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Everyone made the same Kirby Smart joke after explosive Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher comments
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Everyone made the same Kirby Smart joke after explosive Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher comments
Everyone on social media made the same Kirby Smart jokes after comments made by Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher.
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What Saban said was not meant for outside ears. It was a ham handed attempt to pep talk and get boosters to donate more to AL's football program. Frankly Saban F'd up. He comes off a little desperate and unprepared. Something we've never seen from Saban before.
Someone threw Saban under the bus by recording and posting.
Fisher comes off as unhinged and unsophisticated. Not the look you want to see from the face of your program. I would be embarrassed if I were a aTm fan. More and more Fisher is coming off as Dan Mullen with a better contract. Mullen might actually be the better coach.
Makes you appreciate CKS even more. The CEO of the UGA program. Adapting where necessary and creating a plan for success. Never falling to the level of mere football coach Fisher.
Saban did not like getting beat by Fisher previously, so using the Boosters to buy commits and another possible win over Saban, sent Nick over the top. Nick views himself as king of the SEC and NCAA for that matter. JImbo, in my opinion, will do anything to topple Nick and the gain a natty...and he did. It is getting down right nasty. Both coaches are known for their ribaldry and underhandedness. Kirby is steering clear.
Alabama would've won if their coach's mouth didn't flap at the wrong time. We lost because of injuries and because TAM is cheating to get the number one class. We never cheated to get all out number one classes. If this doesn't get stopped so we can get the number one class every year, I'm going to hold my breath until we do!
Yeah the thing with jimbo is this, bit dog barks 1st. He done it after signing and he's still whimpering to this day. Now just gotta show he can out coach nick Saban, which likely won't happen. And like stated below Saban's comments were meant for private ears (kirby smart locker room speech). The fact that jimbo had to pull together a whole press conference just to retaliate shows how little of a man he really is. Jimbo should've just said "we'll see ya on the field" and went about his day. Dragging in the press to puff your chest shows how little character he has.
Saban is losing it. Not so long ago, his teams were hands down the best in the country at every position group. His teams were the most disciplined teams in the country. His teams, reflecting their head coach, were coolest under pressure and when the chips were down.
Dawg fans have gotten a front row seat of what was the best being the best. Now this! Saban can feel his grip on college football slipping. Not only are his teams not head and shoulders above other elite programs in talent, his teams are lacking the discipline to remain calm under fire. Those paying attention have seen this coming the past few years.
Saban may be the greatest of all time, but the greatest of right now is our own coach Kirby Smart!
"More and more Fisher is coming off as Dan Mullen with a better contract. Mullen might actually be the better coach."
Yeah, but Fisher is easily a better recruiter than Mullen!
I agree that Fisher comes off looking very bad. What he said and how he said it was far worse than what Saban said.
I do wonder if some kids and their families will take it as Jimbo standing up for the athlete's right to earn money. On the other hand, this -- on top of his tiff with Kiffin and the substance behind the critiques -- will have detrimental affect on the program's reputation.
I'm not going to get out my violin on behalf if Fisher, though. The way A&M appears to be manipulating NIL is pretty questionable. Fits the perfect stereotype of Texas bigfooting.
Dick Saban feels threatened by this NIL money. Yet, he was happy to brag about his QB Bryce Young signing a million dollar deal before the season started last year. Thanks to the NIL, most teams he’ll face will now be on a level playing field as Bama. Lets see just how great of a coach he is after all this. He knows wins are going to be a lot harder to come by now that the NIL is a thing, and it’s stressing him out. I do agree, though, unless some changes are made, this NIL stuff is going to destroy our beloved sport of college football. It’s already doing so.
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First, where is it anywhere that what Saban said was supposed to be "in private.? It was a public setting covered by the media. The information was in fact covered, videoed and released by AL.com, a media operation out of Alabama. So no, no violation of secrecy there.
Second, why does anyone believe that NIL "levels" the playing field? Long before NIL was ever a thing, alums, sponsors, coaches and anyone else, were giving kids (and/or their families) money "under the table." NIL just made all of that legal. What Saban is saying is that he supports NIL, but he believes that money should only go to kids who are ALREADY enrolled in school, not as enticements for recruits who have never played a down in college. He believes that's against the NIL "rules." But, he's also saying that even though he believes it is against the rules, if everyone else is going to do it without being penalized, then Alabama is going to start doing it too -- the implied threat there being that when Alabama starts doing it, they will do it better than anyone else because he's Nick Saban. And that's what Jimbo Fisher meant about Saban being a narcissist. Go Dawgs!
Saban does & says nothing that is not part of his overall plan including recent comments. He's been around long enough to know that every word he utters in public is being captured. No coach is better at using these types of situations to get the attention of & motivate his players, coaches & fan base. He's also the best at getting into the heads of the opposition. Yesterday he dropped a nuclear fire bomb on Aggieland which will burn out of control until the teams meet on Oct 8 & then smolder thru the close of early signing period in Dec. He not only wants to destroy A&M in October, he wants that 8th trophy & to climb back on top of the recruiting throne **** slapping Jimbo every step of the way.
Meanwhile, Kirby😎 just sits back & quietly goes about his business whilst thinking about his upcoming trip to the bank. Go Dawgs!
"What Saban said was not meant for outside ears."
Saban said it while holding a mic sitting between wo other miked up panelists on a stage with the cameras running at PR event for the World Games. I don't see how he couldn't have known outside ears -- and eyes -- would gobble up every word.
I think it's more likely that he's trying to publicly pressure the NCAA to the maximum extent possible to take action because the current situation ain't good for a poor state like Alabama that's never going to tap into the NIL money they have in Texas.
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Fisher is a better recruiter. No doubt. Not saying much. But he really hasn't excelled at recruiting until he had $30M to throw around. Recruits and families see through Fisher pretty quick. He is a football coach. Period. Put him next to CKS or Saban and he pales in comparison.
BA used my word from my post yesterday in his Daily headline today. "unhinged" . That rant by Fisher was really a bad reflection on Fisher. Defending his program and players aggressively could've been handled with a lot more tact and intelligence. Somethings that Fisher apparently lacks. But it will be received well by some (who don't understand about tact).
You may be right about Saban comments aimed at trying to push for faster changes to NIL. If so, It is hard to believe Saban's information wasn't better prepared. Worded more tactfully with more verifiable info. I think some of his frustration, lack of patience and UGA closing the gap on AL has him in unfamiliar territory. He is feeling heat he hasn't felt before. Could push him to retire or could push him to want to beat aTm for 5 more years just to shut Fisher up. I'd bet on the latter.
Unlike BA, I don't think Saban "lost" the exchange. I view his apology (not for what he said but for pointing fingers) was made for legal reasons. Like I said, Saban F'd up. But Fisher came off as the kind of coach I always had my kids avoid. EVERY coach (in his right mind) is standing up for his players right to earn from NIL.
I am wondering why all this NIL stuff is so under the carpet if it is all legal? No one forcing transparency. Something will blow the top off this eventually. It has to.
Saban pointed his finger at Universities...not Coaches. The word Fisher or Coach Prime or Coach or Sanders...we're not uttered. The statements he made, were made numerous times by reputable publications and media outlets, since February. They aren't State secrets and there was no accusation of NCAA violations.
Jimbo specifically called a press conference to level unsubstantiated accusations at what he said was his accuser. That falls directly under the heading of libelous, for those who want to make such claims.
That being said, Texas A&M is a program that has only recruited between 1 and 3 5-star athletes in 1 recruiting cycle over 2 decades. Jimbo Fisher has never signed more than 3. He and A&M suddenly recruit 25% of the top 100 composite athletes, 8 of them 5-star players. If that doesn't warrant an NCAA investigation...what the hell does? They stuck a borescope up Ole Miss, USC and Tennessee's butt over a heck of a lot less.
Now, he may be clean, but, is everybody on his staff and in the AD'S office? That's the question. Did they communicate player demands between the players and NIL Collective and/or Boosters? That's a question that needs to be asked and answered by the appropriate authorities...not some news outlet.
I'm not even going to get into the #1 player in the Country going to Jackson St.. He says he didn't get anything and his Mom still lives in a 3 BR house with 5 siblings. If that's true...he's dumber than a soup sandwich and I feel sorry for him. Maybe he's there because of his grades and intellect...i.e., didn't qualify academically for one of the P5 Universities.
But, I don't believe for 1 second that he didn't get paid, anymore than I believe a perennial average to good recruiter suddenly broke out a record recruiting year after an 8-4 season in the SEC.
At the end of the day, Fisher is worried about his legacy. If they do win 1 or 2 Championships, it won't necessarily be because of his Coaching or Recruiting...but, because he had the best NIL Collective and Booster support in College Football. They bought his players for him...now, he has No Excuses. He has to win.