Nick Saban gets stranded on boat with Alabama players
Leave it to a boat to do what the SEC hasn’t been able to over the last decade or so: stop Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide.
On Friday, the six-time national championship winning coach took some of his players on a boat ride on Lake Tuscaloosa to foster some team bonding.
But Saban apparently forgot to check the gas tank, per TMZ.
National championship game hero Tua Tagovailoa was along for the boat ride, and he documented the trip on Snapchat.
Everyone seemed to find the whole incident pretty funny, including Saban, who was likely at fault for not filling up.
One of the players smartly realized that the best way to get saved was to remind the viewers that Saban was on board.
“If ya’ll wanna find Coach Saban, you know where to come,” the player said.
As he’s arguably the most powerful person in the state of Alabama, name-dropping Saban is the surest way to get saved.
Saban and his players were eventually rescued and apparently still managed to enjoy the full slate of activities that Alabama had planned for what they call Leadership Team Lake Day.
Why not Bama? Leadership Team Lake Day 🛥🌊#OutplayYesterday#Ray-Ray#RollTide pic.twitter.com/FIswGdRiOK
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) June 1, 2018
In addition to spending the day on the lake, Saban also has another reason to smile, and it comes from a ruling made by the SEC on Friday.
The conference changed its graduate transfer policy, which means grad transfers are eligible to play immediately instead of sitting out a year.
The SEC has changed its grad transfer rule: Graduate transfers can now go from one SEC school to another and play right away. The Maurice Smith rule, we shall call it. Or Brandon Kennedy.
— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) June 1, 2018
While Brandon Kennedy is a current Alabama lineman who is looking to transfer, the Crimson Tide will likely benefit from the rule in the long run, as Alabama is always one of the most attractive destinations for players seeking a transfer.
Saban even admitted as much when discussing the grad transfer rule when it was proposed.
“To be honest with you, if we allow that to happen in our league, I think it will benefit some schools more than others,” Saban said, per AL.com. “And I think we’re one of the schools it would benefit.”
Saban and Alabama may end up losing Kennedy because of the rule, but in the long term, this greatly increases the chances of the Tide landing a top grad transfer.
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