Alabama HC Nick Saban Retires

[gregm83]

Sexton has Lanning, Kiffin, De Boer, Franklin and Norvell. He could come out of this week with new contracts for all his top clients

Business Hall of Fame week.
I am in the wrong business.

 

[EvilleIrish]

We still don't think there's a chance Marcus takes this, right?

 

[FWIrish4]

Brian Kelly has the chance to do something absolutely hilarious….

 

[Bishop2b5]

Why on earth would he do that? He’s already winning huge at Georgia….

It was a joke

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

It was a joke

No kidding

 

[PigtownIrish]

One thing in all this..if you are well paid, successful, and have full administrative support in Austin, Eugene, or Seattle, why would you want to move to Alabama? (and I know South Bend isn't great either)

 

[NDWarrior]

If DeBoer takes the Bama job then ND needs to drop a bag for Roger Rosengarten.

Nice call! It looks like starting OT for past two years (his only playing years) - So he has 2 + Covie years of eligibility remaining and we recruited him out of HS - Let's get 'em!

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

One thing in all this..if you are well paid, successful, and have full administrative support in Austin, Eugene, or Seattle, why would you want to move to Alabama? (and I know South Bend isn't great either)

The last 17 years were Nick Sabans greatness, not necessarily Alabamas greatness. Programs like Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, etc, they are just as good a jobs as Alabama…. Maybe better. This notion that Alabama is somehow THE peak college football job is and was silly. Saban was peak, but never conflate the two, and it seems like college coaches are showing you they know that’s the truth today.

 

[greyhammer90]

It's very funny to me how we've gone from assuming Bama will get whomever they want to people acting like the job is C tier in about 24 hours.

 

[ColinKSU]

One thing in all this..if you are well paid, successful, and have full administrative support in Austin, Eugene, or Seattle, why would you want to move to Alabama? (and I know South Bend isn't great either)

I mean I wouldn’t move to Alabama under literally any circumstances.

 

[GreenGemsOmally]

I mean I wouldn’t move to Alabama under literally any circumstances.

Exactly. Anywhere you live can probably be really nice when you make millions of dollars, but Seattle is literally a world class city if you're wealthy.

 

[Pete]

There’s really only one man for the job

 

[IrishSteelhead]

The last 17 years were Nick Sabans greatness, not necessarily Alabamas greatness. Programs like Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, etc, they are just as good a jobs as Alabama…. Maybe better. This notion that Alabama is somehow THE peak college football job is and was silly. Saban was peak, but never conflate the two, and it seems like college coaches are showing you they know that’s the truth today.

This is a bit much. Bama is a blue blood with a championship in every decade the last 100 years except for two (50’s and 80’s).

It is most certainly a destination job. There might be jobs that are just as good, but there isn’t a job that is better.


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[Katzenboyer]

This is a bit much. Bama is a blue blood with a championship in every decade the last 100 years except for two (50’s and 80’s).

It is most certainly a destination job. There might be jobs that are just as good, but there isn’t a job that is better.


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I'm also not sure there are many other programs as fully committed to making sure that the football team is dominant.

Not having nice seasons. Not competing in the SEC. DOMINATING.

It's basically them and UGA in terms of resources put into the football program. It is absolutely a destination job.

 

[dublinirish]

This is a bit much. Bama is a blue blood with a championship in every decade the last 100 years except for two (50’s and 80’s).

It is most certainly a destination job. There might be jobs that are just as good, but there isn’t a job that is better.


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Ah but with the Saban era in the rear view is Bama any better than a Tennessee or a Florida? What's so unique about them now? I feel like they could easily fade back into the middle of the SEC pack

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

This is a bit much. Bama is a blue blood with a championship in every decade the last 100 years except for two (50’s and 80’s).

It is most certainly a destination job. There might be jobs that are just as good, but there isn’t a job that is better.


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I agree they are a blue blood, destination job. But it, unequivocally, is NOT THE singular top job in all of college sports that stands alone and no one is close. It’s not that way. Period. And arguments can be made for many blue bloods might be a tick better. Again, that’s not saying it’s a shit job, and that’s not the point I’m trying to make.

 

[Huntr]

Ah but with the Saban era in the rear view is Bama any better than a Tennessee or a Florida? What's so unique about them now? I feel like they could easily fade back into the middle of the SEC pack

They aren't Nebraska.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Ah but with the Saban era in the rear view is Bama any better than a Tennessee or a Florida? What's so unique about them now? I feel like they could easily fade back into the middle of the SEC pack

They have a mystique only matched by Notre Dame IMO. Literally everything about them is timeless.

Alabama and Notre Dame ARE college football.


Yes, that’s arrogant AF to say, especially since ND hasn’t produced a title in a long time, but it’s undeniable.

People who don’t watch college football don’t know much about any other program. They know about gold helmets, Forrest Gump, etc.

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[fightingirish26]

There’s really only one man for the job
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They say you learn from your mistakes!

 

[Giddyup]

Eric Bienemy?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Sexton has Lanning, Kiffin, De Boer, Franklin and Norvell. He could come out of this week with new contracts for all his top clients

Dabo not a client.

Between Bear and Saban there was Perkins, Curry, Stallings, DuBose, Franchione, (Price) and Shula.

I would not want to be whoever is next from a historical perspective.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Tuscaloosa sticks.
That tire plant makes the air hard to breathe.

 

[Kingbish01]

It's starting to look more and more likely it's going to be TR....ROFL

I think people realize Saban was BAMA. Without him, what are we talking about?? Bama is no better than the Florida Gators...They had a great run with a great coach but lets be honest...Nobody wants to live or coach there.

 

[zelezo vlk]

ESPN reporting that Kalen DeBoer is negotiating a contract with Bama right now

 

[Rockin’Irish]

Looks like DeBoer is the winner.

 

[Katzenboyer]

It's going to be KD.

 

[Irish#1]

If Tommy falls ass backwards into this job because Saban sprung this on the admin with no notice I'll laugh my ass off

It would be hard for them to meet with Tommy then look elsewhere after Norvell and DeBoer said no.

 

[Irish#1]

Looks like DeBoer is the winner.

It's going to be KD.

UW was going to double his salary which was $4.2, so Bama must be offering around $9-$10.

Washington athletic director Troy Dannen has made an aggressive pitch to keep DeBoer, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel, with a new contract that would make him one of the 10 highest-paid coaches in the FBS and more than double his current annual salary of $4.2 million.

 

[irishff1014]

This is a crazy insane hire.

 

[Katzenboyer]

The unexpected fallout of this is that Georgia is going to effectively have the pick of the litter of every Top 100 defensive recruit in the South for the next year or two. That's scary.