THE NICKTATOR STARTS CLEANING HOUSE



Word out of South Florida is that coach Nick Saban has been and will continue to clean house as he gets his hooks deeper into the Dolphins organization.



Saban has poop-canned the team priest (good luck with St. Peter, Nick), and we hear that other members of the organization soon could follow.



In fact, we heard that Saban ripped into one team employee for stocking the wrong size of Little Debbie snack cakes in his office.



Little Debbie snack cakes?



While we expect to get another batch of e-mails asking us why we're obsessed with Saban, the fact is that no one else will go with this stuff because they know that if they piss off the Nicktator, they'll get no access to any information relating to the team. Saban has clamped down on the entire organization, and all news comes from him and him only. So, naturally, if Nick doesn't like someone, they'll get no scoops.



And no Star Crunches, Nutty Bars, or Devil Squares, either.





[Does Mommy pack Nicky's lunch, too?]



SCAM TRIGGERED HENDRICKS' PROBLEMS?



A week after the Jaguars released linebacker Tommy Hendricks in the wake of an arrest for violating a restraining order taken out by his ex-wife, we're hearing that Hendricks' problems might have been triggered after he was victimized by a financial scam, which placed him under a high degree of stress.



The events, we hear, prompted Hendricks to engage in a variety of out-of-character actions, including the alleged violation of the restraining order.



So the good news for Hendricks could be that he might have a persuasive defense to the pending charges, and that once he gets the whole situation under control, he could land with another team and continue his NFL career.