Gump4Heisman Q&A with Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban

Gump4Heisman recently had the chance to sit down with Alabama head coach Nick Saban during his team's off week to chat with him about his team, his experience on the job so far and about the upcoming game against LSU. The entire interview is posted below...

G4H: OK, coach. First of all I just want to thank you f-

Nick Saban: Start.

G4H: Wait. What?

Nick Saban: Don’t thank me, aight. Start the fucking interview.

G4H: So your team won a big game last week. 41-17 over a big, big rival in Tennessee. That has got to feel good, doesn’t it?

Nick Saban: See we don’t worry about things like feeling good. You guys like to say things and write things, aight, but it ain’t always true. We don’t feel good, aight. Feeling good is for charity work, aight. And sex. Not football.

Do we like the fact that we’re 6-2 after Saturday? Yea. Are we happy with 6-2? No, aight. Fuck no. But we’re not gon’ feel good about anything. Aight, that’s you guys job. Y’know, when you go and write your little fluff pieces.

G4H: So you don’t take joy in a big win?

Nick Saban: I didn’t say that. Did I say that? There’s nothing more I like as a coach and as a leader of young men than to see our guys happy, like they were on Saturday, aight. But I’m not gon’ be happy about being 6-2. I been 6-2 lots of times. So what? Huh? Aight, you guys want to act like the sky is falling, aight, when we lose. And then you go and get all ahead of yourselves when we win. It’s my job, aight, as a coach to not let myself look at the results.

G4H: My hand is tired. Do all your answers take a paragraph?

Nick Saban: Fuck no.

G4H: Aight.

Nick Saban: What’d you say?

G4H: Um, 'Aight.'

Nick Saban: Don’t fucking say that, aight?

G4H: Aight, whatever you say.

Nick Saban: Don’t fucking say aight, aight? See, aight is my word, aight, and I don’t appreciate it, aight, when you guys are gon’ take my language, like when I say aight, aight, and mock me with it or use it, aight, just to use it. Aight?

G4H: Aight, aight.

Nick Saban: (staring)

G4H: I’m sorry. ‘OK, OK.’ Is that better?

Nick Saban: Eh, it’s aight.