The Nick Saban Process Explained

You should stop talking while
you're ahead....


.... but clearly, you are not ahead.

Why are we talking about IPF on a thread about Saban's process?
The process is about winning each play at a time.............winning the next play....................then at the end of the game if your 22 win more individual battles than the opponent's 22......your team wins the game.

The most important part of the process is the recruiting phase. I have reconsidered my position on the ipf. I didn't realize uga had the worst ipf in the entire sec. When you need the 4 and 5 star guys it takes to win big you got to have all the bells and whistles to entice them to your university.

I thought mr had been underperforming. Now I'm thinking he made a heroic effort to win as many games as he did with that crummy ipf.

If the admin had told Kirby they were going to wait five years and then revisit building the ipf there is no way he would have took the uga job. Anyone disagree?

One of nick sabans four points was the 17 year old kids don't think the way old guys think. He was right. If I was a recruit I couldn't care less what the ipf looked like. I think it's a big deal for those guys, who all think they will play in the nfl 15 years.

The main point of NS Process is breaking complex things down into tiny manageable chunks. Each play in a game is the ONLY thing that matters at that point in time. When that play is over, the next play IS the only thing that matters.

Win those 7 second battles, and at the end of the game, the scoreboard will show you that your team won.

NS NEVER speaks of winning the games, the title, etc. Read any book about his process and it is never mentioned because that creates nervousness and clutter for his players. If you win your battle , the winning takes care of itself.

I use it in my 3v3 Soccer team tournaments to great success. The 10 year old's get it. We have entered 6 tourneys. 3 championships, 2 2nd place finishes, and a 3rd place finish. (the 3rd place and 1 of the 2nd place finishes was because we entered an older age bracket to see how we would do). They have NEVER heard me talk about winning a game or a tournament.

In new book "The Obstacle Is the Way," an exploration of ancient Greek Stoicism put into practice by leaders ranging from Marcus Aurelius to Steve Jobs, writer Ryan Holiday says that anyone can take advantage of Coach Saban's process. As Saban tells his assistants and players:

Don't think about winning the SEC Championship. Don't think about the national championship. Think about what you needed to do in this drill, on this play, in this moment. That's the process: Let's think about what we can do today, the task at hand.

Rather than encouraging his players to keep their minds trained on winning another title, visualizing themselves holding the crystal football AFCA National Championship Trophy, he has them focus only on what is directly in front of them. The idea is that concerning oneself too much with the unknowable future is distracting and anxiety-inducing, which can lead to failure.

Even when Saban achieves a major goal, he doesn't miss a beat and shifts his energy to the next objective. For example, when a friend called Saban to congratulate him for winning a BCS title, according to GQ, Saban was fretting that other coaches were trying to steal the high school recruits he had his eye on. He doesn't spend too much time thinking about the future or the past, and is obsessed with moving forward from task to task.

Shannon, Sorry for hijacking your thread.

This is an interesting topic. When I used to do service work I would put a note on my dash that said "one call at a time". Its easy to mess stuff up when you are looking at more than what is in front of you.