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Everybody was shocked on Wednesday by the information that legendary Alabama head coach Nick Saban was retiring. Whereas the coach is 72 years outdated, it nonetheless appeared like he was at or close to the highest of his sport nonetheless.
It was a kind of moments for a lot of sports activities followers the place they are going to bear in mind the place they have been when the heard the information. For former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, now we have his response to discovering out the information on video.
The Miami Dolphins are the main focus of HBO’s Onerous Knocks: In Season With The Miami Dolphins, which implies digital camera crews are at all times across the Dolphins quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa.
And, the cameras have been rolling when the Crimson Tide legend discovered. Have a look.
I’m certain dozens of Alabama gamers across the NFL had that very same response to the information that their coach was hanging it up following seventeen phenomenal years at Alabama that noticed him seize six nationwide championships.
Tagovailoa performed at Alabama for Coach Saban from 2017-2019. He was the backup to present Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts as a freshman, earlier than Saban made one of the crucial well-known teaching selections within the historical past of school soccer.
After falling behind Georgia 13-0 within the nationwide championship sport, Saban benched Hurts and inserted Tagovailoa. Tua went on to throw three touchdowns, together with the nationwide championship winner to Devonta Smith in extra time, and the beginning job was his.
He was sensational for the Crimson Tide, throwing for 7400 yards and 87 touchdowns towards 11 interceptions, good for an unbelievable 199 passing effectivity ranking. The Tide misplaced within the nationwide title sport in 2019, and a late-season ankle damage saved Tagovailoa out of some huge video games down the stretch in 2019 and saved the Tide out of the Faculty Soccer Playoffs.
It’s not arduous to say that Tagovailoa was the perfect quarterback that Nick Saban ever coached at Alabama.
In fact, most of Tagovailoa’s focus is on Saturday night time’s playoff sport on the highway towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. In the meantime, Alabama has employed Kalen DeBoer to exchange Nick Saban.
