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Title: Saban
Subtitle: The Making of a Coach
Author: Monte Burke
Narrator: Barry Abrams
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-04-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 189 votes
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios
Publisher's Summary:
As the head coach of the University of Alabama's football team, Nick Saban is perhaps the most influential - and controversial - man in the sport. Unpredictable in his professional loyalties, uncompromising in his vision, and unyielding in his pursuit of perfection, the highest-paid coach in college football has changed the face of the game. His program-building vision has delivered packed stadiums, rabid fans, legions of detractors, countless NFL draft picks, and a total of four national championships, including three in the last five years. Though a great deal is known about Nick Saban the coach, not much is known about Nick Saban the man. Through unprecedented interviews with more than 250 friends, coworkers, rivals, former players, and others, Monte Burke reveals the defining moments of the coach's life. He discusses Saban's rapid and at times rocky ascent up the assistant coaching ranks; his complicated relationship with one of his coaching mentors, Bill Belichick; the birth of his now-famous "process"; his dramatic and controversial departures from three different high-profile football teams; and much more. Saban paints a portrait of a complex and compelling man, fundamentally shaped by both his past and the game he loves, in a way that no previous book has.
Critic Reviews:
"[A] genuinely insightful look at a fierce competitor who nevertheless seems to care for his players both on and off the field." (
Booklist)
Members Reviews:
Terrible southern accent but good story
I can overlook his horrible southern accent imitation and listen to a good story. There was lots of information about Saban's life with Alabama that I had no idea about. It was a very good story & very informative.
Narrator is awful.
Whoever hired the guy who narrated this book should be fired. He was awful. He tried to make every southern coach sound like a giant redneck moron. It took everything I had to not turn this off 20 times. His Saban accent was so insulting and degrading. Awful!!!
Very bad narrator
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Love the story but the changing of character voices is the worst!
Could you see Saban being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
It should be a movie if approved by Coach Saban
Good but not great.
learned a lot about Saban. it is disappointing that Saban didn't have much input in book. I did like the fact that the author didn't take a real bysus on Saban. performance of book was good.
Great story. The way it is read is annoying
The reader of the book uses different accents when he is in quotes for different people. It gets very annoying. The story itself is very good