Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban obviously created the greatest dynasty in the history of the sport with numerous players who would go on to do incredible things at the next level.

His most impressive accomplishments though might just be his absolutely star studded coaching tree though, from Billy Napier to Steve Sarkisian and Mario Cristobal, countless current head coaches got their start — or second chance — in Tuscaloosa under Saban.

The best example of this might just be the most eccentric man in college football in Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. Arriving to Alabama after being fired at USC, Kiffin was instrumental in modernizing Saban’s offense and helping to continue the success of the dynasty before departing to become a head coach again.

Saban and Kiffin speak about each other often, and Saban made an appearance this week in an ESPN documentary about the roller coaster that has been Kiffin’s coaching career. The GOAT spoke during an appearance on the Pat McAfee show Friday about his experience with Kiffin and how much respect he has for him.

That doesn’t mean he actually sat down and watched the thing though.

“Well, you know, first of all, I didn’t watch the documentary, because I lived it for three years. I think that was good enough for me,” Saban said with a chuckle before talking about his time at Alabama. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Lane….It’s a hard transition to go from being the boss to, you know, sort of taking the orders from somebody else, but he did a great job for us. He’s a great play caller, and I think he’s matured, you know, along the way.

“I mean, he’s had success everywhere he’s been since he’s left Alabama, and he had a tremendous amount of success at Alabama. And it does, in fact, make me really proud to see guys that really did a great job for us when they were coaches on our staff, to be able because they all had goals and aspirations to become coordinators, head coaches, whatever, to be able to see them fulfill that. You know, I always tried to make it good for the coaches, so they never wanted to leave. But I also wanted to help them develop so they would get the opportunities that they wanted in the future.”

Seeing Kiffin and Saban still speak so highly of each other surely will make Tide fans smile, and unless the Rebels are playing Alabama, Kiffin will always have supporters in Tuscaloosa.