In coaching, no one obsessively sweats the small stuff like Nick Saban. Seven national championships. A 292-71-1 career record. Each of those wins, Saban insists, comes from mastering details most coaches wouldn’t even notice. But sometimes, that very obsession can push even seasoned assistants to their limits. Former Alabama assistant Tyler Siskey recalled one extreme example on the McCready & Siskey Podcast.

“The attention to detail that took place in that meeting was insane. I don’t remember if we were playing Virginia Tech or West Virginia. We’re playing one of those teams in the Georgia Dome in that preseason game, and we’re sitting there, and we’re going through, again, a lot of pre-staff meetings.” Tyler Siskey said, “We had a 30 minute discussion in that first staff meeting about

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