The one motif ESPN’s four-part docu-series on the Alabama football program keeps coming back to time and again is Nick Saban talking to the team after practice. He always has a message of motivation: “how do you get better,” “mental intensity,” “be the beast,” etc.
In the opening moments of the final episode of Training Days, we begin to see the genesis of these platitudes. As Saban talks to the team, ESPN intercuts similar discussions the vast number of motivational speakers Saban acquires has with the players. Guys like Kobe Bryant, WBC Heavyweight champ (and Tuscaloosa native) Deontay Wilder and the like seem to have eerily similar messages to that of the Tide head coach.