9/11 remarks from Alabama's Nick Saban

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What's everyone's opinion of Nick Saban's remarks?

I have to admit. I initially heard about it from a friend of mine who started by saying "Nick Saban compared his loss against Louisiana Monroe to 9/11" I was enraged when I heard this but then the same friend clarified it by saying..."at least that's what I heard on ESPN."

I have to tell you though, I've since heard the press conference...the guy didn't say anything wrong. At least not to the magnitude that the broadcasting-version-of-ambulance-chasers known as ESPN made it out to be.

Here's a portion of that press conference:

"Changes in history usually occur after some kind of catastrophic event," Saban said during the opening remarks of his weekly news conference. "It may be 9-11, which sort of changed the spirit of America relative to catastrophic events. Pearl Harbor kind of got us ready for World War II, or whatever, and that was a catastrophic event."

IMHO, it appears Saban simply used a sensitive subject to draw parallels. I'm not a fan of Nick Saban, I wouldn't necessarilly say I dislike the man either, but I felt compelled to defend him on the message board because ESPN felt it was necessary to lead off with this story, saying, and I quote, "Nick Saban goess off."

I think we're all smart enough to know no one thinks Alabama losing an embarassing game is on the same level as 9/11. I believe he was simply trying to get across the point that when really bad things happen, people tend to rebound from them and become stronger. After all, it was after he was asked how he plans to deal with the upcoming game that led to Saban giving this response.

Your thoughts?