re: If Saban had waited a month

If he does that then Michigan gets first choice of available coaches after Harbaugh takes an NFL job, every other available coach who is worth a shite gets an extension, and then we are bigly fricked.

There is no way Saban could have timed it that would have softened the blow. It just would have made it hit us in a different spot. The NCAA has set up the portal to totally buttfrick any program going through a coaching change.