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Bill Simmons Calls Nick Saban A 'Coward’
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During his “The Bill Simmons Podcast” on Friday, Bill Simmons casually went after Alabama head coach Nick Saban calling him a "coward." Per SEC Country...
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“He’s a coward, he left the NFL,” “He’s a coward. You (should) want to compete against the best. The best coaches aren’t in college football; they’re in professional football. And he had a chance to go head-to-head against Bill Belichick, the greatest coach of all-time, he didn’t get the quarterback he wanted in Miami, and like a coward he went back to college, where he stays, where he can just beat up on all these inferior college coaches. Congratulations. He’s the guy who plays Madden on rookie level winning the Super Bowl.

“Come to the NFL, let’s see how good of a coach you are, Nick Saban. When he plays golf does he play from the pink tees? Come to the NFL, let’s see how good you are.

“‘Oh I didn’t get Drew Brees in Miami, I gotta go back to college. I’m just gonna cherry pick all the best high school players on the planet because I’m the head coach at Alabama,’ Simmons said, mocking Saban.


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71 Comments
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StrangeBrew87 months
Whoa! I think this might be the first in along time to question anything about Saint Nick.
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vodkacop87 months
Dammmmmnnnn
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The Torch87 months
Bill Simmons is a gay, I hate Alabama but screw Bill Simmons. BTW why is Bill Simmons at the top of his profession ? Losers hide behind podcast,
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DownSouthCrawfish87 months
Fire take
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Sebastian87 months
F him
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TigerTroll1187 months
I mean, he's not wrong. I'd probably do pretty decent if I had an all star team to coach every year. Saban's great no doubt, but it takes more skill to coach with a salary cap
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ReauxlTide22287 months
Yes, yes he is wrong. Saban, Urban, Harbaugh, Peterson, and plenty more absolutely shite on plenty of the NFL coaches we see. Hell, NFL coaches make insanely stupid decisions all the damn time. The are fricking bums that coach in the NFL. It isn't easier to win in college, but Simmons sounds like an idiot in that quote. Coward? He's a college coach. The best ever. That's what he wants.
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thatdude198587 months
I mean, he's wrong about everything he said. How old is Bill? He sounds like a fricking 12 year old mocking Saban. Big tall ugly goon.
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LSUinMA87 months
I like how you can't reply to Admin posts when they don't know they difference between Grantland and The Ringer, or between "Peterson" and Petersen...
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BowDownToLSU87 months
I don't like Saban and hate Bama but this hack Simmons is trolling. He has won many NC and perhaps the greatest college coach of all time....a lot of people have left and went to different jobs( coaches included) because it didn't work out ... get a life hack
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SECSolomonGrundy87 months
Bill Simmons gotta go the Colin and Bayless route these days. How's that TV show working out Bill?
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BilJ87 months
Saban is great at exploiting things and giving himself a huge competitive advantage. He's an outstanding coach but that's where he truly sets himself apart from the rest of his peers in college. He has endless resources and knows how to best use them to stay ahead of the competition. The NFL is far too level of a playing field, you can't process misfires in the draft or FA without consequences.
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Chadaristic87 months
Lolz, Saban's career accomplishments shite all over Simmons'.
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1287 months
Did he say this on his HBO show or was it on ESPN?
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FaCubeItches87 months
It was on Grantland
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LSUinMA87 months
Yeah, it was on grantland. Sure
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Placebeaux87 months
The emperor has no clothes!
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El Campo Tiger87 months
You have to respect Nick Saban for what he's done. If winning five national titles, were easy, everyone would do it.
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BigPerm3087 months
Kuddos to him getting great recruits but it's like playing a regular NFL team against an All Pro NFL team. Superior coaching isn't required.
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Blind Zebras87 months
Truth. The best coaches coach at the highest level. At what point do you challenge yourself? He's too good for college but too much of a puss to go back to NFL
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SECSolomonGrundy87 months
So why doesn't coach K coach NBA? Guess he sucks too. Geno must suck because he's never won a WNBA title. Clearly Spoelstra and whatever slap dicks won WNBA titles are better coaches and K and Geno are just chicken shite. Great logic there Bill.
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LSU Jax87 months
Haha. I read that as Ben Simmons all the way up until I opened the link. I was wondering why the hell he would be talking about Saban and calling him a coward.
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UGATiger2687 months
Coaching in college and the NFL are completely different animals. It's not just different levels of the same sport. I have no problem with someone who prefers to coach in college, where you get to interact with younger players and their families, help guide them through college, and possibly have a huge impact on their life. Simmons' comments are immature and shortsighted.
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TigerChief1087 months
Yeah I'm not getting the people ripping him for staying in college. Id rather be the best college coach of all time than a regular ole NFL coach
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DVinBR87 months
Saban - roster full of 4 and 5* high school talent = loss to ULM
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GumboDave87 months
You're really stretching here. That was his first season and he didn't have the recruits. His recent dominance of college football cannot be denied.
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atltiger648787 months
Good lord, talk about cherry picking one game. Saban has dominated college football and is probably the best college coach of all time. The ULM loss was in his first year at Bama. I'd say he's done ok since then, don't you think?
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trippnbama87 months
If “The Bill Simmons Podcast” is ever canceled,he can always get a job teaching Yellow Journalism 101.
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