With seven national championships to his name, Nick Saban knows a thing or two about winning big football games. The legend has been around long enough to understand how to properly train football players. More important, he knows how to bring in young quarterbacks.
This made him a perfect guest at the Chicago Bears headquarters at Halas Hall during the first episode of Hard beats.
Footage captured on camera shows Saban telling Chicago coach Matt Eberflus what should happen for a rookie like Caleb Williams to reach his full potential. (Note: Eberflus played for Saban as a linebacker at Toledo in 1990.) Saban addresses several critical points, from the quarterback being insulated from negativity in front of his teammates to cultivating a healthy relationship between gradual growth and the weight of fans’ expectations. and the media.
It’s a meaningful discussion that Eberflus clearly takes very seriously as he listens to Saban in the excerpt below:
Getting Williams to reach his full potential is how the Bears will once again become championship contenders. Everyone within the organization knows this. Not doing this is not an option. And if someone like Saban thinks about this issue, stop everything you’re doing and listen.
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This article originally appeared on For The Win: Nick Saban gave a powerful speech about how the Bears need to properly develop Caleb Williams on Hard Knocks
