Saint Nick ain't the saint everyone thinks he is. He just doesn't have to get his hands dirty. And before anyone says, "Alabama ain't got to cheat to get players"; spare me. They may not have to, but they play the game.
Remember Bama already has Joe Pannunzio on staff who was notorious with hanging with the cigar boys at Ole Miss and later at Miami. Even though he skirted by the Miami investigation, he was as close as he could get to the action.... http://sports.yahoo.com/investigations/news?slug=ys-joe_pannunzio_allegations
He also was the asst. who went and retrieved Duece when he went AWOL his freshman year at OM.