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Jay Glazer Says Daunte Culpepper & Zach Thomas Tried To Fight Saban During His NFL Stint

by Larry Leo

January 20, 202126 Comments

Nick Saban almost came to blows with two NFL stars during his stint as Miami Dolphins head coach in 2004. According to NFL insider Jay Glazer, Daunte Culpepper and Zach Thomas were not into Saban's hard tactics...

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"Nick Saban, the reason why he didn't make it in the NFL, Daunte Culpepper tried to fight him one day and the security guy stepped in," Glazer said.

"And then I think his final straw is that he questioned Zach Thomas' toughness and Zach almost kicked his butt. That just doesn't work on this level."

Glazer said he's hoping Urban Meyer doesn't follow down the same path as Saban now that he's made the jump from college to the NFL ... explaining the former Buckeyes coach just has to treat his Jaguars players differently.

"I know Urban's not one of those guys who tries to go after you and demean you," Glazer said, "but I said just make sure you don't do any of that on this level. Because it doesn't work on this level."

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St Jean The Baptiste

You can't go 8-8 and get away with that at the NFL level is what Glazer meant to say.

Reply•19 months

catnip

Flew by night? A chihuahua. All bark no bite.

Reply•20 months

SidneyP

All 5' 1" of Saban would've been knocked into the ground by those two! The NFL is the highest level of football and he couldn't get it done without his usual talent imbalance so he quit and ran away.

Reply•20 months

RiverCityTider

Tell that to Parcels. He used to get in their face all the time. Monkeys can't run the zoo if you want to win.

Reply•20 months

CrimsonClover

That's because in the NFL, the coach isn't the boss. The coach is one small part of the organization. Players don't suffer real consequences for not giving effort, or for being shitty people. They make millions of dollars, and if they're good enough, somebody will pay them no matter what. The NFL works fine for coaches who just want to play "team manager". It's not for coaches who like to inspire people, teach people, and help them grow as men.

Reply•20 months

VooDude

Belichick does it all the time and gets away with it.

Reply•20 months

geauxbrown

Well Urban certainly demeaned Burrow when he told him he wasn’t good enough to start at OSU. And boy am I glad he did.

Reply•20 months

lsuson

All 5’2” of saban would have gotten destroyed by the kicker on the dolphins lol

Reply•20 months

jbird7

Who the hell would question Zach Thomas’ toughness? Dudes a legend.

Reply•20 months

lsusteve1

Wish they both would have beat his ass.

Reply•20 months

BamaBo7

Still butt hurt we see

20 months

RazzleDazzle

I doubt Saban is embarrassed or ashamed of his NFL failures. He is the greatest college coach of all time. Pretty sure he is OK with that.

Reply•20 months

St Jean The Baptiste

You know it kills him he couldn't succeed at the highest level.

19 months

BobABooey

It has to kill Saban that, no matter what success he has in his career, he was a total abject failure as an NFL coach. He wasn’t able to get it done at the most competitive level and flat out quit.

Reply•20 months

BlackPawnMartyr

lol what a loser in life you are.

20 months

Mr Harry Larrry

Doubtful.

20 months

5Wide

If it really killed him, he would have gone back and tried again.

20 months

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