re: Nick Saban v Les Miles

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I think that shows a humility and confidence on the part of Saban.

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With Saban, all of that is false humility - there is no larger ego in CFB, and that includes greasy cats like Petrino and egomaniacs like Bob Stoops.

The constant flirtation with other offers, the refusal get locked in, the constant demands for sweeting an already sweet salary pot - all of that just speaks to an ego that is beyond containment.

Couple that with his business practices of not allowing subordinate co-workers to address him first, look him in the eyes, his mannerisms during a game when things aren't going well...

There is an old adage - wealth and stress do not change people (well, maybe over time they do, but for these purposes, we're talking about acute changes) - they unmask them and reveal to the world the real person. Nicholas Lou Saban, Jr. (aka the angry little man from West Virginia) is one of the textbook examples of this.