Let’s get right to the point. Performing to the standards of the national media is not an absolute requirement for Nick Saban.
As he should, Nick Saban devotes considerable time to the media. Shaping the Alabama football program message through the media is of value. Symbiotically, media careers are enhanced, sometimes largely built based on access to and a professional relationship with Saban.
But the mutually beneficial dance can go awry. That happened at the end of the Louisville game in a brief ESPN interview with Maria Taylor. Doing her job, Taylor asked a fair question. Saban’s response was out-of-line.