It’s never really a good idea to suggest that Nick Saban isn’t busy because aside from some occasional time to himself, the Alabama coach is all about football, all the time, always. And he didn’t appreciate a question during his National Signing Day press conference Wednesday about not being busy.
Although the Crimson Tide signed 22 of their 2020 recruits back in December during college football’s Early Signing Period — which has replaced National Signing Day as the most important time on the recruiting calendar — they still needed a couple more signatures Wednesday.
So to be fair, when Saban was asked about it not being particularly busy day for him in terms of players signing, that’s true. He signed the vast majority of his 2020 class in December, so comparatively, three signatures on NSD is not busy.
However, Saban took the question as if it implied he didn’t have a packed schedule at all and offered a snarly response.
In a quintessential Nick Saban moment, the Alabama coach replied:
“Do you guys take math? Do you have math class? Did you learn how to add when you did have math class? Like 22 and three make 25? I mean… Is that what we expected? That we could only sign three guys. That’s what we expected based on math.
“But it was a very busy day, aight, because the calendar is moved up. Aight, so I spend my whole day today — and we spend our whole day today — really on next year’s recruiting. Does that make sense?
“So I think I talked to 22 guys today, and I think I talked to 14 guys yesterday. Aight, so it was very busy. In fact, by the end of the day today, I was stuttering on the phone and having a tough time speaking clearly, so that’s how busy it was.”
After Wednesday, Alabama has the No. 2 recruiting class behind Georgia, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings. The Crimson Tide signed four five-star recruits, including dual threat quarterback Bryce Young, who is considered the No. 2 player in the nation and top player from California.
