{"id":2770,"date":"2018-01-01T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2017-12-30T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T18:17:49","slug":"nick-saban-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/nick-saban-aviation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Saban and Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nick-Saban.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Nick Saban, the head football coach at the University of Alabama, is widely considered to be the best college football coach in America. \u00a0He has won five national championships, with three coming in the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>Before I get accused of being of a &#8220;band wagon&#8221; fan, let me say very clearly that I don&#8217;t particularly care for the Alabama football team.\u00a0 Depending upon the opponent, I often root against Alabama.\u00a0 Furthermore, I am not a particular fan of Nick Saban.\u00a0 He has some characteristics that I don&#8217;t find appealing.\u00a0 I probably have some characteristics that he doesn&#8217;t find appealing either.\u00a0 However, I do have great respect for Nick Saban and what he has been able to accomplish in his coaching career.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the reasons given for his success:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>His Work Ethic<\/li>\n<li>Recruiting and Development (prepared to meet the players, innate eye for talent)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to Adapt<\/li>\n<li>Attention to Detail<\/li>\n<li>The Process (Don\u2019t focus on the outcome, he says. Focus on what you have to do to achieve the desired outcome.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Compiled from John Clay (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/sports\/spt-columns-blogs\/john-clay\/article104511466.html\">http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/sports\/spt-columns-blogs\/john-clay\/article104511466.html<\/a>) and<\/li>\n<li>Monte Burke (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college-football\/2015\/09\/10\/how-alabamas-nick-saban-so-successful-recruiting-trail\">https:\/\/www.si.com\/college-football\/2015\/09\/10\/how-alabamas-nick-saban-so-successful-recruiting-trail<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Toledo-e1514495931836.png\" width=\"94\" height=\"36\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MIchigan-State-e1514495914768.png\" width=\"267\" height=\"32\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LSU-logo-e1514495899234.png\" width=\"168\" height=\"55\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Alabama-logo-e1514495880109.png\" width=\"83\" height=\"83\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><em>College Head Coaching Positions Held by Nick Saban<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Monte Burke authored a book on Nick Saban entitled <em>Saban: The Making of a Coach<\/em>.\u00a0 In researching the book he interviewed hundreds of associates trying to discover factors behind Saban&#8217;s successful coaching.\u00a0 He later wrote an article for <em>Fortune<\/em> Magazine listing nine leadership lessons we can take from the coach.\u00a0 These include all five of the factors listed above.\u00a0 See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/monteburke\/2015\/08\/04\/9-leadership-lessons-from-nick-saban\/#528b094c7d3a\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/monteburke\/2015\/08\/04\/9-leadership-lessons-from-nick-saban\/#528b094c7d3a<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saban and Aviation<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Flight-Discipline.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"298\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>So what does all of this have to do with aviation?\u00a0 If one looks at the five success factors listed above, many are clearly related to aviation.<\/p>\n<p>One of the marks of an outstanding aviator is strong flight discipline.\u00a0 The ability to focus on and execute the proper procedures while flying.\u00a0 This is especially true during an aircraft emergency.\u00a0 This is ability is acquired through a strong work ethic developed over a long period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Flying also includes the necessity to adapt.\u00a0 \u201cFlexibility is the key to airpower\u201d as we use to say in the Air Force.\u00a0 Weather conditions, mechanical problems, etc. constantly challenge an aviator to adapt.<\/p>\n<p>Attention to detail and \u201cThe Process\u201d hearken back to what my friend Tony Kern, has called &#8220;Flight Discipline\u201d.\u00a0 Kern authored a book on the subject.\u00a0 In the book Kern makes a compelling case that flight discipline is essential to competent piloting.\u00a0 Kern, shares the following, &#8220;There is only one sort of discipline \u2013 PERFECT DISCIPLINE\u201d, said General George Patton.\u00a0 I suspect that Nick Saban would agree.\u00a0 Which is one reason I feel that Nick Saban would make an outstanding aviator.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nick-Saban-pic-e1514495941263.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"124\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two most dangerous words in aviation are, \u201cWatch This\u201d.\u00a0 The remedy for such an attitude is, flight discipline \u2013 Attention to Detail and &#8220;The Process&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Saban, the head football coach at the University of Alabama, is widely considered to be the best college football coach in America. \u00a0He has won five national championships, with three coming in the last five years. 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