Alabama coach Nick Saban looks over his practice schedule as he walks among the players during the Crimson Tide’s workout Tuesday in Tuscaloosa.Today is hump day.
It’s also hump week in Alabama’s preseason preparation, according to eighth-year Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban. Alabama held a two-hour practice in full pads Tuesday afternoon, its 14th of 28 workouts before the Aug. 30 opener against West Virginia in the Georgia Dome.
“This is always a tough week,” Saban said. “In the first week, people are always excited to start football. There is the first scrimmage and all that, and this is hump week. It’s really important that we get a lot of things covered this week and that we improve a lot this week.”
Tuesday was the first time Saban had spoken to reporters since immediately after Saturday’s scrimmage. He said the video showed an “inconsistency in performance” and that striving for that consistency should be the goal of everyone in the program.
“Content people are not the kind of people we want on our team or in our organization,” he said. “We want competitive people who want to compete every day.”