s Alabama players subconsciously channeling their head coach’s words, here’s a video of current players intentionally impersonating him:
Alabama players demonstrate how to impersonate Nick Saban
This first video is pretty good, but the best one is the second one below.
These are fine efforts, but the standard among Bama players remains former wide receiver Rob Ezell’s. From ESPN:
“TODAY’S PRACTICE WAS AWFUL, AND I’M GONNA TELL YOU THIS: THE DAY I CAN’T GET YOU GUYS TO DO IT RIGHT, I’M GONNA GO TO THE LAKE, SIT ON THE DOCKS, AND WATCH THE DUCKS SHIT IN THE YARD.”
Look at him. Saban himself approves. The clap. The eyes. The flailing hands, an oft-overlooked Saban impression key that Chris Fowler once nailed during College GameDay (I can’t find that one online; visualize it with your mind) and that defensive lineman Jake Long excels at here, from last year:
Former defensive lineman D.J. Pettway had Saban’s clenched-gorilla-arms pose down and opted for howls of rage over actual words, which is fine:
On The Dan Patrick Show, Derrick Henry just added a rasp:
This whole thing apparently happens a lot. Said Saban of another wide receiver in 2013:
“He does a really good impression of me. I’ve seen better, but he really can do a good one.”
It’s not just players. In Lane Kiffin’s intro presser as FAU’s head coach, even he quoted Saban:
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