“I do think sometimes expectations affect players in a negative way in terms of creating some complacency, which is a challenge to overcome,” Alabama coach Nick Saban explained. “Sometimes when you get a little ‘negative rat poison’ I call it.'
are “true,” but also takes responsibility.
“I think it’s true,” Saban replied. “We lost the national championship game two years ago. We didn’t make the playoffs last year. I didn’t think our team sort of played in certain portions of games to end games - on the road at Tennessee and LSU - like we needed to be able to have a chance to be successful. It’s disappointing, and I take responsibility for that.”
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