ESPN’s Mike Greenberg goes off, says anonymous coach who called Nick Saban a cheater is ‘a pathetic chicken’

An anonymous coach recently called Alabama coach Nick Saban a cheater in an interview with CBS Sports, alluding that’s how Saban gets the best recruits to play for the Crimson Tide.

ESPN’s Mike Greenberg was not amused.

On Monday, Greenberg went off on the anonymous coach on ESPN’s “Get Up.” The host called that coach a “a pathetic chicken” in part of a long rant against the coach’s anonymity.

“If you’re going to accuse Nick Saban of cheating under the cloak of anonymity, to whichever coach it is who’s saying this, you are a pathetic chicken, that’s what you are,” Greenberg said on the show. “You are a pathetic coward. And you are the same person who is challenging your players in practice every single day to be brave, to be there, to be on that line. 105 degrees outside, ‘We’re going to practice hard today, you’re not getting any water, you’re not taking a break because that would make you soft. Oh, but under the cloak of anonymity, I’m going to say Nick Saban, the best coach in college football that probably kicks my behind every single season, is out-recruiting me because he’s cheating.’ That is pathetic and soft.”

To see the segment from Monday’s show, watch below:

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— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) August 20, 2018

Jake Rill

Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.