"You ain't gonna f***ing talk to me like that" - Najee Harris says he and Nick Saban were always at loggerheads during time at Alabama
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris won two national titles under head coach Nick Saban at the Alabama Crimson Tide. But their relationship with each other was not the most stable.
In a recent appearance on The Pivot podcast, Harris revealed that the two used to fight all the time during his tenure at the school. He felt that Saban "belittled" him and often went too far in his criticism. He stated:
"Don't think you're more than just a coach to me. Don't try to belittle. I felt like I was belittled. I can take coaching, but, like, it's just a certain type of line when you cross, like all right, bro, I'm a man, you ain't gonna f***ing talk to me like that."
Harris said they "bumped heads," and at one point, things got so bad that he had to leave the school to clear his head.
“I’m like, ‘Man, I’m not messing with y’all. I’m gone.’ So I left school for like two weeks. Yeah, people didn’t know that. I left school for like two weeks.”
The 25-year-old stated that the two were able to talk in Saban's office and clear the air. The running back then played in all 13 games of the season, culminating in Alabama winning the national title. He even became Alabama's all-time leader in rushing yards (3,834) and rushing touchdowns (57) before the Steelers picked him up in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
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