This happened well before Saban was as Bama (he started there in 2007.)
There were two head coaches at Bama between Dubose and Saban and two since Saban left in 2023.
My bad, @no3sports is a parody account.
But, given how teams used to pay players under the table, this was completely believable and fooled me.
Richards was at Bama when Saban was there not before.