TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Wouldn’t you love to see Nick Saban’s Rolodex?
Just imagine some of the names and phone numbers that the University of Alabama head coach has at his fingertips. They include essentially everyone in football, the people he lines up to be guest speakers and some of the most influential figures in the world.
Yet one can almost picture a second set of numbers belonging to the people he trusts most and calls when his coaching staff has an opening. It’s obviously a much shorter list, but the one he considers more important, especially the way Saban values the notion of loyalty.