Alabama’s Blake Sims went undrafted during last weekend’s NFL draft. However, the former Alabama QB signed a free-agent deal with the Green Bay Packers. Sims, a fan-favorite for Crimson Tide fans, wrote a touching letter to Alabama fans and his head coach, Nick Saban. Here are a few experts from the Bleacher Report article:
On Nick Saban:
I went to the University of Alabama to become a man. When he was recruiting me, Coach Saban gave me his word that when I left, I would leave a grown man with a degree.
He kept his word.
Coach Saban was like a father figure to me. Words can’t explain how much he has taught me about life and how much better prepared I am for success than when I showed up in Tuscaloosa. Whenever I was wrong, he would let me know “Blake, that’s not the way that a man acts. That’s not how a professional quarterback acts.” Our relationship could not be stronger.
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On the Alabama fans:
And to the Crimson Tide fans, keep being the best fanbase in the country. Trust in Coach Saban and whoever he starts at any position. Believe in that player as you believed in me. I’m a prime example of what happens when fans get behind somebody and believe in them.
Read the entire piece here.
