Jackson Jambalaya

Arrogant smart-ass. It's all gone to his head to a degree that makes him the most disliked in the country. Time to retire to the condo and combing his plugs.

What a 17head

What a dick. We get it --- you're a rich, famous football coach, but that's no excuse to be an asshole.

Yes, Nick. I went to math class.

It was there I learned how to count to 11.

And 12.

And I learned that you can only have 11 men on the field.

Call him what you want, but you can’t call him a loser (like 4:59, no doubt). So, if he’s so disliked, how does he put together top 3 recruiting classes year after year?

I like Nick. I’m not a bammer. Can’t stand them. But, Nick knows his shit and doesn’t take shit off of numb nut reporters asking dumb questions trying to trap someone int a quote that they can print in their little “stories.”

7:58 - A winner can be a dick. Many are. Boys want to play for Bama because of the prospects for them being winners. They recognize, in this case, to play for a winner you have to associate with a dick. You didn't understand what I just schooled you on, but that's because you're a dick.

Ironically, it's 4:59 on another day.

No skin in this one....but Saban's answer wasn't even close to being offensive. The "media" (sports or otherwise) think their entitled to waste people's time with inane questions to help them have a bullshit story. The attempt to "create" controversy all the time now, because there really aren't that many.

Walter Cronkite reportedly once commented when news stations announced they would be reporting the news for a full hour at 6:00pm going forward - "Is there enough news to fill the hour?"

It pretty much all filler now.

Reporters are simply doing their jobs and Nickie is under contractual requirement to appear before them with a Coke beside him. Too bad the contract does not require him to pretend to be civil. He's not. This is the real Nick. If his millions didn't depend on the boys that make up his team and the asst coaches, he'd be the biggest giant walking dick on the planet, full time. He never flies commercial since the doors on those planes have not been retrofitted to allow his head.

He reminds me of a slick-ass car salesman, more Cadillac than Mercedes.

Whether you despise Saban or not - he is a legend. He hates today's bullshit show business aspect of the game....like a true winner should. Yeah, he's contractually required to pander to the media, but I'll bet there's been some heated discussions about how he presents or not....and he wins those arguments every time. Why?, because he's helped build Alabama's endowment by about a few hundred million.

When a person can't get a job doing anything else, they become a utility meter reader or a sports writer. Nick Saban is a brilliant and hard working individual. Can you imagine the frustration of having to stand in front of a peanut gallery of journalist and repetitively answer absolutely inane questions? No, I suppose most of the posters here cannot.

It is simple, losers don't like winners.

I'm not an Alabama fan, or any other teams "fan", not even my Alma Mater. There is more substance to my life than being a "fan".

But, I admire the hell out of the Nick Saban's of this world.

@7:58 - yes, a winner can be a dick, but he doesn't have to...it's a matter of choice and character.

I went to business school with a guy who made a few billion dollars in real estate, he's a killer when it comes to business, but when it comes to dealing with people, even critics, he couldn't be more deferential or polite. God help you if you cross him in a dishonest way, because he will destroy you, but if you come honest he will do anything for you. Maybe this is the difference between someone who feels entitled versus someone who knows where every penny he earned came from.

I have a lot more respect for successful people who treat others well, rather than seeking out opportunities to belittle others or just be an ass. It costs nothing to be nice.

It was a stupid question. Think what you want about Saban, but there’s not one school in the SEC that would not have loved to have had him as their coach, and enjoyed his many wins and championships.

Come to think of it, 7:23, you're right! All he needs is a madras sports jacket and high-water, lime green britches.

One could make the case that it was/is "dicks" who built the world we live in....NOT limp-dick millennials.

An Ed Orgeron interview is so much more entertaining.

" All he needs is a madras sports jacket and high-water, lime green britches."

Day'um . . . you remember the little 1980's Phi Delta Theta boys too !

In EVERY media conference, Saban shows up positioned behind his Coke bottle, loaded for bear, contentious, bristling, already poised to defeat, cocky, arrogant, assuming the worst, ready to fire a crippling blow at someone weaker than he is. Never changes, never will. I imagine these reporters hate like shit that their names got drawn to appear before his highness.

There are no more news reporters. Today they just want to give their opinion & since they are out to destroy all they can for ratings, I don’t think one can be too rude to one. I don’t blame Saban at all. You can be assured that if he had made a mistake, misspoken these clowns would try to destroy him, unless, of course, he is a democrat then all is forgiven.

He was so tired from being busy and stuttering, he didn’t hear the question and got sideways. This question was in “terms of one thing”. Saban is gonna cross the wrong person one day and get his ass beat. I hope he has a body guard. I’m sure he kinda knows the psychological disposition of the guy who asked the question. Aight! My dad used to talk to me like this and he’s still the only person that I will let do that without calling bluff. Hope y’all have a great week.

Saban is despised (yet respected for his accomplishments) by every other coach in America. Many junior coaches and assistants would like to serve a (brief) stint at Bama, but only for the resume bullet point and experience, certainly not so they can associate with an arrogant bully. He's a chort lil chit with a Napoleonic complex who survives by bullying and berating. He's perfumed with the stink of aloof arrogance.

Not saying he's not been successful, but, so were Sherman and Grant.

Coaches by the dozens contact Saban yearly to coach at Bama. Players from all over the country contact Bama about visiting and playing there. Former players come back to visit, workout, many making their home there during the off season. When Saban speaks people listen. If he is despised it is by jealous people who wish they had his smarts and wins coaching or wish he was coaching their team. Finally Saban could care less what people care about him. He has the respect from the people who matter, and he knows it. Put him at any university in the country, and people would be thrilled to have him coaching there.

Yeah, we took math, Nicky. Calculus, Diff. Eqs, etc.

Saban, you equal a doughnut - a 3-dimensional Zero.