Originally Posted by
SavDukeGrad
Wasn’t Fisher formerly an assistant to Saban? It would be more like Coach K burning say, Mike Brey. And no, I agree with you - I can’t imagine the blowback that would generate!
It was clearly more of a dig at Fisher than it was about Texas A&M paying players. Saban clearly has an issue with Fisher, whether it be Fisher defeating Saban or Fisher turning down the Alabama coordinator job.
I think the best parallel to basketball is Coach Knight crapping on Coach K. And we've seen that.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
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