Sky’s the limit for Wilson, Saban says
August 23, 2008
Sunday story in the Eagle is about John Parker Wilson, where he’s been, where he is and where he wants to take the Crimson Tide this fall.
Tide head coach Nick Saban couldn’t help but smile at an inside joke when asked how good Wilson could be this fall.
“That’s a good question. How good do you want to be?“ Saban smiled, referencing the name of the book he authored. “Somebody wrote a book about that once. I don’t know the guy, was a real jerk.“
Saban said the things that make a great quarterback are traits Wilson possesses.
“I think that the quarterback position, the sky is the limit for any player, relative to the choices and decisions that he makes, the changes that he makes psychologically, mentally and in his approach to the game,“ the coach said. “There’s a lot of guys that have the physical ability to do it, but they have to go out on the field and prove that they can be the consistent, efficient, effective performer by making good choices and decisions about what they do, and how they make those business-like decisions so that they can perform better, eliminate the bad plays and make more good plays.
“John Parker is certainly showing an improvement in all those areas in this offseason, and hopefully, he will continue to do that throughout the course of this season. And through that, he will elevate his game and have a good year for us. He’s done everything right in this offseason to be able to do that. So hopefully, it will all come to fruition for him and for us and have an outstanding year.“
The team worked inside for two hours in full pads Saturday.
“I thought we had a pretty good practice,” Wilson said in quotes distributed by Alabama Media Relations. “The energy was good and I think practicing inside was a plus to change it up a little bit. We get Sunday off and then need to come in Monday focused and ready for game week.”
Saturday’s practice included work against Clemson’s offensive and defensive schemes, courtesy of the scout teams.
