[Bamabeachlivin]

TUSCALOOSA - It was a textbook example of how to handle adversity.

That’s an unavoidable way to say it, and not a painless one for the University of Alabama. The school has to resolve the situation that caused five players to miss what would have been, quite likely, one of the most memorable games of their college careers.

What will come of that in the long run? No one, not even Nick Saban, could say on Saturday.

But what happened in the short run? Saban took masterful advantage to teach one of those lessons that, as the cliché has it, you don’t find in a textbook.

Instead of bemoaning the circumstances that left Alabama bereft of five contributing players, including two starting offensive linemen and a running back, Saban seized the moment. Instead of panicking, or, even worse, carefully crafting an excuse, Saban went in the opposite direction.
Full Story

[Stoney]

I'm glad he chose to look at the glass as half empty.