Lane Kiffin on Why Nick Saban is the GOAT

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00:00 You obviously have a pretty documented relationship

00:02 with Nick Saban.

00:03 I was wondering if you could expand on that a little bit

00:04 and just talk about how much he's meant

00:06 in your coaching career.

00:08 Well, I'm extremely grateful to Coach Saban

00:10 and our time together, and most importantly,

00:12 him giving me an opportunity to learn from him.

00:15 And, I mean, he's the best to ever do it.

00:19 I've said it before.

00:21 I really do believe he is the best coach to ever do it

00:25 because, like you guys know,

00:27 when I take in all the information and look at it

00:29 instead of just like, okay, a record,

00:32 he's done it in a time of scholarship limitations

00:36 where some of those older coaches didn't have them.

00:38 And they could -- I mean, what if Nick Saban

00:39 didn't have an 85-year-old?

00:41 What would his roster look like

00:42 if he had 150 scholarships to give?

00:46 And also, he's done what I don't think anybody did over time

00:49 of do it continually with so much staff turnover.

00:53 You know, so many people are hired off of his staff,

00:57 other places, to be head coaches.

01:00 And, you know, it's kind of like,

01:03 man, all these first-round picks,

01:05 and he loses these coordinators.

01:06 Like, you know, that's why we have fine moms,

01:10 so he can motivate them every other year

01:12 and say, oh, his dynasty's over, and, you know,

01:16 this is the end of Saban.

01:17 And then we're like, hey, thanks a lot for pissing him off.

01:21 And Paul's always wrong on this subject, so.

01:26 And he just did it again the other day.

01:28 You know, if he doesn't make the playoffs,

01:30 you know he's not any good as a coach.

01:33 So thanks, Paul.

01:35 [laughter]

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