Last night we were discussing a rumor, Saban leaving Alabama for the University of Texas. My first inclination was why would he leave such a good situation? Then I remembered, this is Saban. These are a few things that came up in the conversation. I'm wondering if any of you think Saban would make a move like this.
1. Saban is better suited for turning programs around than hanging around for a sustained tenure.
2. Texas has the #1 recruiting class this year.
3. Saban can now command even more money, and Texas will pay it.
4. The Longhorn network will have Saban on TV 24/7.
5. College football needs balance for the dominate SEC.
6. Saban's ego is big enough to attempt 3 different National Championships with 3 different schools.
7. Saban has a track record for leaving a school/team regardless of winning a NC.
8. Saban tends to burn out relationships with his strong personality and needs to move on every 4 years or so.
Is he so entrenched in Alabama that he wouldn't take another coaching position?
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I think Saban's next coaching stop is in the NFL again. He doesn't seem like someone who is content with how it went down in Miami, and not try it again.
I think Saban's next coaching stop is in the NFL again. He doesn't seem like someone who is content with how it went down in Miami, and not try it again.
I tend to agree. I think he will get and give the NFL another shot at one point. He really has nothing left to prove in college football. So, if the right opportunity opens up I think he will take it. The only question is will another NFL team give him a shot. I suspect they will. Memories of the Miami debacle will fade and two National Championships will temp some owner to give him another shot.
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. . . I don't like you, lets just leave it at that.
According to rivals.com, he has the top ranked class currently for this year. He also had it last year and in 2009 and 2008. I think this is as much success as anyone can have in college football these days.
According to rivals.com, he has the top ranked class currently for this year. He also had it last year and in 2009 and 2008. I think this is as much success as anyone can have in college football these days.
All evidence points to him moving on eventually. He hasn't stayed anywhere more than 5 years or so. He probably evenutally thinks "Barry Switzer won a SB trophy, why can't I?"
According to rivals.com, he has the top ranked class currently for this year. He also had it last year and in 2009 and 2008. I think this is as much success as anyone can have in college football these days.
Yeah, but Saban is a guy who loves a challenge and needs to be perfect. It has to gnaw at him that he failed so horribly in the NFL. And, really what does he have left to prove in college football?
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Originally Posted by JGunn
. . . I don't like you, lets just leave it at that.
Yeah, but Saban is a guy who loves a challenge and needs to be perfect. It has to gnaw at him that he failed so horribly in the NFL. And, really what does he have left to prove in college football?
These sound like your thoughts, not his. He's about as perfect as any coach can get right now.
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All evidence points to him moving on eventually. He hasn't stayed anywhere more than 5 years or so. He probably evenutally thinks "Barry Switzer won a SB trophy, why can't I?"
All evidence? Who gives a **** about Barry Switzer?
It sounds like you guys are just hoping he leaves.
These sound like your thoughts, not his. He's about as perfect as any coach can get right now.
All evidence? Who gives a **** about Barry Switzer?
It sounds like you guys are just hoping he leaves.
I do hope he leaves, but that doesn't invalidate anything I've said about him. He has a well-documented history of leaving a program every 5 years or so, in some cases lying about his intentions. His reputation precedes him. He's as disloyal as it comes and only cares about one person, himself. Only person worse than him at that is Bobby Petrino.
So yes, hopefully for us he continues to be the coach he's always been.
And to be clear, yes I'm upset at the outcome of last night's game, but I would've said any of those things about him before yesterday, and everyone knows it's all true.
Yeah, but Saban is a guy who loves a challenge and needs to be perfect. It has to gnaw at him that he failed so horribly in the NFL. And, really what does he have left to prove in college football?
3 National Titles with 3 different schools has never been done. This could cement him as arguably the best college coach ever. That strikes me as more of a prize than taking a shot in the NFL. NFL player don't respond to coaching styles like Saban's. He doesn't have anywhere near the amount of control over the players he would need to be effective. I think he stays in college and takes a shot with another team......then hangs it up.
Unlike Urban Meyer I get the impression Saban actually loves being under the pressure cooker constantly. And there is no bigger pressure cooker than Alabama.
3 National Titles with 3 different schools has never been done. This could cement him as arguably the best college coach ever. That strikes me as more of a prize than taking a shot in the NFL. NFL player don't respond to coaching styles like Saban's. He doesn't have anywhere near the amount of control over the players he would need to be effective. I think he stays in college and takes a shot with another team......then hangs it up.
Hopefully he goes to Notre Dame. If he got a NC for them that would easily be his most impressive coaching job yet. But I suspect no one could recruit well enough for them to get back to being a national championship-caliber team.
Hopefully he goes to Notre Dame. If he got a NC for them that would easily be his most impressive coaching job yet. But I suspect no one could recruit well enough for them to get back to being a national championship-caliber team.
Your probably right. It would have to be a school who already has a strong recruiting class and would fit into a 4 year plan. Texas makes sense in that regard.
He has a well-documented history of leaving a program every 5 years or so, in some cases lying about his intentions. His reputation precedes him.
He's done it twice, and both of them were for better opportunities. Then he left Miami because he didn't like coaching grown men and not having total control over the team. Now he is leading the best football program in the country. Where is there a better situation?
He likes challenges? "Rebuilding" Texas is not exactly a challenge. Rebuilding Washington, UCLA or Tennessee would be a challenge.
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