Jimbo Fisher effectively ends his longstanding friendship with Nick Saban: 'We're done'

From now on, Jimbo Fisher will be leaving Nick Saban on read. In his first comments following the Alabama leader calling Texas A&M out for “buying” recruits, Fisher revealed that he’s “done” with Saban.

“No,” Fisher responded, stating he’s had no contact with Saban since the initial comments were brought to his attention. “Oh, he’s called.”

While Saban may be trying to get in contact with Fisher, the Texas A&M coach is severing ties.

“Not going to. We’re done,” Fisher responded, explaining he won’t be reaching out to Saban. “He showed you who he is.

“.. He’s the greatest ever, huh? When you got all the advantages, it’s easy.”

As you can see, the longtime relationship between Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban seems to have reached its end. There will be no love between the two former colleagues — and friends — on the field when Texas A&M and Alabama meet in 2022.

Jimbo Fisher: ‘Someone should’ve slapped’ Nick Saban after Texas A&M, NIL claim

Continuing, Fisher continued to take issue with Saban basically calling him a cheater throughout his press conference, saying some should have “slapped him” so he would’ve learned not to cry wolf.

“You can call em anything you want to call me, you ain’t calling me a cheater,” stated Fisher. “I don’t cheat and I don’t lie. Because I learned that when I was a kid. If you did my old man slapped me across the head. Maybe someone should have slapped him.

“That’s what thing you don’t. Now you’re fooling with our name. .. I ain’t into that. I wasn’t raised that way.”

Juwan Howard and Will Smith have a sly smile on their face listening to the Texas A&M coach. As if the Aggies and the Crimson Tide isn’t always a money game, the emotion in 2022 will be higher than ever.

‘The narcissist in him doesn’t allow those things to happen and it’s ridiculous when he’s not on top.”

Just hours after Alabama head coach Nick Saban’s rant accused Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher of recruiting infractions involving NIL offers to incoming players, there is a response. After calling an impromptu press conference on Thursday morning, the Aggies denied any wrongdoing.

During the press conference, Jimbo Fisher took time to address the accusations made by his former boss Nick Saban. While upset with this, and accusations made by Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin before, he continues preaching the same response.

“First, I want to say, it’s a shame that we have to do this,” said Fisher. “It’s really despicable. It’s despicable that somebody can say things about somebody, an organization, and more importantly 17-year old kids. You’re taking shots at 17-year old kids and their families. That they broke state laws, that they’re all money, that we bought every player on this group.

“We never bought anybody. No rules were broken. Nothing was done wrong. It was all – the way in which we do things, the ethics of how we do things. And these families, it’s despicable that a reputable head coach can come out and say this when he doesn’t get his way or things don’t go his way. The narcissist in him doesn’t allow those things to happen and it’s ridiculous when he’s not on top.”

The heart of the anger from other SEC coaches toward Texas A&M comes after the Aggies signed nine five-star commits from the On3 Consensus. In addition, four of those nine were five-star plus prospects who earned the high honor from all four major recruiting services.

The class is headlined by No. 1 overall player Walter Nolen, followed by defensive lineman Shemar Stewart, wide receiver Evan Stewart, defensive lineman Lebbeus Overton, defensive lineman Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy, cornerback Denver Harris, wide receiver Chris Marshall, quarterback Conner Weigman and safety Jacoby Matthews.

On3’s James Fletcher III contributed to this article.