MSU Head Coach Nick Saban passes along the end zone while the Spartans warm up before the game against University of Michigan in Spartan Stadium on Oct. 10, 1999. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines 34-31 and are now 6-0. Jennifer Jankowski/The State News
Former MSU and current Alabama head coach Nick Saban recently stated at SEC Media Days that he felt NFL draft feedback for players gauging their standing at the next level is a distraction to said players who are preparing for the final stretch of their season.
Saban coached MSU from 1995-99, but he left to become the head coach at Louisiana State before the bowl game in the 1999 season after leading the Spartans to a 9-2 record.
Former MSU wide receiver Plaxico Burress who played for the Spartans during Saban's tenure took offense to Saban's remarks.
Burress was considering leaving school early for the NFL, but Saban convinced Burress to stay to "finish what he started." The former wide receiver recently took to Twitter to call out his former coach.
I recall Nick Saban telling me to stay in school finish what I started, I wasnt 1st round pick and he left for LSU b4 the season was over
— Plaxico Burress (@plaxicoburress) July 15, 2015
Now Nick Saban goes on tv saying that kids are distracted by NFL projections. Well, the kids are just chasing a dream that you were. $$$
— Plaxico Burress (@plaxicoburress) July 15, 2015
N Saban looked his players in the face at the Duf, said he wasnt leavin, I'm committed to the program" and was gone the next day. Tru story
— Plaxico Burress (@plaxicoburress) July 15, 2015
Now Nick Saban players are being distracted by the NFL and chasing a dream, haha tell your story Nick. LSU showed you $$, you was GONE! Ha
— Plaxico Burress (@plaxicoburress) July 15, 2015
Saban even told Burress that he wasn't a first round pick and he didn't know where he was getting his information from, Burress went on to become the No. 8 overall pick in the first round.
Nick Saban actually told me I was a second round pick. I said, "where are you getting your info from? Are you watching these games? Hahaha
— Plaxico Burress (@plaxicoburress) July 15, 2015
Burress ended his tweet rant saying "I was a 19 year old kid, the man that recruited me to play for him, looked me in my face and told me a lie."
This wasn't the first time Burress took to Twitter to call out his former coach, at the beginning of the year on Jan 1 he tweeted something very similar.
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The great Nick Saban told me not to leave school for the NFL, and to finish what I started. And he left before the season was over #facts #$
— Plaxico Burress (@plaxicoburress) January 2, 2015
