Nick Saban defends his decision not to suspend Jermaine Burton Tony_Tsoukalas with more:
Nick Saban continues to face questions regarding his decision to play Jermaine Burton last week following the receiver’s incidents with fans while walking off the field after Alabama’s game against Tennessee.
After the game, Saban explained that he didn’t feel it was necessary to suspend Burton, stating “If you knew the whole story, maybe you wouldn’t either.” However, the head coach did not divulge any more details regarding the incident. “I think that everybody’s always looking at what you do,” Saban said. “I think the difference in what a lot of people think is, ‘Is discipline necessarily punishment?’ You punish your children only if you think that's going to change them. Otherwise, you try to have them learn lessons from things that they do. That’s basically how we look at discipline and how we try to discipline our players.