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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Russo
November 28th, 2012
1:35 pm
Scumbag who wins. Great American story.
Patrick
November 28th, 2012
1:40 pm
1. Saban went to the playoffs his 1st of two years at Miami. So I wouldnt say it was a complete failure. 2. Bama didn’t jump anyone to get to the BCS championship game last year. They were already #2. Lest you forget going into the LSU/ARK game, the BCS rankings were #1 LSU, #2 Bama & #3 Arkansas. Georgia was never in contention for a BCS bowl in 2011.
AJC BIASED ALERT!
November 28th, 2012
1:49 pm
UGA will get beat Saruday
Hankie Aron
November 28th, 2012
1:53 pm
Patrick- You’re missing the point. Saban complained this week that teams who didn’t play in the SEC Championship should not jump the teams that did as far as the quality of Bowl they play after the SEC Championship game. Going by his logic this week, Alabama should not have had the right to play in last years BCS Title game.
Sounds to me like Steve Spurrier- He is only for something if it benefits him. Rules or logic? Only if my team isn’t the one left out.
Hankie Aron
November 28th, 2012
1:57 pm
If UGA loses this game Saturday they could fall all the way to the Chick Fil A Bowl . Same for Alabama but because of the national following they probably couldn’t fall that far.
OkieDawg
November 28th, 2012
1:59 pm
He’s a coach who gets paid to win. He keeps his players out of trouble and in the classroom. He develops these young men into NFL caliber talent. He is focused on what he is paid to do, win. And he does it within the rules.
So what if he doesn’t want to be greeted in the morning. So what if he states his opinion. And I bet there is his side of the story involving the player that was convulsing. Like maybe he was not aware of the players condition.
He’s a coach…not a Sunday school teacher.
ngeorgianow
November 28th, 2012
2:04 pm
Saban did not complain, he was asked his opinion and gave it. I don’t give a crap if he tells those players that their daddies smush butterflies with little pink ribbons, they choose to play at Alabama everytime they show up for practice, and if they want to play well, they may continue. I think it is so funny that he is so hated in Georgia and Alabama. If I were him, I would read every silly article and use it to wipe stuff. Then, I would giggle as I got in my Mercedes and ride off into the sunset to go win another game. As for me, I am a long-time Bama fan. I have been here through the good and the bad. I will be here for a long time and I have never hated another coach because they win ballgames!! I have better things to do, like figuring out which hotel to stay at in MIAMI.
A.I.
November 28th, 2012
2:05 pm
@AJC BIASED– When is “Saruday”? does not compute
dobearsbare
November 28th, 2012
2:06 pm
I wouldn’t say he keeps them out of trouble. He just keeps their foibles out of the media. It’s quite likely that all of the criticisms of Saban are valid. It’s definite that Alabama fans couldn’t care less. He may be a jerk, but he’s their jerk.
Hankie Aron
November 28th, 2012
2:13 pm
OkieDawg-I don’t disagree with anything you’re saying about Saban but if he only cares about what benefits his team, fair or not, then you’re not getting an opinion that is good for College Football as a whole. Just like the comments he made after beating Ole Miss at home. They only won I think by 16 or 20 points and He didnt’ like the hurry up, up tempo offense that Ole Miss used against them so he comes up with some stupid garbage about player safety. It didn’t benefit his team because he couldn’t substitute players out. Nevermind that what Ole Miss was doing was completely within the rules and dont’ think for a moment that UGA didn’t notice the success that Ole Miss had at getting under Saban’s skin.
Hankie Aron
November 28th, 2012
2:16 pm
Regardless- Saban has the best game preparation I have even seen from a coach and he is the best recruiter as well.
Hankie Aron
November 28th, 2012
2:19 pm
I certainly don’t hate Saban but as a fan I do have some healthy jealosy of his ability to run his program. I still would take Richt over him because the above article, true or not true, would never be written about him. But that’s just me.
Darth Hater
November 28th, 2012
2:21 pm
Nick Saban has a BRIGHT side???????
(Aside from that false facade he shows the single mothers of prized recruits, of course)
Son of Bear
November 28th, 2012
2:23 pm
Nick Saban recruits and creates Future CHAMPIONS.
Mark Richt recruits and creates Future FELONZ.
ROLE, TIDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
JT
November 28th, 2012
2:25 pm
Most people will develop somewhat of a dark side living in sunny South Florida. Don’t hate on the tanned.
UGA Grad
November 28th, 2012
2:25 pm
Furst!
Truth
November 28th, 2012
2:25 pm
GA fans you can keep Richt and AL fans can keep Saban. I find it amusing the obsession GA fans have with this guy. If Al was 6-6 or worse, we would not hear one word from you. He and Al are winning and now you have a problem with the guy. It seems to me to be jealousy by the GA fans at the lack of success. Al can’t help that you’ve won nothing since 1980. That is at the feet of the GA brass. You want to get mad, go complain to your administration. They are the ones who set you back 30+ years. JMO.
Gary
November 28th, 2012
2:25 pm
Make no mistake, we do not alternate between Saban and Spurrier. Bama is something Georgia has to deal with everyonce in a while. We may get tired of Bama fans who tend to move to Atlanta in packs with their Auburn enemies in tow, but most of us respect his accomplishments. We down right hate Spurrier. He is an every year pain in the a$$. He may have bragging rights, but he is constantly taking stabs at Georgia in the media. He really hates UGA since he could not beat the Dawgs as a QB, he lives to beat us as a coach. He does a pretty good job of beating the dawgs. I am ready for the visor to retire. I do not hate Saban. I do question some of his recruiting tactics as do many professional journalists(as noted in the WSJ is several articles, don’t deny it, is legal but unethical Bama fans) but I respect what he is done and how he acts a coach. Spurrier sounds like a spoiled rotten brat when he opens his mouth.
UGA Grad
November 28th, 2012
2:26 pm
dadgummit
Son of Bear
November 28th, 2012
2:29 pm
UGA fans only wish they could have the legacy, history, championships & pedigree of THE CRIMSON TIDE.
Herschel Walker is now over 50, and he is not ever coming back to Athens.
Coach Saban owns The Great State of Alabama. On Saturday, he’ll once again take ownership of this sorry State, too.
ROLE, TIDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
JB
November 28th, 2012
2:30 pm
Don’t know his heart, only his actions. He has a history of achieving the ” Process’ as he likes to call it. I believe the process is to do what ever it takes to win, damn who gets hurt or left behind. Now, he might write big checks to church or Charity, I don’t know…….But I’ll take Richt any day of the week…..Trophies or not.Saban is where he needs to be. That’s all they care about in Bama……Good for them.
kevin
November 28th, 2012
2:33 pm
Saban is probably about as good a recruiter as the other “great recruiters” in college football. The reason he can recruit so well RIGHT NOW is simple: Alabama has been the powerhouse of college football since 2008. That’s the difference.
If Georgia or Notre Dame wins this year’s national championship, how many high school seniors will IMMEDIATELY put them at the top of their list? WINNING is the best recruiter.
Hankie Aron
November 28th, 2012
2:35 pm
Son of Bear- It’s ROLL not ROLE JB- Son is the Alabama fan case in point.
Hankie Aron
November 28th, 2012
2:36 pm
agreed kevin. to be the man you have to beat the man. And all the kids will notice.
kevin
November 28th, 2012
2:37 pm
Son of Bear, Herschel is no longer eligible. He professionalized himself. What’s funny about your statement (which sounds word for word what I heard on CSS’s “Talking SEC Football” last night) is that I’d bet Herschel could “walk through that door” and gain quite a few yards against Alabama on Saturday.
30 years later and there’s still no comparison. That’s when you know someone was great.
Son of Roaring Dan
November 28th, 2012
2:37 pm
The people that love Saban are his players, the people who he works for, all the assistant coaches he has gotten big jobs and turned into millionaires, and Alabama fans. The people who hate Saban — and are obsessed with him — are opposing fans and sportswriters. The AJC is obsessed with Nick Saban.
cowbellhell
November 28th, 2012
2:40 pm
I wouldn’t let my son play for that jack a_ _ for all the tea in china… you can keep him bama homers… Alabuma is the most overrated team in college football this year. I got two words for you idiot hicks: Johnny Football
Son of Bear
November 28th, 2012
2:41 pm
Sorry, Georgia fans.
(or… Georgia Fans = Sorry )
ALABAMA has:
* Better Football
* Better Barbecue
* Better Women
* Better Fans
* Better Statues to Honor Our Multi-National-Championship Head Football Coaches
ROLE, TIDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROLE, TIDE !!!!!
kevin
November 28th, 2012
2:44 pm
I love UGA and I love Mark Richt, but had Richt ever left or been fired, I would’ve loved for Saban to come to UGA. Not that he would’ve, just saying I would’ve loved it. I think most level-headed fans would agree.
Spurrier, on the other hand? I’d rather not watch college football than pull for Spurrier. I would’ve boxed up all my Georgia stuff till he was gone.
Saban is a winner with not the best attitude. Spurrier is a whiner who stopped maturing emotionally around age 10.
Patrick
November 28th, 2012
2:44 pm
Hankie Aron – I understand what you are saying. I somewhat agree. What I think Saban’s saying is you shouldn’t be punished if you lose a conference championship game. Its obvious conference championship games dont matter. Ex. you have a team in ND that doesnt even play in a conference going to the BCS Championship and another team in K-State or (Oky St. last yr) that dont play a conference championship game.
To me conference championship games shouldn’t factor in the calculation of the BCS standings. I feel that whatever the BCS standings are at the end of the 12 game regular season, that is what should determine the BCS bowls b/c thats the only time everything is even across the board. If a team, like Alabama in 2011, can go to the BCS championship w/out even winning their division, then a team should not be punished for losing a conference championship game when all other BCS conferences dont play championship games and some teams are independents.
And again, Bama didnt jump anyone last year. They were the #2 team in the BCS. The BCS’s job is to match the #1 & #2 teams, whether you win your conference or not. The only team it could have hurt last year was LSU, just like this yr. One last thing, Im for conference champions w/out divisions or championship games (Round Robin). Thats the only way you can gauge who the true best team in your conference is.
kevin
November 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
Son of Bear, you went too far when you started talking about BBQ
JB
November 28th, 2012
2:46 pm
I do like one thing about Bama…..I miss the fifties, so every now and then I ride over there to enjoy that era again.
JB
November 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
These Bama yahoo’s were nowhere to be found between Stallings and Saban. Guess most worked overtime at the mill to burn off the frustrations. I remember fear the thumb when Tuberville beat them 5-6 years in a row.
secbama
November 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
Keep talking smack Pups. Make ole’ St. Nick angry. Your players are letting their rears overload their ears. So is your local media. See ya Saturday. And please, wear those BLACK UNIFORMS again…because you are fixing to be attending another funeral.
BAMA 44
PUPS 20
Time4Bama
November 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
Oh brother. There is some butthurt by some people. And the writer(s) of this article are hiding behind “AJC Sports”.
JB
November 28th, 2012
2:49 pm
Saban hoping to get even with Richt Saturday. Richt holds a 3-2 lead when head to head ( LSU&Bama)
kevin
November 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
secbama, Saban is a great coach, no doubt. But I really doubt he’s reading articles on AJC Sports this week, especially these comment sections. Nothing anybody says on here makes one bit of difference in the outcome of any game that’s ever played.
kevin
November 28th, 2012
2:53 pm
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? lol
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
2:54 pm
Lol at JB thinking Georgia is soooo advanced. Have you been outside of Metro Atlanta lately there d-bag? Macon and Augusta are FINE towns.
JB
November 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
Saban is a great spokesperson for the Little People of America Assoc…….Those little folks need a voice.
sal2177
November 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
Man you have to love the AJC bias. I cannot wait until Saturday when Alabama knocks the arrogance out of these UGA fans. I will take Nick Saban over Mark Richt any day to coach my team.
Only Whiners Complain
November 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
The Tuscaloosa News is fair and balanced in its coverage of the upcoming game. The AJC would have you think Georgia invented football. The players at Alabama have absolutely nothing bad to say about Nick Saban, and he is a stern disciplinarian. If anybody has the right to bitch, it’s them. I worked there, I would know. The rest of the world is either want-to-be-successful bitter nobodies or never-has-been-successful nobodies, whining their way around like snot-nosed kids. Nothing brings out the worst in the rest of the world like success in part of it. Leave it all on the field, and quit yer crying.
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
Annnnnd here we go with the meaningless stats that you Dawgs LOVE to throw out. Richt is 20-0 vs. Bama when the moon is in the seventh house of Aquarius and he is 15-2 against Saban when both coaches wear khaki pants.
Little secret: Stats are for teams who can never win anything big. Cling to em all you want…me I like looking at crystal when I visit the Athletic Admin building…not stat sheets.
JB
November 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
I’m giving a Tall Building tour for Bama folks Friday from 2 to 4 for $2……Email……Tallbuildings@Atlanta.com
Only Whiners Complain
November 28th, 2012
2:59 pm
I remember a lot of people had crap to say about Coach Bryant, too. I’d rather have Saban than someone who exerts no discipline on or off the field. I worked at UA when the Sainted Bill Curry was there and I’m sorry I didn’t run over him when I had the chance – he treated the players horribly. You base your judgment on what you hear and not what you actually know from personal experience. It’s going to be a great game Saturday – Lord, you’d think you people would be HAPPY to have gotten there and quit slinging stones. Can ya be happy, or just remain bitter?
Nick "I changed my mind about you" Saban
November 28th, 2012
2:59 pm
Don’t forget about all of his recruits who got the carpet ripped out from underneath them.
Only Whiners Complain
November 28th, 2012
3:01 pm
Oakie Dawg, you are THE MAN (or THE WOMAN, as the case may be). I’d love to shake your hand. You demonstrate true sportsmanship. Maybe you could teach a class on the subject.
dizzy dawg
November 28th, 2012
3:02 pm
Bama fans make me laugh. What a bunch of uptight idiots. NEWSFLASH…you’re not smart just b/c your football team is good.
JB
November 28th, 2012
3:02 pm
Love to see Bama folks worked up over ANY criticism of their program. Like most, they leave out the “dark” heritage of that program….And there is plenty.
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
3:03 pm
Zack Witchett
Kelsey Griffin
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
3:04 pm
1980
•Failed U.S. Rescue Attempt to Save Hostages in Tehran
•John Lennon Assassinated
•Mount St. Helens Erupts
•Pac-Man Video Game Released
•Rubik’s Cube Becomes Popular
•Ted Turner Establishes CNN
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kemp
John
November 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
The AJC oddly has a major obsession with Saban. I can understand Miami a little bit but there is no reason for the AJC to devote so much print to bashing him.
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
3:06 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Donnan
Rolando McClain
November 28th, 2012
3:06 pm
Did somebody say FELON? Because mine were only misdemeanors. I only have to serve 6 months in jail.
D man
November 28th, 2012
3:08 pm
Saban is a great coach. I am a Ga fan and my son goes to Bama so I have seen this guy up close and personal for 4 years. He is a great coach and I wish Mark would learn from him so Ga would win the big games and get over the hump so to speak. I don’t think my Dawgs will win this weekend mostly because of coaching not talent. We have had top ten recruiting classes just about every year since Mark took over and no National Champions. That is not a great record when you look at what Saban has done in less time. Mark is too nice and does not coach up the boys enough. Sabans players love the man but do not want to let him down.
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
3:09 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Evans
chikin dinner
November 28th, 2012
3:13 pm
Your my sister!!!!
Roll Tide!!!
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
3:13 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Harrick
chikin dinner
November 28th, 2012
3:14 pm
I’m your sister!!!
Roll Tide!!!
LOL
November 28th, 2012
3:18 pm
Lol, Alabama fans. Too funny. You guys, seriously though, please don’t like poison or burn any of our stuff down if you guys lose. Thanks.
14 Titles
November 28th, 2012
3:22 pm
Bama blows out Ga on saturday, nick beats Notre Dame for title #15!!! RTR!!!!
Bammer
November 28th, 2012
3:23 pm
Do you guys have anything worth poisoning or burning? Not sure we could do much to your hallowed monuments anyway. Doesn’t your stadium sit over a sewer?
Georgia Boy
November 28th, 2012
3:23 pm
Every successful person: business, coach, physician, etc. has his/her detractors. The fact is Saban delivers to his players, the team, the fans and the school. As a dawg fan, I recall all the “fire CMR” talk on these blogs prior to the FL game. We won that and we have stomped some pansies since then. Now one would think CMR walked on water. Saban will cause him to pass water Saturday. CMR doesn’t have the will to win that CNS has, and he never will. He’s a good man, but I want a damn good football coach for my team and CNS is a damn good football coach! I wish it weren’t so, but I think Sunday morning will be painful for the Dawg Nation.
LOL
November 28th, 2012
3:25 pm
Pretty sure thats your stadium out in redneckville buddy. Sister loving capital of the world! So you guys got that going for you.
Ru Paul
November 28th, 2012
3:26 pm
What color ya’ll uniforms gone be? Black? Pink?
dwayne
November 28th, 2012
3:31 pm
son of bear is the offspring of a paul bryant/jerry sandusky affair.
jimmie
November 28th, 2012
3:32 pm
Its simple..they have an as- for a coach, we have thugs for players..evens out.
Dawn
November 28th, 2012
3:42 pm
I must give it to Coach Saban because he has a great program. The players not only are great football players but good students. The team stays out of trouble and they do what is asked. I love football and only pray that we get a great coach at Rocky Top for the University of Tennessee!!!!
Contractor
November 28th, 2012
3:44 pm
The Dark Side of Nick Saban? I didn’t know there was a sunny side based on what the hacks at the AJC write about him. Gee, now they’re Georgia homers after writing numerous articles this year pinpointing flaws they “think” they saw. Let’s just play the game already, please.
Dave in Marietta
November 28th, 2012
3:51 pm
How is this blog in anyway relevant or meaningful? He wins games. That’s all he has to account for. And I really doubt any little boys would get raped in the showers under his watch. If you want to talk about a lout, talk about JoePa.
Jamie
November 28th, 2012
3:55 pm
That’s what happens when you’re the spawn of satan.
Truth
November 28th, 2012
3:57 pm
1980 anyone???????
Donna Outlaw
November 28th, 2012
4:13 pm
Before the Jan 2004 Sugar Bowl/BCS Championship game, Saban stated NO ONE who didn’t win their conference championship should play for the national championship. Of course, he was speaking of Oklahoma that year. This article mentions he misled people concerning Alabama but leaves out he misled LSU about going to Miami. I didn’t care for him at LSU and I still don’t care for him although his wife has made it known she’d rather have stayed in Baton Rouge. She seems like such a nice woman, I have to think Nick is a 100% different man at home than work because he wouldn’t know how to sincerely smile if his life depended on it. He’s just a jerk and a few years ago I wondered how long it would take someone to tell the cameramen NOT to linger on him too long because the words he says are easily lip-read. And I’d hate to be a player called out for bad-mouthing him. It’s expected for a coach to be a firm disciplinarian but he doesn’t have to be a jerk all the time yet he is. I know how to change that – just shove a Lil Debbie Oatmeal Pie in his mouth and he’ll be fine, until he finishes it. Wonder when he’ll finally sell the house he still own in Baton Rouge?
Motocross Survivor
November 28th, 2012
4:21 pm
Son of Bear, it doesn’t take much reading to see you as one of those sad Alabammy boys who doesn’t have a life outside delusions of college football in that dismal state. I’m no Dawgy fan, but sheeeet, you plowboys are sad.
Tee-off
November 28th, 2012
4:22 pm
It cracks me up listening to Bama fans talk about how Saban is going to be there for the long run. He’s got 2 years max before he moves on. Thats just how he does things. Then Bama will go back to 8-4 every season. They better enjoy this run while it lasts. Saban has zero loyalty and will always be looking ahead to his next move.
Kris
November 28th, 2012
4:24 pm
I would take Bill Obrien at Penn State over Saban
Dumb dogs
November 28th, 2012
4:31 pm
Dogs pulling out everything they can think of to get sympathy
for their imbecile football players.
What’s next, the race card?
Get ready for a beat down from the TIDE you haters!
dizzy dawg
November 28th, 2012
4:33 pm
It’s apparent that many Bammer fans don’t understand that black is one of our colors. We’re the Red & BLACK.
They think they have some sort of “1 up” b/c they won the blackout game by 11 points but I actually find it hilarious that they took such offense to us deciding to wear one of our colors. I can’t believe they ever decided to wear their white jerseys again after that a$$ beating we gave them in ‘03! He-haw!
Bama Baby
November 28th, 2012
4:34 pm
@Truth:
How about 1990?
Say What???
November 28th, 2012
4:35 pm
At this time in college football, there are two categories of coaches: Nick Saban and everyone else. He has had top level success at LSU and Alabama. His teams are the best prepared and because of that, they win games. Everything he does is a means to an end: win games. When you do that, there is colateral damage. Most of that exists as the feelings of those who could no longer help him win games. He doesn’t have to be a nice guy. The fact that he wins allows his faults a pass. Look at Georgia Tech – Paul Johnson is Nick Saban without all the baggage of talent and success.
I believe that 96% of the UGA fans agree that he is the best coach in college football. The AJC is a newspaper that makes money by getting more readers and website hits. Don’t confuse stories written to “stir the pot” as the mantra of the Dawg Nation.
Bama Husband
November 28th, 2012
4:37 pm
‘Bama absolutely has better women. I married one – she’s the best thing that ever happened to me. Roll Tide, Roll!
aon
November 28th, 2012
4:46 pm
The “dark side” obviously runs in the family. The sorority beat down involving his daughter Kristen must make him so proud.
kevin
November 28th, 2012
4:48 pm
Hey Bama Husband, I’m glad you love your wife and think she’s the greatest. That’s how every husband should feel. But there are awesome, beautiful women everywhere in the world. I married one from SC and I adopted one from Paraguay. Nobody has a monopoly on them. God put them everywhere.
RGB
November 28th, 2012
4:49 pm
Pretty soon you’ll be writing that he recruits “student athletes” who go on to beat women and drive around with guns with the serial numbers filed off.
I got distracted…who are we talking about?
RGB
November 28th, 2012
4:53 pm
dizzy dawg misses the point.
When a team wears a funktificated jersey as some sort of magic charm that will help them win, it’s very shortsighted. A black jersey is no substitute for proper coaching and discipline. Saban calls it “playing to a standard”.
What is Mark Richt’s standard?
Truth
November 28th, 2012
4:54 pm
Bama Baby 1980 has nice ring to it.
Greg Musgrove
November 28th, 2012
4:59 pm
As a Bama alum living in Atlanta for the last 18 years, I can say the Dawgs are my second favorite team. Saban is not a warm and fuzzy kind of guy, I dont need that in my coach. I need a coach who wins consistently, produces quality young men who when they leave college are ready to be responsible citizens and contribute positively in society, who runs a clean program and one that is respected. I personally don’t have to be friends with him. Granted if I were asked to go to dinner with one I would choose Richt because personally I have more in common with him than I would with Saban. Richt is a great man, good values and morals and pretty decent coach. I’d rather be his neighbor than Coach Saban but in choosing a football coach, it’s not even close. I would take Saban every time.
I look forward to watching two very closely matched teams play Saturday! It will be a low scoring, tough game just the kind Oregon and the other left coast liberals hate to watch! SEC footall at it’s best! Roll Tide!
Nameless Faceless
November 28th, 2012
5:00 pm
How much do you have to pay the AJC to post your whiny rants here?
Bama Husband
November 28th, 2012
5:10 pm
kevin, not every man can handle a woman from Bama. God understands this.
KeBo
November 28th, 2012
5:15 pm
The story of Coach Saban supposedly stepping over a player who was convulsing was promulgating by a booger eater (Heath Evans) so it should be taken with a grain of salt. Coach Saban is not a medical professional and it is certainly not his fault that the two former Auburn players involved (Heath Evans and Jeno James)did not show up in playing shape. Tuck your skirts in girls!
Woofy One
November 28th, 2012
5:23 pm
Most Bama fans are T-shirt fans. They were invisible for over a decade
crimson hammah
November 28th, 2012
5:24 pm
u stupid ignorant sluts – saban was great at miami took over 1 win team and got them 8 first yr and on to 9 10 win seasons when the rumors blew up = the greatest turnaround in nfl history
crimson hammah
November 28th, 2012
5:27 pm
u stupid ignorant sluts-saban was not concerned about the winner of sec ch gm – he was talking about loser ….loser of sec ch gm could have gone and go to the sugar this yr and last
crimson hammah
November 28th, 2012
5:29 pm
u stupid ignorant sluts – saban was getting out of the way over the olineman and visited the player in the hospital that night which the player greatly appreciated
RGB
November 28th, 2012
5:31 pm
The “Five reasons Nick Saban may be overrated” hit piece is hilarious. So because Alabama won “only” 2 National Championships “when they could have won 3″, he is overrated? How many did Georgia win during that time, or for that matter ever? I believe Bama’s count is 16.
It should be enough for Georgia to be proud of being #3 currently–with a shot at the big game–rather than have an unprepossessing sports writer hastily slam together a hit piece that makes himself look awfully silly. And I predict after Saturday night he’ll look even sillier.
crimson hammah
November 28th, 2012
5:31 pm
never heard of hyde wth helll is he …wait who cares about this zero
Contractor
November 28th, 2012
5:33 pm
Envy is a stinky cologne to some of those on here running their mouths. You cannot simply discredit the facts and what he has done as a coach. Like I saw above, you don’t have to have a man crush on the guy to appreciate the way he coaches. he wins, simple as that. I know you Georgia fans would take that over a man crush any day, so don’t get me started on all the ones calling for Mark Richt’s hyde before even the Florida game of this year. Georgia fans would kill for a Coach like Nick Sabana to come in and win two, about to be three Championships, in four years, so don’t give me all that self righteous crap you folks continue to spew from behind a freaking keyboard.
OkieDawg
November 28th, 2012
5:47 pm
Nick Saban can beat you with his players one week and after the game the teams could switch players and the next week he could beat you with your players.
Well, maybe not Auburn’s.
bamatl
November 28th, 2012
6:31 pm
Kevin, no comparison to Herschel? Obvioulsy he was great, one of the greatest, and was robbed for the Heisman his frosh year. But I’d put Barry Sander (OSU), Bo Jackson (in fact, I’d take Bo b/c he had to block and was faster and more aggressive) and Marcus Allen against him (and they were contemporaries). Throw in Marcus Dupree, too. As for Saban…he is straight up a good man and a good coach. Georgies are always complaining about ‘bama being too tough. Look, win the SEC 14 more times and 11 more Nat’l Champs and we can talk. With all those draft picks and recruits you ought to be better than you are – but nothing ever comes of it. Maybe this is your chance.
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 !