re: Saban comments about rematch talk with ESPN reporter

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As much as some try to diss it I've found that fan attitude does trickle down to player attitude. Maybe not 100% but there's an influence that is undeniable.

Are you serious?

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Yes. There is no way, especially over the holidays, that fan attitude doesn't influence some of how the players think. During school they hear it all day long from their classmates. When they drive around town they hear it again. But when they go home they hear it VERY LOUDLY because these are people they haven't seen in awhile and you know they want to discuss the team. Bang your head on a wall if you want but unless Miles has stowed them all away in a bunker somewhere they are going to hear what's going on around them. And if they hear it they will be affected by it.