It is common knowledge that Nick Saban dislikes queries that draw comparisons.
A lesson Eli Gold learnt the hard way.
The former Voice of the Crimson Tide, Nick Saban, the departed Alabama coach, informed him he posed a “stupid” question during his weekly visit on the Beat Everyone podcast.
When Gold questioned then-Alabama running back Eddie Lacy, it was in his first year as coach, so he asked the coach to contrast him with previous running backs Saban had taught.
Gold claimed, “Well, he just stared at me, and I had no idea what I had done because he had never explicitly stated that he didn’t want to compare.” He looked at me, and when I say that, people, I felt as though someone had pushed a hypodermic needle into my back from behind and injected it with icy water.
“I mean, I literally felt like I was getting cold all over.”
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The show’s recording was completed. Gold stated that usually Saban would just get up and walk away, but this time was different.
Gold claimed, “He never got up to leave.” “And I thought, ‘Oh no.'” I had the thought that perhaps I could begin reading “War and Peace” or something similar. After we were done, he said, “Now, that was a stupid question.”