Sports Columnists Favorite Villain: Nick Saban

But FIRST what the heck does Saban making $4M a year have to do with anything? It’s a lame excuse to to rag on him – jealous idiots. Second, Jeff Shultz’s title is simply misleading and a complete lie. He indicates that Saban is “suddenly” interested in this showing that he knows NOTHING and is completely ingnorant of what Saban has been doing at Alabama and in fact of what the SEC has been doing. People who have no knowledge of sports should not be paid to write about it.

As I told the trojans, Alabama has been getting screwed by dirtbag agents since Reggie Bush was in diapers.

Mostly the large city sports reporters who only look at headlines of other stories to pick up what is going on away from their favorite NFL, NBA, or MLB team. The guys who focus on boxing half of the time on 790 am in Atlanta said similar things.

As for Dodd…. well, he’s never been the type to let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Let them keep it up, while Bama just keeps winning and getting the program where it needs to be.

Roll Tide!

They are middle men that make money off of getting talent to a buyer. A coach develops and enhances talent. There is no comparison with regards to their specific function. I think what a lot of these guys have is a desire to speak to the hypocrisy and complexity of a “amateur” sport that makes millions for the Universities. That is a legitimate issue, but these guys aren’t attempting an institutional analysis. What they’re writing is a joke.

these fools forget that coaches get paid to develop talent into future millionaires..much like professors do. Most of these assholes have no clue what’s been going on here, anyway. As demonstrated by most “sportswriters” , if they don’t like the looks of the bandwagon,(or, have no personal attachment) they bash to make up for being eunuchs.

Not having time just yet to read all the articles or look at the full transcript of Saban’s comments, I’ll just make one more point of comparison on sports agents. They’re a little different than say, literary agents. A writer can’t even get a book seen by a major publisher without going through an agent in today’s market. The agent themselves help develop the writing (through editors) and find a new writer a home in a very complex and confusing industry. Not saying that they’re aren’t a lot of good sports agents that don’t guide these young men’s careers and help them along in life, but the sports world is different in that a lot of these guys are just signing a contract with a team that has already scouted and offered a prospect. That kind of environment attracts a lot of hype men. The kind of guys that look up to Don King as a real winner and put money ahead of the careers and reputations of whom they represent. Frankly, a lot of them do resemble pimps and they will do just about anything for that big easy payday. When I heard the comment it seemed pretty obvious what Saban was getting at, but I’m not surprised at the reaction. Hopefully this might at least stimulate a more reasonable discussion on the relationship between the NCAA and NFL teams.

….. or exploitative sensationalists, either case is sad, and sadder still knowing that many people apparently read them.

This article hit the problem right on the head with the modern press. They’re not interested (at least most of them) in doing the hard work and then being objective enough to present the truth – they’re much more interested in creating a “buzz” and selling copy.

Rolando McClain, Terrance Cody, Javier Arenas, Kareem Jackson, Andre Smith, and I could go on, and ask yourself how Saban’s $4 million compares to what he got those guys – and he doesn’t get a cut of their salaries! He’s left with is paycheck and the satisfaction that he helped someone else be successful.

that has taken over all major journalism in our country, not just sports. In this case, anything that Saban says that fits the narrative that “Saban is evil” is highlighted, just made up, or as we see here deliberately misrepresented, and anything that does not fit that narrative is ignored. These journalists are part of the Cult of the Off-Hand Comment, and they worship at the Throne of Dumb.

Awesome article, Kleph.

And I smiled.

Because I know the real reason for the attacks. Tis good to be on top.

Reading through the literary masterpieces produced by this braintrust of sports writers reminds me of something my daddy used to tell me:

‘Never argue with a fool, they don’t understand logic.’

regardless of Saban’s exit from Miami ( Ive heard, from unofficial sources, that Saban’s wife Terry hated living in Miami. She is said to be a small town gal. I lived in MIA for 4 years. Didnt care for it.), folks love to hate on Nick.

Every time Saban meets with the press (weekly 10-20 minute variety) he seems to get frustrated with sports reporters questions.

I believe Saban is at heart, an introvert.

He does not seek the limelight like say Mack Brown (awful coach) and others who love the media attention. Saban coaches football teams. He doesnt appear on Dancing with the Stars. And for this I love him.

changed late last year. He, and McCoy, almost lost the Big 12 Champ game thru poor clock management. Its was totally unnecessary to be quibbling over the one second remaining. And in the BCS Champ game, Brown call t/o with 3:30 remaining in the 4th qtr. Why? Because he had too few players on the field for Bama’s 4 down and 8 yards to go? Hey Mack, too few players on the field is not an infraction. And Bama surely wouldnt fake the punt. It was poor game management by Brown. Thats one reason, the main reason, I had no doubts that Bama would beat Texas. Brown will never outcoach Saban.

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