Fortuna: Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher have some company in a long history of mentor-mentee coaching beefs

The legendary disciplinarian couldn’t get over his prized protege finally beating him, and nothing was ever the same between the two after that. In-between, multiple run-ins — which were widely discussed and revisited this spring as Krzyzewski made his farewell —began to tear apart their relationship, the earliest coming on the night Krzyzewski’s Duke team beat Knight’s Indiana squad in the 1992 Final Four. Meyer took exception to Herman — his offensive coordinator on Ohio State’s 2014 national title team — saying he couldn’t simply put “fairy dust” on Texas’ roster after he lost his Longhorns debut. I love you, and I’m going to kick the shit out of you, and we’re going to do it right … “ drives me insane.” There was also plenty of innuendo between the two across Meyer’s final year with the Buckeyes, a season that was largely dominated by off-the-field headlines generated by former Ohio State assistant Zach Smith. If we had to lose a national championship, I’d rather lose one to one of the former assistants who certainly did a great job for us and has done a great job for his program and his team.” Four months later, Saban sang a different tune with Fisher, who fired right back.