Some of you have quite the selective amnesia to put it mildly:
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2007/04/sis_mandel_saba.html
SI.com writer Stewart Mandel after a scrimmage, Mandel wrote in his column:
“New Alabama coach Nick Saban doesn’t have time for you. Or me. Or anyone that’s not one of the 85 or so football players he’s trying to turn into champions (or the prospective recruits he’d like to add to those 85). Thus, he treats the rest of his world — assistants, support staff, the media — accordingly.
“During a two-day visit to Alabama last week, I watched college football’s first $4 million man patronize his team’s beat writers throughout a 10-minute press conference, dress down a school official (“I don’t have time for this s—,” he barked) and blow off our pre-arranged interview.
“I left town certain of two things: That Nick Saban is every bit the jerk he’s made out to be — and that he’s exactly what the doctor ordered for the Alabama football program.”
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Saban simply wouldn't agree to sit down with whomever so this didn't happen. Oh and I'm sure we all remember the fallout from this one (the 9-11 comments that brought down a hail of criticism)
This came after several months and a tiny bit of success followed by an implosion at the end of a season. The lovable, quotable Nick Saban has only emerged AFTER winning a BUNCH of big games and spending time in the limelight getting used to it. Harbaugh hasn't done that yet.
However, I do agree that Harbaugh came across as the bigger jerk here, and I'm a guy who can't stand Cowherd and thinks Harbaugh is one of the top ten coaches in college ball already based on what he did at Stanford.