You're an ass

It was a little over 10 months ago when Nick Saban vowed to the media and the Miami Dolphins' fans and organization that he wasn't going anywhere.  About a month after that, Saban went back on his word and awaited the Red Carpet treatment at the University of Alabama.  But instead of resigning like a true human being, as in face to face with the people who paid him, Saban phoned in his resignation after skipping out on a Dolphins' team meeting. 

Along the way, he took a potshot at his former employers - "without really taking a shot":

"I don't know how to say this, because I don't want to throw anybody under the bus… when you look at the teams that have really good personnel people, that are doing what the coaches want them to do, finding the kind of players the coaches want them to find…. when you don't do that, they say, 'OK, here are the three best guys.'  ”These are the three best guys? None of these guys fit our criteria for what we're looking for. People have to be willing to accept their role."

I don't know how to say this because I don't want to rip Nick Saban, but  Saban is still a prick (tee-hee). 

Guess what kids?  He's running his mouth again without "really running his mouth."  Having lost 2 straight games, I'm left to assume he figured some potshots at the University of South Florida (suggesting the Bulls have gotten to their Top25 status because of looser academic requirements) would improve team morale.

"The distribution of players is not the same for everybody," Saban told the Birmingham News in Tuesday's editions. "There's a significant amount of players who don't qualify (at some schools) and they end up being pretty good players at some other schools. I think there are six guys starting on South Florida's defense who probably could have gone to Florida or Florida State but Florida and Florida State couldn't take them. And if you do a good job of recruiting that way ..."

"I feel like if we do a good job of recruiting here, we ought to be able to get good football players who are qualified who are the kind of people, character and attitude-wise, that we want to represent an institution like this. And we know that there are going to be some occasions that we have to play against some teams that don't have to do that."

The thing is, as pointed out by Greg Auman at the Tampa Times, the Bulls' top 2 running backs are freshmen who could be in Saban's backfield right now.  Auman also notes that Saban is likely taking a shot at Florida State (who ironically just defeated Alabama) because the team's linebacker Geno Hayes was arrested and subsequently punished by sitting out for the 1st quarter in Saturday's game.

My solution: Saban needs to shut his trap.  If he's so content and uppety-up with his style and his program, then why bother ripping other schools?  Clearly, Saban is insecure for reasons we can't positively identify.

Nick, what did you think of this Memo?

Thank you.