FOX SPORTS REPORTS SABAN IS A "NAPOLEANIC GNOME"

Purple & Gold · Jan 4, 2007

This is really looking bad for Saban. References to Saban as "Nicktator" and "Napoleanic Gnome" are far from flattering. Looks like Saban is going to take a beating over how he seemingly mishandled the whole Bama situation.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6336796

LSUTiga · Jan 4, 2007

Purple & Gold said: ↑

This is really looking bad for Saban. References to Saban as "Nicktator" and "Napoleanic Gnome" are far from flattering. Looks like Saban is going to take a beating over how he seemingly mishandled the whole Bama situation.
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And I thought it was slowing down. :grin:

Sourdoughman · Jan 4, 2007

Sabanites will be over here spinniing this story shortly!

philter · Jan 5, 2007

seemingly mishandled
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Purple & Gold · Jan 5, 2007

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Yea, probably a bad choice of words.....the fact of the matter is he didn't have to do it in what is apparently typical fashion, by lying about it.

COTiger · Jan 5, 2007

As expected, he's getting hammered by the media. Here's an except from a USA Today column:

Media take Saban to task over Alabama job

Nick Saban lied to Miami Dolphins fans and the media when he denied interest in the University of Alabama head coaching job before, naturally, joining the Crimson Tide on Wednesday.

But before rebuilding 'Bama, Saban will have to recover from the worst media scorching of any coach in recent memory:

•During ESPN's Pardon the Interruption on Thursday, Miami Herald columnist Dan LeBatard called him a "liar, a quitter and a fraud." The day before, LeBatard said Saban's nickname in Miami is "Nick Satan."

•During Fox's telecast of the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Wednesday, ex-college coach-turned-Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys coach and TV analyst Jimmy Johnson told host Chris Rose that Saban "was distraught over the time commitment for NFL coaches — and how hard it is to win in the NFL."

•During ESPN's telecast of Around the Horn on Wednesday, panelists tore Saban to shreds. "Nobody can trust Nick Saban," declared Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times, adding, "We're going to remember him as a guy who failed in the NFL and ran back to college for the money."

Hold on. Coaches dissemble about jobs all the time. Just ask Larry Brown. Urban Meyer was tagged "Urban Liar" by fans for jumping from Bowling Green to Utah to Florida. So what is it about Saban that led sportscasters to paint him as the worst liar since Bill Clinton or Richard Nixon?

John Saunders, host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters, said it was Saban's decision to angrily deny rumors that turned out to be true which let loose the hounds.

"He's his own worst enemy. All he had to say was, 'Any questions about the Alabama job are inappropriate and unfair to my team.' But when you flat-out get belligerent with the media and lie to their faces, that makes you a bad guy. The media has a hammer. He'll find that out over the next several months."

Head coaches are control freaks, and Saban is freakier about control than most, Saunders said. Throw in his open hostility for the national and Florida-based sports media which refused to play along with, or believe, his stories, and Saban didn't get cut much slack when his whoppers caught up with him this week.

"Nick is a hard-ass; he has zero respect for the media, so he had no problem lying to them," Saunders said.
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There are also some favorable comments on the Fox telecast of the Sugar Bowl in the article.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/mccarthy/2007-01-05-sports-television_x.htm

GetBackToWork · Jan 5, 2007

I'm glad to see the media pick this guy over. Saban's crap about working with "kids" makes me want to hurl. Go ask Nick's family about his devotion and loyalty.

LSUTiga · Jan 5, 2007

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I'm glad to see the media pick this guy over. Saban's crap about working with "kids" makes me want to hurl. Go ask Nick's family about his devotion and loyalty.
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OUCH! :hihi:

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