Saban was asked about Clemson coach Dabo Swinney’s comments, where he told reporters he wasn’t going to allow the pressure of winning to overtake his joy of coaching. Saban said he hadn’t heard what Swinney said, but explained his own process.
“The way I try to manage it is focus on the game that we’re playing,” Saban said. “Trying to get our team prepared to play the best that they can play. Don’t listen to the noise outside, whether it’s good noise, bad noise, rat poison, whatever. And try to keep our team focused on the task at hand.