Comments on: Saban vs. Petrino: Worst Game Ever?

By: Nick Saban Is Tommy Bowden’s Shoulder to Cry on After Loss | Larry Brown Sports

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:30:36 +0000

[...] for me; Clemson always gets tons of hype and fails in big games every single year. As for Saban? He may be a prick, but he’s a darn good coach. That’s just a mis-match right [...]

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:38:22 +0000

Rory Sabbatini in a final pairing with Colin Montgomery?

By: maxsportz

maxsportz — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:33:12 +0000

Petrino is worse because he did not bother to finish the season. IT would be akin to a QB on a losing team faking an injury

By: Gilbert

Gilbert — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:53:03 +0000

Easy — root for the team having the worst season. That way, neither of them get into a national championship, BCS game or the SEC title game.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:39:19 +0000

No contest! Petrino is in a class by himself:

1. Interviews for the Auburn job when Tuberville had not yet been fired.

2. Signs ten year extension with Louisville and leaves before coaching his first game under the new deal.

3. Leaves the Falcons during the season and signs with Arkansas on the same day.

Saban left LSU for the Dolphins and then went to Alabama, which isn’t a great record, to be sure. However, he did not leave during a season and he may not have misled sportswriters about the Alabama job. If I remember correctly, he turned the job down and the Crimson Tide offered the job to, ironically, Rich Rodriguez. When he said no, Alabama made a much more generous second offer to Saban. I believe Saban said that he would not be the Alabama coach during that period after he turned the job down and it was in play and offered to Rodriguez.

I’m not a Saban apologist, he is an unsavory dude. It’s just that Petrino is in a class by himself.