Video: Nick Saban, Paul Finebaum have explosive exchange on SEC Network
Nick Saban didn’t face any tough questions regarding Cam Robinson and Hootie Jones in the main media room. He did, however, face it in the smaller radio room, which he answered.
Following Saban’s visit to the big room, Finebaum said on the SEC Network, “Nick Saban owns the media.”
RELATED: Watch what happened during the commercial break between Saban, Finebaum
So, Finebaum made sure that when Saban hopped on the news desk for an interview, he would question him about it. And question him he did, in an explosive exchange.
Did Paul @Finebaum strike a nerve with Nick Saban on the Cam Robinson situation? Watch:https://t.co/BySCqTJbB2
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) July 13, 2016
Finebaum later said he was struck by Saban’s anger on the issue, and not just the anger you see in the video above. That was “tame” compared to what Saban said off the air, according to Finebaum.
Finebaum added that if everyone at home saw video of what Saban said after the interview when the cameras weren’t rolling, it would go viral with “14 million” views. He made sure to note that Saban’s ire wasn’t directed at those on the set, rather it was more about the system and how he feels his players were treated.
There is no such thing as a stupid question but there is stupid people that ask questions.
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Ire* it means anger, dumbass. UGA alums….
you are an idiot. He wasn’t referring to the word “ire”
Wow, that is interesting, “Saban says someone is innocent until proven guilty in tis country”, guess that only applies to alablama… If you’re from Ole Miss, you’re guilty by what some ex-con gold digger says. Funny how that works…
Really? So he didn’t take money? The violations in the NCAA report are false?
Bamatime: Quit acting like you’ve actually read the NOA. There’s no pay for play involved whatsoever… Just stop. Also, Laremy’s response saying he received money, he was referring to scholarship money. You’ll soon find that out. Probably (hopefully) October, when Ole Miss can FINALLY say something.
I didn’t say he took money to play. Did the NOA not talk about money exchanging hands? You make a lot of assumptions in your post. Take a look again at the violations.
abitacajn you’re a fool. I believe all of America saw Tunsil admit… ADMIT…. To taking money. Plus there are text messages from Tunsil to the ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR asking for rent money, or power bill money. So yeah Ole Miss is guilty and screwed. Dude just think before you run pie hole in the future.
I have a couple of guys I played ball with go to ole miss they definitely pay to play not the only school doing it but its something that ole miss definitely does
No, but you’re pretty darn guilty when you stand up at the NFL draft and tell the whole planet that you took money.
And there ARE stupid Bama fans who don’t know how to use proper grammar.
You made an account just to post that groundbreaking comment??
Hahahaha true story! !
yep there is stupid people ..does Jeff Dunham keep you in a trunk?
A legend for being a winner vs a legend for being a loser
it is what it is, but one thing stiuck out in my mind. Saban says, there are circumstances that the investigation revealed (paraphrasing) and he can not speak about them at this time…. why not? The case is closed as far as the DA’s office is concerned therefore no court proceedings are pending. No reason the facts can’t be publicized, and if they’re as much in the favor of Robinson and Jones as Saban leads one to believe, maybe it woul,d deter some of the criticism… jus sayin’
I think he alluded to it by what he said. I think the local PD was shady, but no one wants to come out and say that.
yeah, local pd is always the shady one.
I read an article, not sure what site, that said even though the charges were dropped the case can be reopened if new evidence surfaced. This is most likely the reason Saban is not able to comment about specifics.
Maybe he didn’t want to comment on their treatment from the Lousianna police, being they are two African American men…. Need I elaborate on your screwed up state? Let’s all be honest, all of the negative comments are from A. Butt hurt LSU fans bc Saban dropped LSU like a dirty condom B. You are a butt hurt fan because your school usually loses to Saban, or C. You’re just a freaking idiot. Put your kids in the same situation. Never been in trouble, you don’t know the circumstances of the arrest, and your kids had a bright career ahead of them. Would you want your kids to have the book thrown at them, for one mistake? So don’t be a hypocrite. I’m sure all of you have been in trouble with the police before and caught a break. I know I have, not ashamed to admit it. Now, if they do it again, they need to get gone. Personally, I like how Saban handled it. He could’ve took the little girl way out and let his players make the decision. Drops Mic
I’ve been sticking up for Saban and his players. But thanks for bashing the entire state, as if Alabama is much better in terms of policing and civil rights….
Look, I’m not necessarily happy with the justice or law enforcement systems in Louisiana. They aren’t perfect. There are inconsistencies across the board. But that doesn’t mean that I hold it against Nick Saban (or Dan Mullen or Butch Jones for that matter). Briles was actively covering up incidents. Saban with Robinson/Jones, Mullen with Simmons, Miles with Jeremy Hill or Anthony Jennings or Tyrann Mathieu….. it isn’t their job to determine innocence or guilt or set punishments. I always hear people saying dumb things like “if it were a regular student they wouldn’t let him in”. What BS. Most frat boy sec sports fan students have been arrested for possession, been in bar fights, and will go on to become distinguished members of society. We aren’t ever concerned with someone’s moral compass until they are a football player. And then all of a sudden its everyone else’s responsibility to hold their hand or give them a spanking. I applaud Nick Saban for the way he doesn’t put up with it. The guys weren’t convicted of anything, they’ve STILL done their time as far as community service goes, so if you are mad and think they’re “getting away” with something, be mad at the DA who elected to forgo prosecution.
Spot on…
couldn’t of said it any better.
While your screen name is cute, I’m a little surprised that SDS hasn’t booted you yet. Don’t worry, keep posting. It will happen soon.
Nailed it. I don’t know about Louisiana law but here in SC we have a pre-trial intervention program that is built for cases like this. Young people who get into trouble for the first time and they have to do x amount of hours of community service, pay some fines, take drug tests things like that and if they complete it successfully the charges are dropped. It sounds like what these guys did and it sounds like they did it successfully
Same with you.
AMEN!!!
Coach Saban knows more about the situation than anyone else at Hoover. Let him handle it. After all…He is right…innocent until proven guilty. Let’s see some proof.
Wow, Wittle paul got slammed. Coach said exactly what he should have, you paul, Media Nazis, fans, non fans, fools and bedwetters will not tell me how to coach or run my team. If Marcus had asked that question Coach would not have been upset as much but Wee Wittle Tiddly Winks playing finebaum is nothing. Love it. More coaches need to tell these boneheads Media Nazi Ho’s the same thing. I am the coach do you want my job and me take your job. I am positive finebaum went to his room thinking damn he made me look like a damn fool. That is one thing I like about Bilema(sic) and Spurrier. He and Spurrier have the same attitude. I am the coach and you are the media Ho. Guess what I control this situation not you, not tv, not espn, not SEC Now, Not finebaum, not anyone but ME. See ya wouldn’t want to be ya. By the way I would love to hear what he said after the cameras were off. I am sure it would be impressive.
One of the things you do as a collegiate athlete is represent the school. IMO Saban did little to protect the reputation of the school. Bama has the players. Cam sitting won’t change the score much and most likely won’t cost you a point. Bama is just too deep. I’m sure that things were handled internally but the reputation at Bama has taken a hit. They are now perceived as a team that doesn’t care if you are a gun toting thug that likes weed. Wrong or right, that’s the perception. However, they still also have the rep as the most talented program in the nation and #2 in talent is a distant #2. IMO, Saban handled this poorly.
The SEC needs to get uniform rules on offenses such as these. If Cam were at UGA, it’s an automatic 1 game suspension for the first weed violation, 3 games for the second and your kicked out for strike 3. Mark Richt and now Kirby Smart don’t have a say in those decisions either. It’s school policy.
Doesn’t every student represent the school? I’m a diehard college football fan, but I also realize that the university is about so much more than football. A football player’s actions are only considered more important because we make it so…. I’ve seen plenty of people on campus with academic scholarships get arrested for being belligerent, getting into fights, possessing pot and a lot worse, stealing fire extinguishers and spraying cop cars, etc etc etc. Those guys were processed by law enforcement, and a punishment was decided. Nobody was calling for them to be kicked out of school entirely or to sit out of their next class, their next university activity, no one was concerned that a future employer would say “those rascally LSU graduates, not gonna hire them”…. why is a football player treated differently?
Because they bring in more money to the school than the “regular” student. Student’s get charged for drinking, weed and guns all the time. It only makes the news when they are athletes. If that doesn’t seem fair, welcome to America.
We don’t need to crack down on football player criminality any more than we need to crack down on anyone else, and addressing their situation differently is foolish and unfair. They get a scholarship to play football and I got a scholarship for scoring well on a test. Why should certain rules apply to them that didn’t to me?
Agreed. However, athletes get off more than the average person. Look at the DA that dropped the charges who specifically talked about the time Cam and Hootie spent practicing football as one of the main reasons he didn’t file charges. If the didn’t play football, they were getting charged.
What about the other two kids that were in the car, why weren’t they arrested?
exactly mah1860. even in cclausen71’s specific example, the theory doesn’t hold up. You probably HEAR and READ about football players getting away with it more, but you also HEAR and READ about them being punished more often. I just don’t think any one segment deserves more scrutiny than another. And if we are going to add the extra level of responsibility, it needs to be matched by an extra level of pay. After all, they are the ones generating the hype, the attention, the media coverage, and the scrutiny that comes with it. Gotta be one way or the other. It’s messed up that in every situation where it hurts them, we think of them as being special, as being held to a higher standard, as being different somehow. But anytime we talk about them receiving benefits, you hear the same tired rhetoric: “they’re students, not professionals. They are getting a college education for free, just like every other student. They’re entitled and need to be knocked down a peg”….. pretty hypocritical.
I hate bama as much as a hog fan can. Honestly, I think Saben defended his players. Just because they were arrested doesn’t mean they were guilty. That’s what he kept alluding to. I trust that he did the right thing. People get wrongly arrested all the time. Even bama football players
When you are in possession of a stolen firearm and weed, how is that being “wrongly arrested”? You can be arrested for either one and it wouldn’t be wrong.
no reason to apply facts here…
or logic, when it comes to Bama football!
BTW – I think I would slap Finebaum three ways to Sunday if he got in my face. I might do it just because!
Most schools in the Top 25 would not have suspended Cam R either…but that does not mean that they are doing the right thing. You make a choice, make young men accountable or give yourself the best chance to win. Teams like FSU, Alabama, Baylor and Tennessee have all chosen winning as the most important goal. I think this helps them in not just success on the football field, but also in recruiting where some parents want some school that will cover up a wrong doing or influence law enforcement to look the other way.
But what kind of institutions are we creating? We have colleges which teach that short term success outweighs accountability. I guess so…because the organization vested with making sure that does NOT happen (NCAA) has made it very clear that it does not care as long as the dollars keep rolling in.
Why didn’t you include Florida?
Don’t throw us in with Baylor and Tennessee, that’s a whole different mess. 29-15. I like the FSU one though, cause Bama and FSU do spank the Gators everytime they play each other. Now…. Don’t act like Florida wasn’t a extremely shady school under Meyer.
Butch Jones has suspended any player that had charges brought against them. Including team MVP at the time A.J. Johnson
Tennessee has suspended all players accused of anything pertaining to the law suit. Not one player has been charged for rape….not that hard to look up facts.
Saban is a punk I think even Finebaum could woop his ass
Not sure about that but would be fun to watch.
TN has your back Saban!!
Finebaum is a jerk..and a media wh*re
Tennessee has suspended and in other cases kicked football players off the team before they had their day in court. No cover up here. Could have left Von Person on the team, but felt the right thing to do was to suspend him for his alleged action until he was proven innocent.
Tennessee is on the rise and Finebaum is getting anxious and hopeful! Roll Tide!!!
I don’t care if a law was broken or not. If two of my players are sitting in a car in the middle of the night, smoking weed with firearms on them then someone is running until they bleed.
If they actually get caught by cops, then someone is not going to dress for a few games.
It’s not about breaking laws. It’s about teaching them to make smart choices. This was not a smart choice. It was an incredibly stupid choice and any punishment needs to be visible to serve as a deterrent for other knuckleheads.
Definitely a bad decision, but who is to say that the other players aren’t completely aware? They all probably know what Saban has done about it. I think people are just mad that it isn’t visible TO US. College football fans are so arrogant that they think Saban is somehow obligated to appease them, to appeal to their emotions. He’s not. I like that about him.
There is more any story than media depicts. We all make mistakes and everyone deserves a second chance if they have a carry clean record. Violent crimes in my opinion do fall into a different category.
Pot smoking while being “compliant” with a cop harms no one and is solely something they need to learn from as better decisions could be made. They have already suffered from the media bashing, not to forget the rathe of Saban internally.
Poor decisions were made yes, though Sabans ability to “teach/coach” is far more effective than consequences from jail time or haunting their future careers. Saban develops his players into respectable men from children in high school and there are always the exceptions who are too ignorant to learn. I do think he cuts ignorant players off his recruiting t before they often make it to Bama.
His primary goal is to win, yes, though he wouldn’t be as effective as he is if he wasn’t developing them into respectable men both on&off the field.