The word of the day for Nick Saban’s Monday press conference? Reinvest.
After a daunting regular season and tense path to the College Football Playoff, it was time for Alabama to take stock of itself: its goals, its success and its mistakes. The idea was to return not only motivated for Rose Bowl practices but refreshed mentally and physically.
“Everybody’s got to kind of reinvest into conditioning, reinvest into fundamental techniques, discipline to execute, blocking, tackling. It will all translate into positive performance in the game,” said Saban.
It’s seemed to work through No. 4 Alabama’s opening practices. Saban said players have built off the “good work” it used between studying for finals and coming together for player-led workouts and practices. The Tide held its first team practice on Saturday, Dec. 16 and will have four more practices, including Tuesday, before leaving for Pasadena, Calif., after Christmas.
