This thread reminded me of an interaction one of my fellow Auburn friends had with $aban a month or two ago. I have no link or evidence for this occurance, so the validity of the story depends on my friend's memory of the occurance, but she is not one to lie and while she's an Auburn fan, she has never been outwardly malicious to any of the opposing schools that Auburn competes with. She's kind of your typical Auburn hottie, who loves Auburn football but doesn't pay much attention to the game when she's there.
Anywho, my friend is a graphic designer, and she was assigned to work on a project that involves shooting and designing the huge "life-size" cardboard cutouts of SEC coaches that shows them enjoying Coke products. You typically see these in gas stations and convenience stores next to the displays of these same Coke products.
Now, most of the SEC coaches have already participated in these photoshoots, so each year they shoot the coaches who haven't had a cut-out made yet.
For 2008, her company and Coke needed $aban to participate in the shoot. From the start, they had difficulty with him. She was first warned via company email to not be surprised if he cussed at her and her associates during the shoot. They also warned that he's typically late. Also, they said that by no means was little Nicky to be pictured drinking out of the bottle, as he made it very clear that he would not have his holier-than-thou lips touch the rim of a dirty Coke bottle.
After those preliminaries, he rescheduled the shoot 3 times, then cancelled again the day before the shoot was to occur. He then demanded that a preview or illustration be sent to him before he reschedule. To this day they have still not got him in, and he remains one of a few SEC coaches that haven't participated in the shoot.
Not that anybody else needs any more evidence that this guy is an arrogant, self-absorbed prick...but she said this was one of the worst interactions her company has had with ANYBODY, much less a college coach (and she's been on site with plenty of coaches doing these shoots).
The $abahr strikes again!
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