Lane Kiffin reportedly calling players ‘dumb’ sparked Nick Saban’s famous sideline confrontation
There’s some new information about that famous sideline confrontation between Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin from last season.
In a snippet from Alabama football radio analyst Phil Savage’s new book on Saban, Savage provides some insight into Saban’s blowup from last September’s Alabama-Western Kentucky game.
According to Creg Stephenson of the AL.com, the confrontation— which occurred after an Alabama fumble near the end of the Crimson Tide's 38-10 win— was started by Kiffin calling players "dumb" over his coaching headset.
“Savage writes that Kiffin said into his headset ‘dumb players make dumb plays,’ which all the Crimson Tide coaches heard,” Stephenson wrote. “Saban snapped back with ‘No, dumb offensive coordinators call dumb plays.’ There were probably a few expletives left out.”
When asked about what sparked the disagreement, neither Saban nor Kiffin publicly revealed any information, but Saban did give one of his most memorable quote of the season in his postgame press conference.
Saban on his interaction with Kiffin during the game: "There were no arguments. Those are called ass-chewings."
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) September 10, 2016
