Sure, he may be a terrible, horrible, no-good very-bad liar. His dalliance and eventual acceptance of the Alabama football job after promising Miami Dolphins fans that he’d never leave them was downright despicable — and totally expected. But hey, good football coaches don’t have to be good people, and thus far, Nick Saban has been a pretty good football coach.

It’s that status, plus his all-roads-lead-to-Nick control at Alabama, that caused FORBES magazine to call Saban the “most powerful coach in sports.” It’s not just about money, either. It’s about being the master of one’s universe: Read more…