Everyone thought Nick Saban would be enjoying his retirement after a decade-long successful coaching career. Instead he has started the second phase of his career, hopping in as ESPN’s GameDay analyst. Seeing Saban as a communicator breaking game bites or predicting wins has earned him respect among veterans Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Field Yates, Laura Rutledge, and Pete Thamel. But one more among them is talking about Saban’s continuous grit to learn, which has made him a media star.

Some things are easy to predict. A coach holding a 201-29 overall record on his back will surely have numerous things to say about the game, and that’s exactly why ESPN chose Saban. As Rece Davis points it out straight: “I knew for a long time that he would be great. I did not know that he would b

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