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The NIck Saban path - The only way to the top

6/3/2018

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The Journey Of Coach Nick Saban
Special Speech from Nick Saban Coming tonight! 

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  • Saban had not intended to enter the coaching ranks until Don James hired him as a graduate assistant at Kent State, while Saban waited for his wife to graduate.
  • Assistant Coach - Syracuse in 1977, West Virginia in 1978 and 1979, Ohio State in 1980 and 1981, Navy in 1982, and Michigan State from 1983 to 1987.
  •  Before 1988 Season -  Kent State passed over Saban for its vacant head coaching position and hired Dick Crum. Saban was then hired as an assistant for the Houston Oilers in the National Football League.
  • December 22nd 1989 - Nick Saban begins his coaching career at the University of Toledo. Had immediate success after going 9-2 and winning the MAC championship, also turned down a application from Urban Meyer. 
  • After one season, Coach Saban resigned to take the Defensive Coordinator job with guess who - Bill Belichick. Nick Saban was quoted as saying that those were "the worst 4 years of his life". 
  • After leaving Cleveland, Michigan State was Nick Saban's next stop and he was able to lead them to a 10-2 record in 1999, which was Michigan State's best record since 1965! 
  • Nick Saban then took the job at LSU and in a few short years, was hoisting the National Championship trophy, after a 13-1 season in 2003! This began a legacy that was defined off of resiliency, effort, a pursuit of knowledge and not letting obstacles define the legend that Nick Saban has become today. 
  • Coach Saban went back to the NFL to the Miami Dolphins and than made his way to Tuscaloosa, where the reign of college football supremacy has not ceased since. 

NIck Saban's Process

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His process begins with years of learning from watching others and himself fail in societal respects. But because of his devout faith and character, Nick Saban was able to create a process that not many have succeeded in doing thus far and the proof is in his hardware. I do not jump on bandwagons, I study why things are the way they are, and Nick Saban is the epitome of what it takes to be successful in the world of college football today. Going forward, all athletes who aspire to be great should take a Saban like approach to the game and realize ALL of the gifts you are blessed with and take nothing for grant-it, as one day, you might wind up as the most revered man in the game. 
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When I examined last year's "All-American" rosters in total, I did not feel they reflected the nation's top talent, as far as collegiate football players are concerned. They featured the players who wanted to enjoy the limelight and had massive media attention, rather than using advanced knowledge of where the top players in the country come from and what it takes to succeed at a high level. Why is this? Well, based on my observations, most of the people running these events lack the knowledge and experience necessary. If I put together the top 50-60 players from last years 2018 Scout Trout All-American Bowl and brought their Southeastern football style of play to 99% of these over-hyped All-American rosters' backyard, they would have barely been able to manage 3 points on our defensive units. When it comes to evaluating prospects, everyone is relying on someone else's expert opinion and advice, instead of doing their own due diligence, as it takes a certain type of individual to scour through millions of hours of footage. It also takes a person who can identify strengths and weaknesses immediately and in turn, knows how to correct those weaknesses. Chuck Noll was famous for coaching these same methods to the Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. This was reflective in each athlete's play, and they bought into the concept of bettering themselves in totality, day in and day out. When you take this a step further in today's modern game, you will run into the beloved New England Patriots and also your modern day Nick Saban who led National Champion Crimson Tide. They are successful because they know how to quickly identify weaknesses, not only in their overall ball clubs, but in each and every player that has the honor to be coached by those who have defined all of their processes to the max.   

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Watch Scout Trout All-American Dual-Threat QB Tanner Rickle in action at the Lindenwood College Mega-College Camp yesterday. 6/2/2018
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Next article for our Quarterback's will feature a special speech delivered by Nick Saban at the U of Alabama specialist camp. Nick Saban is the first member inducted into the Scout Trout "Legends" category with a 10.0 S.T.E.P rating, as his intangibles are unmatched thus far today in college football in all aspects of life. 
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Notes from President sperling- effects of cognitive dissonance on sports recruiting

6/1/2018

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Recently, while posting about an all-state running back I felt had been overlooked on many ranking sites, I found myself in argument with an online stranger who refused acknowledge any source that did not have his favorite running back from a well-known football school at the top of its rankings. While not a bad football player, had decent at best statistics and when my boyfriend and I finally fast-forwarded through all the flashy intros of his highlight videos, there was nothing that exceptional about them aside from the cinematography, of course. At first, we were both confused and a bit frustrated that people take these videos that have more shots of the athlete posing, warming up, and how shiny his helmet is than any actual plays. Now, I like a little flash just as much as anybody in 2018, but I hardly see how these quick, intermittent runs in 4K accompanied by catchy music makes this recruit's actual talent worthy of 5 stars.
For those who never took a college psych class or have simply never heard this term, Cognitive Dissonance is defined as, “the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information” (britannica). In order to ease the tension created by this contradiction of facts, our brain will do backflips to maintain consistency among our beliefs, attitudes, and actions. Cognitive dissonance can be seen in literally any kind of argument, and the world of sports journalism is far from an exception, as sports fans and broadcasters are almost always strongly convicted. The Browns are more likely to win a Super Bowl in the next 5 years than a Patriots fan is likely to listen to an opposing argument and conclude that maybe Tom Brady is perhaps a tad overrated. More likely they will do whatever they can to refute, discredit, or over explain any fact that contradicts their firmly held belief that Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time.  When discussing athletes, sports fans, broadcasters and radio hosts will often resort to titles and statistics to reaffirm the superiority of one athlete over another, even though last week that same “expert” went on a rant about how statistics or titles are not definitive because he believed that athlete just wasn’t that good. That’s how people debate and discuss things, right? Dig so deeply into your opinion and never concede on anything regardless of the facts presented before you. Yes, that’s fine, whatever. But while cognitive dissonance is a natural part of the way humans argue with one another, it also obscures our ability to judge and think critically, especially in the information age.
With the be-all, end-all star-based rating system monopolized by 247 and Rivals, cognitive dissonance can have a deep influence on how we look at college football recruits. When we unquestionably accept 5-star ratings based on 30 alleged offers as ultimate indicators of athleticism and talent, our brains are highly motivated to confirm this fact in order to avoid any inconsistency. Likewise, when watching nearly identical film of a low or unrated prospect, we are more prone to giving a harsh critique that will justify their low media presence or lack of FBS offers. Even more likely, we will disregard the recruit entirely because we are invested in these abstruse online rankings as an accepted fact, which we will be naturally inclined to preserve by rejecting contrary information. The truth is that there are thousands of overlooked high school ball players out there with impressive film, record-breaking stats, and NFL-level combine numbers that simply haven’t had the same media exposure that their peers featured on 247 and Rivals have. The difference often has little to do with the talent of the athletes, and more to do with who was in the right place at the right time. Many of the highly ranked big time recruits go to schools known for having a highly competitive program in a highly competitive area. Here is where cognitive dissonance plays a huge part in the recruiting process itself, as a coach will overlook below average stats and combine numbers in order to stay consistent with the widely held conviction that these schools and areas produce the top talent in the country. What’s more, with the number of FBS offers being a prerequisite for giving out an offer to recruit, coaches and recruiting staff are holding the decisions of other programs as unquestionably valid.  In fact, In the 6 months I’ve spent working in college football, I’ve learned that “well, who’s offered him?” is one of the first things a coach will ask when inquiring about a recruit. When the answer to this question is not a list of top D1 programs, it is not uncommon for a program to assume a recruit’s lack of offers is due to an off-the-field issue or even lead them to reconsider the recruit’s talent entirely. And just like that, a ball player’s value as a student-athlete is now entirely reliant on what the internet has to say about him, as college football fans across the internet are also heavily reliant what they find on 247 and Rivals. Working within this system of stars and alleged offers where Hudl views are more valuable than leading your state in receptions, those who recruit student-athletes no longer have to exercise critical analysis to differentiate one prospect from another. For this reason, one of the biggest motivations behind making the S.T.E.P. Ratings was re-introducing critical elements of what makes a top recruit. So, whether you’re a student-athlete, a coach or scout, or just a fan, be aware of cognitive dissonance and how you form your opinions. ​

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"Talent is a gift. Elite is a Choice" - Wednesday Words of Wisdom

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“Talent is a gift. Elite is a choice.”

Great insight from @TimothyKight on what it takes to get to the edge.#Bearcats pic.twitter.com/njuFzJoBxh

— Cincinnati Football (@GoBearcatsFB) April 2, 2018
​ "The edge marks the place where you make the decision, you make the CHOICE, to do the things the AVERAGE guy won't do." ​ Tim Kight - Focus 3 

What it takes to be a student-athlete

Scout Trout has recently began using Twitter. While scrolling through the Bearcats' timeline, I came across the Owner of Focus 3, Timothy Kight who is certainly an ELITE coach with his invaluable words of wisdom that every athlete has a choice to be elite or not. The quote above is simplistic in nature, but if you know the inner fabrics of college and pro football and what it takes to truly be elite, then you would understand the true meaning Coach Kight is so vividly portraying in my mind. Having been around the world of sports for so long, I have made and seen others make the elite choices, while many others, myself included have also made choices that left us in a average position in our careers. So what are the elite choices and what are average choices? There are poor choices and then there are average everyday choices, which need to be catered to in a way that creates optimal growth athletically, mentally and spiritually. 
The edge is where average stops and ELITE begins
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