Nick Saban absolutely ripped apart a reporter in classic Saban fashion after asking an innocent enough question. A reporter asked if the Crimson Tide would be moving to a more ball-control offense with Brian Daboll as the new offensive coordinator. That's when Saban lost it and blew up that reporter on the spot:
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Nick Saban: Ball control? Where did come up with that? pic.twitter.com/qGnSsOCvc5
— WVTM 13 (@WVTM13) March 21, 2017
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Paul Finebaum appeared on Outside the Lines to not defend Saban as he does from time to time, but actually tear the coach down and bring him down off his high horse. In fact, he went after Saban in an attack of his own.
"You saw the inner workings of a mind that is always trying to manipulate but can't always be successful," Finebaum said. "And in this particular case, he had a reporter in that room, a new reporter, asking a question that Saban didn't like. Listen, it happens all the time.
"As someone who has lived in Alabama, who has covered Saban, who has admired him both up close and from a far, I think it's a very bad look."
Finebaum also compared the coach to another legendary coach in college athletics and how Saban is almost the polar opposite in how he handles the media and other people.
"If you think back to the greatest of all-time, John Wooden, he was the greatest in college basketball, I never saw him berate reporters. I don't why Nick Saban continues to do it.
"If he has a message to get across, he can come on this show or any other show in American free of charge. He doesn't have to take a question, turn it around, beat up a reporter and try to disseminate it because it looks good the next day on Sports Center or OTL. I'm very weary of this act of Nick Saban."
If Saban isn't careful and keeps turning people off like this, he could very well end up more of a villain than he already is made out to be by those not in Tuscaloosa. Surely, the school won't really care though as long as he keeps winning games and sending players to the NFL.
Although Daboll comes from the Patriots who did seem to throw a lot with Tom Brady, 60 percent is not quite how often they threw the ball:
Although Saban said NE threw over "60 percent of time," Pats really passed 54.4 percent of time -- fifth-lowest rate in NFL in 2016.
— Rainer Sabin (@RainerSabin) March 22, 2017
Maybe Saban should check his facts before he goes on an angry rant directed at a reporter.
[h/t SEC Country]
