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Alabama's Nick Saban is one of Bill Belichick's closest coaching confidants and one of the few who can compete with him in terms of accomplishment. Each comes from a Croatian family that established in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia's steel and coal areas. Both are coach's sons with similar personalities. Belichick, now 70, hired Saban, now 71, as his defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns in the early 1990s. Saban has dominated the collegiate level in the same way that Belichick has dominated the NFL (six Super Bowl championships) (seven national titles).
So perhaps Saban can serve as an example of what Belichick should do about his New England Patriots' stagnation — a 2-5 record kept them out of the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. The Patriots will go four years without winning a postseason game. NBCSports' Tom Curran Boston reported on Wednesday that Belichick and Patriots club owner Robert Kraft met at the close of the season and agreed that "changes" are needed inside the organization.
Saban was unconcerned. He wasn't seeking for a companion. He wasn't searching for comfort. First, he invited Kiffin in for a week to study Alabama's offense — everything from recruiting to play-calling to practice sessions. He hired Kiffin to transform the Crimson Tide offense into something as feared as the Crimson Tide defense.
"We are thrilled to welcome Lane to our team," Saban remarked at the time. "He is an amazing and imaginative offensive coach... I have always been impressed with what I have seen in the games he has called."
It's a route Belichick should examine if the "changes" he and Kraft have agreed on involve shaking up his coaching staff. Football has no shortage of creative coaching brains, particularly on offense. And Belichick remains Belichick. Working with a legend of that stature makes any job in Foxborough enticing.
Of course, nothing is guaranteed here. A new viewpoint may fail. However, if Belichick needs proof of concept for departing from the coaching tree in order to disrupt things through fresh ideas, voices, and viewpoints, then following an old buddy in Tuscaloosa would be instructive.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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