Charles Barkley JOINS THE BOOTH in the Iron Bowl of basketball 🎙️ | ESPN College Basketball

Charles Barkley joins the booth during Alabama vs. Auburn, dubbed the Iron Bowl of basketball, to talk about Nick Saban’s retirement, growing up in Alabama and his advice for Saban moving to broadcast.

✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ http://espnplus.com/youtube
✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn
✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE
✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN
✔️ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: http://es.pn/YouTubeTV

PA Auburn and speaking of Auburn Auburn’s greatest representative Charles Barkley the statue outside and here he is inside live and in color my gosh what what a game what an atmosphere well it’s a great atmosphere but I want to thank Auburn for making my statue skinny that

Was the most important that was the most important thing shout out to Jan Smith and sunny Smith that was the most important thing make my statue skinny so that’s not the round M to rebound that’s that’s half round well I was around Mount here at Auburn but when we made

The Statue it was like a few years ago I was like just don’t make my statue fat that’s the most important thing you look great so does the Auburn team tonight you follow him really closely they’ve made a living doing that going inside all night well you know it’s interesting

Alabama got all the little skinny dudes out there you know coach Nate does a fantastic job but when I look when I was looking at the game early I say man broom should have a a big night tonight because Al abama they obviously their guards are terrific but they got no size

Inside and I said man this would be like for me if I saw all these little skinny dudes I’ll be like like no like Shaq always said this be like barbecue chicken but they the guards are terrific though they shoot the ball well but they

Got no siid inside so the only way they can actually win if they have a hot shooting night to be honest with you Chuck we we tried to paint the picture of what it’s like to play in this game but I want to hear from you what is it

Like in this Alabama Auburn rivalry well it’s different for me because I was born in Alabama unless you’re born in Alabama you really can’t get an appreciation of the animosity and the hatred for the two schools Alabama’s a great school I got nothing but admiration they just lost

The greatest college football coach ever and Coach Sab much love and respect for him but if you’re born in Alabama you have to pick a team and whether we play them in softball volleyball whatever we want to beat them cuz you know we are and and listen and I know I’m going to

Get into TR saying this we’re like the stepchild and we’re never going to beat Alabama but we want to beat them every time we play them uh we’re kind of like Oklahoma State UCLA Kansas State I always tell people there’s nothing wrong with that a great

Scho oh boy Nelson came right down on leor burman’s they they didn’t call a charge was he inside the circle nope that I say you know one of my really good mentors M Jerry he always talks about listen know who you are and Auburn we have a great school we have a

Tremendous fan base but Alabama is arguably the greatest college football program ever and they just lost a goat in Nick sa but I love our school and we just want to beat him in every sport plain and simple all right so Nick saving coming to work for ESPN going to

Do game day going to do some college football draft NFL draft stuff I should say if you were going to give the goat some advice about TV what would it be well the hardest thing about being on television is two things number one as a coach which he’s got he’s the greatest

Coach ever he going have to criticize coaching for me as a player I have to criticize players though that’s the hardest thing you got to realize because I never when I’m sitting in my hotel room during the day I never say let me talk bad about the players but when they

Do stupid stuff I got to talk bad about them or they play Bad and so coach is going to be he’s got to talk bad like that was not a good decision as a coach so that’s the hardest part well coach like I say there’s two different Avenues

When you’re a coach you got to be honest because the number one thing you’re not worried about the coaches or the players you’re wor you’re talking to the people at home yeah and you got to do your job like I say I never want to talk bad about my

Players but when they play bad or make stupid decisions I got to be honest cuz I’m talking to the people at home and I’m not talking to their family and friends so coach Sabin he got to be like you know what I don’t think that was a good coaching decision like they

Probably not going to give him the opportunity like he going to say you know as a first of you probably got to CR criticize players at a certain point but when coaches make bad decisions you have to criticize them I give you a perfect example you know I got a man

Crush on Dan Campbell okay I love Dan Campbell I want to meet Dan Kell but if you go back and look at that NFC Championship game he has to kick that first field goal yep because that would have gave them a three possession lead so that was the first mistake he made

The second mistake he made was when the house was on fire when trans scored and got the lead you got to kick that second field goal and you know people say well that’s the way we did things during the regular season the regular season the playoffs are not the same y so that’s

Probably going to be the toughest thing for Coach sa criticizing coaches but you know what coaches make mistakes that doesn’t make it wrong they make mistakes they’re human followed by Nelson there Chuck let me ask you this the SEC in my estimation is as good of a league as we

Have in college basketball right now because of the depth of the league the the net rankings all those things what’s your view of this league right now I’m not sure is is it the Big 10 or the Big 12 Big 12 they’re right there together

We’re not as good as the Big 12 you don’t think so yeah cuz I’ve been watching like like I haven’t watched the NBA game except when I’m at work y So Jamie the way I do my schedule is like the first three months October November December I only watch NBA I’m watching

About three college games today getting ready for Mars Madness the Big 12 is the best conference we’re proud of the second best conference but the thing that’s going to be very interesting about Mars Matt is there’s no great team there’s not even close to a great team Auburn to me we’re

Right in the top 8 to 10 12 somewhere in that range could win it yes but there’s no great teams in college basketball this year and this is going to be one of the most fun exciting tournament because you know you know Jamie you know this

When it’s a one and done thing if you get good poaching whatever you can win so I’m really excited for Mars Madness but there’s no great team Yukon Yukon and Purdue they’re probably the favorites but there’s no great team especially a lot most of these kids are young black kids going to college

For free is a really big deal and we can never lose sight of that well done thanks brother hey he car you never come to Auburn Jamie thank you for coming back he’s like Norm on tear he’s always here everybody knows his name Jamie Jimmy all of it we know his

Name that’s let’s go get some gooey fries at bomhower did I call him the wrong name Jamie it’s okay Jamie Jimmy I’ve been called worse by better