The Dark Side of Nick Saban
In Alabama, they’ve already erected a statue of Nick Saban.
In Georgia, many people alternate between hating Saban or Steve Spurrier.
Ex-Dolphins coach Nick Saban (AP)
In South Florida … well that is the place that Saban is – by far – hated the most.
Guess where the BCS Championship game will be played? In Miami, where Saban had a dismal experience as coach of the Miami Dolphins and also misled everybody on taking the Alabama job.
Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Dave Hyde rehashed the general feeling about Saban:
- On the hypocrisy of Saban saying it’s not fair for Florida to jump over the loser of the SEC Championship game when Alabama did it last year: Hyde: “Saban, the self-anointed arbiter of what’s fair and true and righteous in sports. That’s a good one … But logic never was Saban’s strong suit. Or truth. Or humanity, as all the old Dolphins stories say.”
- On Saban’s “Florida sunshine” personality while with the Dolphins: Hyde: “He ordered a personal lieutenant, whose internal nickname was Dr. Doom, to tell Dolphins office workers to quit greeting Saban in the morning.”
- And, of course, there’s the story about Saban walking right over an offensive lineman who was having convulsions in football practice.
Hyde then made these two points: “1. As a man, he’s a lout. 2. As a coach, he’s the best in sports today.” After summarizing his opinion, Hyde wrapped it up with this: “That’s why there’s such mixed feelings for Saban. We saw the lout. We just never saw the lout who won enough to make his personality irrelevant.”
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AJC’s SEC CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE
- Catching up with former UGA linebacker Quentin Moses
- The Dark Side of Nick Saban
- Alabama RB pokes fun at UGA
- Mark Richt would burn QB’s redshirt season, if needed
- Who does former UGA DB think is team’s best defender? “Shawn Williams”
- Muschamp fires back at Saban: “Be careful what you ask for, Nick”
- Could the best candidate to be head coach at Alabama or UGA be … the SAME PERSON?
- Warning!!! BEWARE of COUNTERFEIT tickets, says SEC office
- Catching up the 2005 SEC Championship MVP, UGA QB DJ Shockley
- UGA’s Bacarri Rambo: “We have better players (than Alabama), across the board”
- Nick Saban loves Todd Grantham
- SEC Championship tickets start around $400 on StubHub; ACC at $4.50
- UGA still third in BCS standings — barely ahead of Florida
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143 comments Add your comment
TEXAS DAWG
November 28th, 2012
6:32 pm
@ son of bear
Isn’t it ROLL TIDE and not ROLE TIDE. I’m a DAWG not a tide fan but man, screwing it up twice is going to embarrass your fellow ‘bammers.
TEXAS DAWG
November 28th, 2012
6:35 pm
Don’t care for Saban, but until we knock him off the top, he is still King of the Sandbox. To be the best you have to beat the best. After Saturday’s slug fest, I hope that is the case. Either way, it will be 7 in a row for the SEC.
aon
November 28th, 2012
7:13 pm
@OkieDawg
He keeps his players out of trouble and in the classroom. He develops these young men into NFL caliber talent.
Too bad he does not apply this same logic to his own family.
chuck J
November 28th, 2012
7:53 pm
Sour grapes. It is what it is. If Petrino had Arky in the game then the Devil himself would be in the Ga Dome. Nothing like the ajc digging up some lame azz beat writer from Miami for SOMETHING negative to post about the tide. Not unlike the article yesterday about a tweet from a true freshman. Since I am a tide fan I have been pretty cool about the game so far(meaning I hoped for a good game). Now I hope Bama makes dog sh*t out of UGA, and honestly I never doubted they would. Bama 24 UGA 13. UGA scores late to get 13. Late in the 4th 24-6. Bama rolls ND.
North Campus Trash
November 28th, 2012
7:55 pm
Another great and objective piece from the once great AJC sports department. Well done, guys. Well done.
Tide Rising
November 28th, 2012
8:19 pm
Whole lotta Saban envy in there world. The sports writer who attacked Saban is just a whiny little loser taking potshots. He’s a punk.
Tide Rising
November 28th, 2012
8:19 pm
their world not there world.
Under The Bleachers
November 28th, 2012
8:29 pm
Classless Journalism at its finest. Sign your name to the article AJC Writer!
This sounds like it caame off the keyboard of the so called wanna be “recruiting guru” at the ajc.
Just classless.
Wilson Pickett
November 28th, 2012
9:06 pm
The AJC….Furman Bisher…what a joke. Reading this sh*t you would think UGA invented football instead we see a team that has one NC since 1980 and 100 arrest in 10 years of the hypocrite Richie! You people are worse than auburn and that is BAD! Georgieeee might even win this week but if so you will still be a team of thugs and a coach that is a hypocrite. Give off Nick Saban’s azz. The man has more NC trophies than your ghetto team has in 100 years.
AT
November 28th, 2012
9:07 pm
Fact – had a friend’s son get accepted at AL, but denied admittance to Kennesaw St. AL and MS are the academic jokes of the SEC. UGA may lose on Sat, but at least our grads enjoy great success in the “real” world. However, I try not to discriminate and have hired a few AL grads to lay sod in my yard.
OkieDawg
November 28th, 2012
9:07 pm
@aon…You make a good point and I assume that good point is about an alleged sorority cat fight involving Saban’s daughter. Saban is not paid to keep his daughter out of cat fights in the sorority house. Blame that one on alcohol and even Terry if you must. He has a full time job looking after 100 football playing kids and he does an excellent job. I’m sure he gave Kristen a good talk but I doubt it was all Kristen’s fault. In fact, I’m sure it was not all on Kristen. That was a non story…tool.
thatdaughter
November 28th, 2012
9:31 pm
was born ugly and then somebody scared her!
RTR22
November 28th, 2012
9:31 pm
CNS and his wife Terry raise millions each year for kids in the state of Alabama. Of course this would never receive any print in the AJC.
Groundhogday
November 28th, 2012
9:45 pm
“Son of Bear
November 28th, 2012
2:41 pm
Sorry, Georgia fans.
(or… Georgia Fans = Sorry )
ALABAMA has:
* Better Football
* Better Barbecue
* Better Women……..”
I’d debate you on the barbecue dude, but you’re WAY off on the women….*****CAUTION – EYE BLEACH NOT INCLUDED….
http://www.nathanbeaver.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/AlabamaFan.jpg
Ima Loser
November 28th, 2012
9:49 pm
Purposeless article. Man, can’t the media leave well enough alone?
1. Alabama – great tradition of excellence and sound leadership in athletics, academics, fundraising, facilities, and the like. Visited there last year. They led a $650mm capital campaign a few years ago and raised $100mm from 100 alum in first few months. Everything there is new, except that which mother nature took. They are benefiting grandly from the political effect of Hope in Georgia that leaves tons of very qualified students from Atlanta and Dallas unable to get into their State Universities.
2. Georgia – Great tradition in athletics, beneficiary of closest proximity to the fastest growing most dynamic population center in the South.
This is FUN! And the winner gets to beat a rust belt has been. Most of the a$$wipes on here never darkened the door of either. Lighten up and don’t feed the media crave for crap to throw.
After all….its a game. Who among you doesn’t have to go to work Monday regardless of the outcome?
The national media all want to disparage us….to hell with them….we already won…..and if you don’t believe it, check the numbers on net migration from the South to Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey, Penn, et al.
Rest my case and GO DAWGS
The Bear
November 28th, 2012
10:19 pm
ROLL TIDE
Tom
November 28th, 2012
10:28 pm
So called journalists love to write about the negative. If they weren’t so lazy they could have told all Saban name callers about the fact that he donated $75000.00 each for 15 Habitat houses to be built in one of the most damaged areas of Tuscaloosa last year or about the 2,500,000.00 dollars that his Nick’s Kids Foundation has given to children’s organizations in the past four years. Name another coach who has even come close to his benevolence.
BamaATLien
November 28th, 2012
10:57 pm
Anyone who reads this article and believes this stuff has got to be the least objective person on the planet. People are jealous of Saban because he out works the coaches of their respective teams. Plain and simple. Saban calls a spade a spade and does not sugar coat things. If he is such a bad guy, why has he donated over $1,500,000 (in just five years at Alabama) to the University of Alabama academic scholarship fund for first generation college students? Answer me that. AJC is a dying paper and this is evidence of that…
pleaseTom
November 28th, 2012
11:01 pm
The man needed a tax write-off. Nick cares about one thing and one thing ONLY, NICK! Just like that Coach at Ohio State. If CMR does something nice, you never hear about because he does not tell the world about it. If Nick really did those things out of the kindness of his heart, well then good for him
BamaATLien
November 28th, 2012
11:12 pm
PleaseTom:
That is my point. You don’t here about all the positive things Saban does for the local community and various charities. That doesn’t sell like negativity does. People like you create the demand for this joke of an article. Feel for you…
Delbert D.
November 28th, 2012
11:24 pm
If I’m going to war (again), I’ll take leadership over love and good intentions every time.
BamaATLien
November 28th, 2012
11:27 pm
By the way, using charities to use as tax write offs is not a BAD thing. He is taxed too much like all of us
pleaseTom
November 28th, 2012
11:27 pm
I like Alabama, your University, the beach in Gulf Shores/Orange Beach. I just despise your coach or where he goes to next. I dislike the man as a person,not even talking about football. But I have absolutely nothing against the State of Alabama.
#15
November 28th, 2012
11:31 pm
The AJC hates alabama and loves uga?? what else is new. Nick’s winning title #15 against notre dame after an easy win over soft GA—-RTR!!!!
Athensdawg
November 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
I love hearing the Bama people talking about class.
How much class is it to poison the trees in Auburn?
How much class is it to rub your genitals in a drunk LSU mans face?
Just saying
Criminals on UGA roster
November 29th, 2012
3:12 am
There are more convicted criminals on UGA’s roster than any other SEC school! That is a fact!
How about reporting that AJC!
Criminals on UGA roster
November 29th, 2012
3:15 am
How much class does it take for UGA fans from getting drunk and barking in the faces of Spartan fans during the bowl game last year? Go to the Spartan websites and read how they talk about classless UGA fans and their behavior last year, then go read what Wisconsin fans say about UGA fans from the Outback bowl……..not very flattering and embarrassing the SEC!
Brown Dog
November 29th, 2012
7:01 am
An unsigned hit piece and it’s only Thursday. What will you have on Saturday — perhaps an interview with Oliver Stone and his irrefutable proof that Nick Saban was spotted on the grassy knoll? Wow. Dave Kindred and Barnhart must be really proud.
tc
November 29th, 2012
8:00 am
To the people complaining that the ajc is baised! Of course they are biased. The ajc is Atlanta’s paper. The ajc is the most dominate paper in the state of GEORGIA! If you want to read pro Alabama news go to ALABAMA or read the local papers in Alabama. Or better yet move to Alabama!
tc
November 29th, 2012
8:02 am
@#15.. Go ahead and boycott the ajc then and stay off the blogs
GT
November 29th, 2012
8:15 am
I got the feeling Georgia may be wanting some of that dark side Saturday. Alabama pays this man a lot of money to do exactly what he does. If Richt doesn’t win Saturday go back and read this article and see how little sense it makes. The confusion here is that Georgia has done something. Unless this easier path to the championship is met with a victory, Georgia is still not in the class of Alabama. My real curiosity is has the rest of the country, like ND started catching up with Alabama. Georgia needs to show up this year or be thrown back into the frying pan.
globeflyer
November 29th, 2012
8:39 am
It has been reported that Saban has many sleepless nights over concern what the folks in S. Florida think of him. Seriously, when Bama hired him, a long-time LSU fan told me “Saban is a football nerd. All he thinks about is football, but if they will get out of his way he will have them back on top of college football. Not much on personality, but he can coach”. I wish the LSU guy would’ve given me some stock tips too……
GA.NECK
November 29th, 2012
9:31 am
Best thing bout’ Bama is I-20 east!!
Joe
November 29th, 2012
10:20 am
Here is Nick Saban’s quote. What in the heck did you expect him to say “If we lose the game then we don’t deserve to go to a BCS bowl?” We will see what you “Dawg fans are saying after you lose the game.
“It’s not really a great scenario,” he said Sunday on a teleconference. “You play your way into the (SEC) championship game, which means you’re the best team in your division… It doesn’t seem quite right, but it is what it is. I don’t really know what me commenting about it is going to do to change it. But I don’t feel good about it.”
GT
November 29th, 2012
10:38 am
There is humor in the thought of Saban caring what is thought of him in South Florida. Like Spurrier this story has been told and they won; now the attention needs to be put on Richt who is not a blue chip yet, or may he ever be. One scheduling change this year putting Alabama off the schedule and Missouri ,not Texas A&M, on the schedule would have had Florida playing in this matchup, which lost to Georgia only after brutal games with LSU and South Carolina right in a row. Laugh all you want about Saban but I can barely see you under that big hat and there is no cattle in sight.
lectron20
November 29th, 2012
11:32 am
Funniest thing is the commnet about Alabama being behind progressive Ga lol. I live in rural Ga big boy. I work at UGA…Go ten miles out side Athens, or Atlanta and its hicksville. I dont mind Hicksville personally. I think people that live in alabama and Georgia in the rural areas are the salt of the earth. I grew up in beautiful NE Alabama and at least in Alabama , even in rural areas you have cable. If your town doesnt have more than 30,000 people in it you have to be a dish or direct tv user. Root for the team of your choice but stop being such a jerk and demeaning good people. ROLL TIDE!!!!
GT
November 29th, 2012
11:37 am
tell em lectron20!
Brown Dog
November 29th, 2012
11:57 am
To the people complaining that the ajc is baised! Of course they are biased. The ajc is Atlanta’s paper. The ajc is the most dominate paper in the state of GEORGIA! If you want to read pro Alabama news go to ALABAMA or read the local papers in Alabama. Or better yet move to Alabama!
Studied a lot of journalism, I see. This isn’t about the zip code of the printing press, it’s about a once-great newspaper abandoning its standard of fairness. Maybe that’s why you can’t find this link anywhere on the AJC site.
dick whiskey
November 29th, 2012
1:26 pm
saban’s sole purpose in life, feed his enormous ego and win football games, what a sad life
dawghater1
November 29th, 2012
1:53 pm
when a person is such a lout as nick saban is, they are usually hidding something that they dont want anyone to know about! go find what is it is and make a name for yourself.
dawghater1
November 29th, 2012
1:58 pm
dont worry brown dog, if you guys lose, and im not sure you will or want, there will not be a georgia hat or tee shirt seen in the atlanta area until september 2013, your fans are the most fickle in the country.
No
November 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
Guess that the bagging dude will miss the game- he can probably get all the teabaggin he wants anytime now though- probably right now. Picturing it? Roll (slurp) Tahd. Roll (gag) Tahd.
RunninWithTheDawgs
December 1st, 2012
5:28 am
All Nick Saban cares about is winning football games,and his family, and the kids he’s coaching. He’s actually a pretty good old dude. That being said, I hope we beat
Bama by 21 or better. That’ll give him something to think about. GO DAWGS !