Alabamas had their share of star athletes talk to the football team during camp in the preseason.
Kobe Bryant was in town a few years ago, also Mike Tyson. Charles Barkley spoke to the team via video conference over the summer, but no one stepped up to Tuesday’s virtual speaker.
That’s because Michael Jordan was the guest on the screen talking to the Crimson Tide, according to players’ social media posts. The former Birmingham Barons and Chicago Bulls outfielder was sidelined from the game by the time most players watched basketball, but his legend is no secret.
Nick Saban said in May that he sent a clip from the Jordanian documentary to Jordan to players because it was so inspiring.
‘That was the best thing I’ve heard in a long time, because there was nothing I could agree with anymore, the way he said it, the conviction he said it with, the things he said. did, the way he lived it, all the time he competed and played, ”Saban said at SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt.
