Nick Saban, Mercenary For Hire
Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer wrote in Truth is, college coaches should stay put
Gee, Nick Saban lied… imagine that! After all, why let the truth get in a way of a darn good scam?
The purpose of this column is not to simply bash the Napoleanic gnome — a man who can’t seem but to lie, only to angrily bully his inquisitors as if they should be physically afraid of him. Sure, we can go on and on about how the Nicktator took one of the game’s classiest owners and cleaned his clock. After all the times Saban acted like he was going to kick another man’s butt, after all the times he verbally undressed and humiliated others, he’d finally gotten the better of a man.But Wayne Huizenga? Never saw that coming. At the very least we thought he’d get a ball boy or even the little dude who worked for the Jets who Bill Polian jacked up in the tunnel. But Wayne Huizenga? The same Wayne Huizenga regarded as one of the best and most loyal owners in the NFL?
So let this column act as a memo to all owners out there looking to delve deep into the coaching search to pluck out the next great hope: DO NOT GO TO THE COLLEGE RANKS FOR YOUR NFL HEAD COACH!!!
All I can say is that Nick Saban will have the ultimate comeuppance when those same Bama fans that shook his hand and tried to tongue kiss him on the tarmac end up running his ass out of town because he went 7-5 and lost to Auburn. 5 coaches in 10 seasons? Can you fault Franchione from busting out - he saw the hatchet coming.
He will not be missed in Miami because he made no progress here despite what he says. Some might say he even regressed in certain areas from year one to year two. Hopefully Huizenga quits trying to hire the big name coach with sizzle and goes after an assistant who understands the NFL and the commitment required - and maybe instead of trying to assess that himself, let someone with some experience (successful experience) in hiring a head coach actually take on that role. I have no idea why he’s so allergic to having a strong GM.
And to Nick - well your wife is away from multicultural Miami now and back where she can lord her position as coach’s wife over all the townfolk in BFE. Enjoy it while you can. But in the mean time - War Eagle.
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