Story #4,877 proving Saban is a dick

[Tiger Wench]

From an article in the Palm Beach post:  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/gators/2011-football-preview-florida-gators-will-muschamp-determined-1795303.html?page=2

He took Muschamp with him to the Miami Dolphins in 2005, though that was the end of their working relationship. Muschamp left to become Auburn's defensive coordinator for two years, then spent the next three as the defensive coordinator and coach-in-waiting at Texas.

"In the NFL ... the turnover ratio in that league is about two or three years for an assistant coach," he said of leaving the Dolphins. "I'm from the South and I'm not going much west of Texas and I'm not going much north of Tennessee with my family. So if those teams aren't open, you're in a bind. That as much as anything had to do with my decision."

SPLIT WITH SABAN

Another factor in his abrupt departure from the NFL was a break in the respect between him and Saban. Saban's gruff manner - "he's never going to be your friend," one former assistant said this spring - and unwillingness to give Muschamp full control of the defense contributed to the rift.

One example of the deterioration between the two was Saban reprimanding Muschamp's mother over the phone during the off-season.

While Will Muschamp and his wife were on vacation in the Bahamas, his parents, Larry and Sally Muschamp, were babysitting their children in Coral Springs when an angry Saban called the house. He needed a particular document from Muschamp, and ordered Sally to fax it to him.

Not finding a fax machine in her son's home, Sally drove to an office supply store to send it. Thirty minutes later, Saban had not received it and called again. He had given her the wrong number, Sally said.

"Where's that fax?" Saban barked. "Get it to me now."

Larry, by far the more easygoing of Muschamp's parents, was irate.

"That son of a bitch," he said. "I'm surprised she didn't say, 'When it gets there, put it where the sun don't shine.' She didn't. But that's Saban. He and Will got crosswise in Miami for whatever reason."

Muschamp's parents denied rumors that Saban forced him out, and both Muschamp and Saban said they had no major problems while with the Dolphins.