Once upon a time, a very angry head coach named Nick Saban hired a very ambitious offensive coordinator named Lane Kiffin at Alabama.
At the outset, the two appeared to be an odd match, a marriage of convenience at best. Saban was a legend struggling to adapt to the explosive passing offenses taking over college football. Kiffin was a gifted offensive mind whose career had hit its nadir with his firing from USC. The pair won a national championship together in the 2015 season while insisting that their relationship was fine.
A new book indicates that it was not fine.