Being coached by Popovich and learning from one of the games best in his respective field as well as seeing what Saban has done with the Crimson Tide football program, it led Johnson to compare the two iconic coaches.
“They’re both about habits, and habits are formed in practice,” Johnson said on Mike & Mike. “When you look at what happens in the game, it’s a direct reflection on the discipline and details that their teams perform with in practice. Both guys are very, very competitive — I don’t think either of them want to lose a game of checkers or chess — and they have a high level of expectation every single day with everything that they do.