Amazing Speech by Nick Saban on Henry Ruggs and The Importance of Leaders

Amazing Speech by Nick Saban on Henry Ruggs and The Importance of Leaders #coachschuman #nucsports see more at nucsports.com
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[@seang9450]

U can hear the pain in his voice.😢 Saban loves his players.

[@brooksphillips2234]

No doubt! He cherishes it when his former players come back!

[@raymonddunne7153]

HR case so heartbreaking. The death of the mother and child is heartbreaking but what happened to HR is also. I honestly think I've done 1 or 2 different things crazier and more irresponsible than he did that night but managed not to hurt anyone. I know I'm not a bad person and I know I'd never intentionally hurt a mother and her child and it's hard for me to say why I did those things. I feel like HR was being extremely stupid that night.

[@Doug_3_]

I've stopped a friend from driving drunk, sure he got mad at me that night, but he was alive to be mad at me that night. When he sobered up he realized I was just being a friend and apologized.

[@coachschuman]

That’s leadership

[@timtalks6080]

Good man

[@mansamusa7927]

Na u more than a friend u saved that man life he knows it too ..y’all are family “friends” come and go ..hence the word “end” in friend as a man I wanna be around brothers fuk friends

[@kylekitzman]

@@mansamusa7927 The meaning of the term "friend" can vary depending on one's personal definition. According to my own definition, a friend is someone who must meet certain criteria. Like stopping someone from drinking and driving. Anyone who falls short of these criteria cannot be considered a true friend. An acquaintance or buddy, for instance, is not the same as a friend by my definition. In fact, a friend is someone who is even more important than family because while you can't choose your family, you can choose your friends.

[@MS-xh7cw]

You not only saved his life but potentially others he could’ve hit.

[@NoBody-ks3co]

Be the person that tells someone what they need to hear not what they want to hear. It’s not always comfortable.

[@Brando_1212]

Man I hate how good Alabama is, but I honestly kinda like hearing what Nick Saban has to say, a real players coach

[@coachschuman]

Yes he is

[@glownetwork4816]

Be grateful that you’re witnessing history im not an Alabama fan myself but I cant hate them i love greatness especially at the level Alabama has done it man after Saban retires we’ll probably never see another dynasty like this again

[@geno1825]

Yep 💯 facts that he's a good Coach that cares about people & winning championships

[@therealfronzilla]

This makes my heart hurt for Ruggs, especially his back story, with his friend getting killed by a drunk driver.

[@alexgordon9428]

It’s over…

[@cdawG69397]

You 100% become who surround yourself with, great speech

[@zacturf-n-sports6203]

Man, he really hits home with this. So sad. One bad decision not intended to hurt anybody destroyed so many lives. I hate it for everybody.

[@alejandrofernandez3992]

I got goosebumps. That hit hard.

[@berniemac3535]

Damn coach that hit from a raider fan

[@lip91688]

L

[@foxfire1112]

Bro who cares what team you like

[@bwz4704]

​@@foxfire1112 you obviously know nothing about henry ruggs

[@bkboy2384]

Raider fan....the girl burned alive u serious bro...

[@berniemac3535]

@@bkboy2384 go eat 💩 bro it’s none of my business I’m still a raider fan no matter what????people die every day

[@debrarobisnon6424]

😢well done coach, we love you and Mrs Terry

[@blakehardy7105]

You can hear the pain in his voice. This is the only time I've ever heard Saban sound like this...😢

[@danielhall2991]

Yeah but this one hurt because he was one of Sabans too hopefuls and examples of what success looks like but of course the insident happened and now players career is done son Saban is a players coach he looks at what could have been if that accident didn’t happen it hit more because Saban was his mentor as well as coach

[@111greatness6]

“and he never had one problem on our team at alabama” got me for some reason😩

[@craig-vs1jj]

Me too. Really wish ruggs had just one friend that night. Would’ve saved the life of Ms. Tintor and his future.

[@DirtyB112]

The sport is going to miss the this man

[@robertzumpano2132]

Wow the GOAT said it so perfectly. God Bless you Coach 🙏

[@sharonmitchell8480]

The greatest coach right here🙌🏾🙋🏽‍♀️🙏🏾

[@tombrown7577]

That was a great speech to young players! Many young people think their invincible and then in the blink of an eye, everything they worked for is gone forever. It happens more than you think.

[@jayes12]

Nick Saban seriously needs a podcast to talk about these sort of things!!!

[@itzsp0kplayz_325]

This is why he’s the greatest coach

[@WORLDWIDESOCAL9]

Pete carroll would have been nick saban if the NCAA didnt screw USC, but this is a great speech

[@crmsntyde4ever428]

​@@WORLDWIDESOCAL9What?...Lol, #CoachSaban is on a plateau of his own

[@infinitelz2]

Lmfaoo where he gets all the best players every year. Could not do shit in the NFL with a level playing field. That’s why he ran away

[@WORLDWIDESOCAL9]

Pete carroll owned CFB you maybe too young, only reason bama rose up from garbage is cause they put sanctions on USC@@crmsntyde4ever428

[@daBears06]

In college yeah nfl no

[@sheilaharris9139]

I can watch recorded games and still see Henry score a TD and lift his eyes up and salute his best friend who died he is such a great young man Nick loves his players and is a great man God Bless Henry and his family and the victims family

[@Blayze1017]

Let’s never forget how lucky we are to have this man as a coach.

[@dustdevil9614]

Raider here. Thanks coach . I've been waiting a long long time for someone to bring Henry to the fore front for just a minute. Bless u Ruggs RN4L

[@ldawgcali35]

who r you

[@thawkereynolds]

In fairness we don’t know if Saban brings him up in every meeting or this was the first. My point is just because we don’t hear anyone talking about rugged doesn’t mean that people aren’t

[@super6961]

Wtf? He killed someone. Bless him? He’s a victim now?

[@JonnyIRISH]

Ruggs is POS💩💩💩💯... He showed NO REMORSE NONE🏴 He cant suffer enough... 🔥🔥🔥

[@jamiejohnson3886]

Yes his friends & the establishment allowed him to continue to drink when they knew how drunk he was. That said Ruggs bears responsibility for his actions; we all know driving while intoxicated is wrong. Yet like Pete Golding it continues. Sometimes we have to step up for ourselves. Taking the keys away from someone when you know they are drunk as well as taking responsibility for yourself is important Either way my heart bleeds for the family of Tina Tinter. My heart however also bleeds for Henry Ruggs. He is one of ours. I lost my sister in 1982 due a head on collision due to a drunk driver crossing a median. Sad that 40 years later people think it's okay. It's not

[@joshuaturk3678]

It’s not always that people think it’s okay . A lot of people when they drink black out and don’t know what they’re doing or have no thought process. His friends 100% should have been by his side the whole time and made sure everything was okay. I know not a single one of my buddies would let me in my car with a sip of alcohol in my system. So sad , sad world we live in. Prayers for all families involved 😭

[@jamiejohnson3886]

@@joshuaturk3678 you are absolutely correct; most of us have friends who have our backs & apparently Henry did not. As for the blacking out, unless someone has undiagnosed epilepsy & suffered their first seizure or had a head injury there's always a reason to black out Point is that we all know not to drink & drive. People do it anyway. And yes as you mentioned one may not be aware of anything if they blackout. If though one blacks out after drinking.....well nice try Of course it would say if you blacked out you didn't mean to do it but if you blacked out after drinking you are still legally responsible. Henry Will get jail time - probably stands a good chance of losing his football career; if we were to ask him today if he meant to kill Ms Tinted, I'm sure he'd tell you no. But like my sister, she's still dead.

[@_________.]

You missed the point of the video.

[@jamiejohnson3886]

@@_________. what is the point that I've missed?

[@davidrajaruzicka5546]

But when you see so.eone intoxicated, why didn't they take the keys away from him to stop him from driving? I get the drinking part is a choice, but to know the dangers of drinking and driving and how it can impair someone, all those other people could've stopped him whether he liked it or not. Now, he ruined his life and the families of those who died by his driving. They were "yes men," not his friends.

[@tomwashingtonjr848]

Love Nick ❤

[@elevatedinnature]

I’ll take a mad alive friend, over a dead friend any day!!❤

[@StonedDiablo2guy]

A true leader, leading young men into adulthood. Nick Saban is a great man.

[@acjordangaming52]

I've lost a few friends in my life, and the regret is real. Coach speaks nothing but facts here.

[@escattitjr2434]

U can tell saban will always be there for his current and former players that’s what a coach is

[@thomasjones8805]

Coach Saban is great man and leader, the coaching was how he reached men. The 🐐

[@QueenB-nm5lu]

Facts 💯, because he would definitely be in a better place and so would the victim. 🙏❤️🙏 to the victim and her family 😢

[@Billyobot]

Turn the music up I can almost hear the speech

[@hell2joy517]

HA! Ikr! And what is it that? A harpsichord?? Almost ruined the msg

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

Saban 100% right which is why despite my hatred of Bama he is the greatest cosch in NCAAF history.

[@chriswebster24]

That just means that despite your hatred of Bama, you’re not an absolute idiot. Everyone who can read knows he’s the GOAT.

[@jamesgilmore1684]

Coach Saban is a good Christian man but real and down to earth 🙏 When you hear the heartbreak and compassion in his heart you know he is real God bless him God bless the family of the ones killed and God bless Henry Ruggs and his parents and whole family

[@user-cm1mj9be5g]

❤ our 🐐 he cares and wants every young man to succeed and contribute great things on and off the field.

[@DavidGTalktome1789]

Man this HITS the heart

[@user-ge5fr8uu8p]

He really cares about his players and wants the best for them ❤ He’s 💯 right!!

[@anthonyjames4319]

Nick Saban would probably be a good president.

[@danielhall2991]

He would be also a hell of a motivational speaker too dude loves his guys

[@mlc9928]

No

[@The.Consultant.]

This hits me so hard right in the chest.

[@waynedomingo1160]

2006 my buddies from work drank at their house at 9:30am watching Ohio state and my Michigan they're buckeye fans they beat my wolverines but we had a good time drinking everclear I was so wasted they took my keys and drove me home I pray God's blessings upon them I don't drink anymore...

[@terrencehankins8449]

I can tell Nick 😢 when he seen Henry Ruggs on the ground crying.❤😢

[@austenbarker921]

Gave me chills

[@freedom77769]

ABSOLUTELY 💯% REAL TRUTH‼️🎯

[@willthompson9073]

I wish someone would've been there for henry for everyone envolved sake

[@crownroyalregulators8404]

GOAT. Ruggs should’ve listened to coach’s wisdom. Saban can’t be there forever, but great coaches matter. And I’m a die hard Georgia fan. No better coach than Nick Saban.

[@donjay1157]

As a Bama fan I think every player that leaves Nick Saban to go to the league need to continue to stay in touch with him and register the message that he preaches

[@doc8013]

​@@davebryant8050really man?

[@josephgoings9516]

Only so much u can do.. everyone is in charge of there own future

[@tomjones232]

GOD bless this man!!🙏 speaking the truth !! I love this man!! Never met him. But I love him !!

[@JeffBunkinator]

Goat

[@jarvisharris31]

Nick Saban for president let’s go #Rolltide!!!!

[@robertwimberly2372]

Naw. Great coach but he’s a democrat. I’d rather not. But i know we would have one hell of defense ( military ) lol

[@Austunininisandchez]

This guy

[@jacobkain1309]

Same here

[@mlc9928]

No

[@kimberlypope676]

❤❤❤❤ I love this- thanks for sharing!

[@derrickmoite7125]

Am I my brother’s Keeper…. I love my Dawgs but, I appreciate YOU Nick Saban. Keep on Rollin’…..

[@williamstalvey6920]

Preach Coach Saban

[@BigstickNick]

Damn, this one checks all of us.

[@chaosinception7982]

GOAT!!! on and off the field.

[@Theforgotten10]

Coach has a point. Leadership needs a comeback in a major way. Peyton and Ray Lewis style.

[@kevinvindou9070]

The greatest coach of all time if this don’t humble you I don’t know what will

[@VikingBen69]

Well said coach

[@chrisfarley6698]

The entire world 🌎 would be better if there were more Nick Saban's in it.

[@jaypruitt8639]

If you take someone’s keys, you all will never know if you saved a life. If you don’t, you will know!!

[@zeerie7521]

Compassion..... Coach Saban is right 👍

[@jonahmays]

Greatest coach college football’s ever seen

[@davidvance3720]

Powerful

[@reaganhall4779]

Great coach and great human. Congratulations on a hell of a career coach Saban, enjoy retirement!

[@31ForAll]

AUBURN DIE HARD FAN HERE: NICK SABAN IS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GOD. HE LITERALLY SET THE STANDARD FOR TODAY'S FOOTBALL COACHES.

[@BPuck42]

When I was in my partying faze in highschool before I started drinking or anyone else did I would take everyone’s keys and I would hide them everywhere throughout the house. Drunk me couldn’t remember where I hid them but sober me remembered exactly where I left them. Some people hated that I did it but I didn’t care as long as they were safe. I’d rather someone be pissed and safe than to know I could’ve saved them from being in an accident

[@BBBANDIT302]

💯

[@plentypods]

Real man

[@rs6304]

Stupid background music ruins the whole thing

[@Justeez4free]

Zen master bam bam😂

[@ShowMasterFlex]

Welcome to KZbin shorts

[@icemanx5085]

I only heard the truth the volume of what he was saying was to loud for me to notice the background music.

[@Zaros3433k]

Anyone know where the full video is?

[@Tough_Bookiezzz]

You also have to think he’s a grown man you can try your hardest to prevent something like this but some people are to stubborn to realize the consequences of their actions

[@trulypoortbreezy1829]

Man surely did seem like a good kid

[@FloridaRaider]

Don't be afraid to do the right thing.

[@larryp.450]

I would let Coach Saban take my keys.

[@brianmenke4107]

Dont be afraid

[@doiranmajorsr.4069]

Deadass, this some real shit.

[@iamfasterthanyou]

Now my eyes are sweating. Great.

[@John_K_85]

GOAT

[@allysonmcneely2587]

Ruggs has always a great kid & sportsmen like. We got you Ruggs II ! Love you unconditionally. !!❤

[@Cheese-zx8gg]

Where can I find the full video?

[@casonbunch9349]

the music isn’t loud enough

[@thetruth1223]

When I was 22 my dad caught me drinking and driving needless to say he put a whipping on me so bad I'm 44 I still remember it.. I quit drinking after my oldest son told me :" Dad you are an awful person I don't ever want to be around you ever again ".. Been sober for 20 years now..

[@jefflandreneau7027]

Louder music

[@brysonhunter6991]

Bro some of y’all are just so smooth brained in these comments, he is not saying Ruggs was right, he is saying sometimes it takes having the right individuals around you that won’t allow you to commit to this behavior that led to the situation that happened. He is saying a real friend would not have allowed Ruggs to drive, yes Ruggs made that decision but anybody that has gone drinking with friends understands some people make idiotic decisions when under the influence.

[@sheilaharris9139]

So very true and you can believe Coach knows what he’s saying is truth he knows his players and thier families Henry Riggs was a true player for his team what has happened was a very bad tragedy and watching him play you can bet his regrets I wish him and his family the best He will do great things with his life when he serves his time

[@rileyspence1403]

Its about time people take responsibility for their OWN actions..dont blame other people!!

[@e.directmarketing932]

You completely miss the point. Do you hear Saban dismissing personal responsibility? He is addressing being a leader and a good teammate. Two different topics, and not mutually exclusive. Thus: Had others been leaders and confronted the lack of personal responsibility in another, they may have prevented tragedy.

[@chew5367]

Not a saban fan but his message is dead on. Salute

[@lifeofmachine4641]

Saban rules

[@franksantos4422]

Character instead of personality.....a huge problem in America. Good job coach

[@11Suncere]

I’ve had drinking problem since about 18 and more than likely it wasn’t Ruggs first time, it just was the first time he’s paying the price for it.

[@Gunner_____]

Fantastic speech…. Horrible background music.

[@ShowMasterFlex]

It was the Chinese music that did it for me 😢

[@jameskim1505]

It was Henry's choice.

[@MrGuruDaClownHunter]

That's why Bama' is Bama'‼️Roll Tide‼️👈🏻🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@KINGPOOPS]

Any idea what song this is?

[@trevorvonansbachyoung517]

Where is the full interview

[@eyepatch3769]

What kind of man are you to make excuses for a grown man. He made a choice to drive

[@antonioreed6518]

Cold

[@ryanwilliams9996]

This hurts much more now than when it first aired. Henry Riggs is in prison now 3 years minimum and maybe more. Yes there needs to be more preventative measures to stop this from happening. But it hurts when you coached a great guy minus one huge huge mistake.

[@Pandaman1279]

I feel this and maybe alcohol affects everyone differently but anytime i thought i may have been slightly too drunk to drive I’m making sure I’m going the speed limit and doing everything possible to limit my chances of being pulled over. Never in my life have i been so drunk that i think i should go drive 150 mph down the road right now.

[@nalleniv0004]

A lot of remorse and sorrow for Ruggs - don’t hear much for the innocent girl who burned to death in her car. Not denying what Saban is saying, but it seems everyone is crying crocodile tears for a guy “who could have been a great football player.” A career ended is nothing compared to the life he ended.

[@miltonbecker1994]

Nick Saban, one hell of a man! These boys in college need to hear this to become men! Give some broke kids millions and hope for the best... expect kids to make mens decisions... who's at fault?

[@icemanx5085]

We still have to be accountable for our own decisions. What Nick is saying is when your brother is not making the wrong decision be your brothers keeper. Be a leader that title is unpopular, hard, and lonely.

[@paidinfull5950]

ROLL TIDE! Saban is and always has been a players coach, go back however far you want and he always defends and them publicly.

[@TylerEubank]

Song please?

[@angelodispigna]

Where’s this full conference video at?