Neither rain nor wind nor hurricanes can stop Nick Saban from going to the office. But his wife can. In Miami, Nick Saban was forced to deal with the disruption from a hurricane—and in case you didn’t know, Nick Saban doesn’t like disruptions to his routine. Even Saban admits he likes his routine. He likes his coffee and Little Debbie snacks every morning. And I’d hate to see Saban if he didn’t get them. But back to the hurricane.

The hurricane hitting Florida forced a Sunday game to be played Friday, and while the hurricane was nearing landfall, Saban was already thinking about next week’s game.

“I got up at 5 in the morning because the hurricane was supposed to hit at 6,” Saban said. “I was up and ready to go. Scotty O’Brian was in the office. We had a generator and we were ready to go. I was ready to get in the car. The wind was blowing sideways about 80 miles per hour and I was going to leave Terry and Kristen and go to work.”

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Needless to say that wasn’t a popular decision.

“And Terry said, ‘If you leave this house and you leave us here, I’m calling the police and have them arrest your ass.’ So I stayed home for awhile,” Saban said. “Then about two o’clock in the afternoon when the hurricane was over, we had trees down on gate and all kinds of stuff. We didn’t have power for two weeks.”

Saban jokes about his wife being the most powerful person in his house. Did we ever doubt it? If you did—this should convince you. It is also one of those stories which reveals a great deal about the differences between men and women. We can become focused on our work that we forget to do the important stuff…like not going out in a hurricane.

9 thoughts on “Hurricanes don’t scare Nick Saban”

  1. Terry seems like such a sweet lady. It’s hard to believe she supposedly overpowers Coach Saban. lol

  2. i don’t know of any household where the woman doesn’t run the show.

    that’s why i have a workshop equipped with teli, sat, phone, stereo, the works.

    my mancave.

  3. finebammer,

    Mine is the pool house. LOL. I have sat, stereo, 2 fridges (one with a keg dispenser in it), pool table and laptop.

    A man once told me that there are 2 types of men in the world. One will tell you their wife runs the household and the other is a liar. LOL.

  5. Good stuff! This is the exact reason why I’ll never commit to marriage. For starters, the girls of my generation are all untrustworthy whores. I never allowed an untrustworthy person to run my life to begin with, more or less a female.

  6. The Saban does not fear hurricanes….Hurricanes fear The Saban. His sheer mental ability and intimidation forced the hurricane to go around him. The Saban control the weather and all other forces of nature.

  9. If The Saban and Chuck Norris got into a fight , Who would win ? Would it be like the immovable objest vs. the irresistable force? Would a thermonuclear explosion happen just because they were in the same zip code? Hmmmmmmmm……..Just wondering.

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