Nick Saban on "Traditional" Uniforms for Alabama Football

I think there's a brand there's an expectation of what people expect to see when Alabama plays football that's all over the country That's a brand that has you know sort of been developed for how many years? Now definitely since Coach Bryant has been here... and all the years past that. so just for some marketing whim... I'm not really into that. I don't think it's my decision. It's somebody else at the university's decision to make those kinds of decisions the one thing that you do when you have a sponsor like Nike who does a great job for us and we love them.

Alright, so I'm not saying that that way...is they will make an additional package of stuff for you if you do that, like special gloves and I don't even know whatever else goes with it. And the players really like all of that, so the reason I agreed to the small changes that we had last year, which people couldn't even hardly notice was so that we would be able to you know get the other package of things to sell and for our players to have and all that kind of stuff so there was a compromise on my part even to do that. So, I'm a traditionalist.

I don't think the coach should change uniforms. I don't think the coach should change the color of the helmets. I just don't believe that. Now that doesn't mean it's wrong when somebody does it or they think they should it or whatever. I think what we wear is a lot bigger than me and a lot bigger than anyone. It's what everybody's expectation is and what they want to see when Alabama plays football and what they're used to seeing.