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I think he has grown to love Tuscaloosa as well.. As crazy as that may sound... I don't think he was totally sold on Alabama in the beginning and he has had NUMEROUS chances to leave if he wanted but the more time you spend in one place, the more in grow on you... Tuscaloosa isn't Baton Rogue BUT its a pretty good city and Alabama football IS an ELITE program!! Arguably one of the top 3 of ALL TIME!!! He loves football and he has cat blanche to do whatever he wants to do at Alabama. So I believe that eh finally has found his home and will be there until he retires... I mean could ANYONE here have ever imagined him donning a "Big Al" head, like he did for Lee Corso or giving a Roll Tide when he went to go speak in Big Ten country??

There are some really good posts from Alabama fans on this subject, in this thread, and this is one of them.

Older people understand how you can grow tremendously from an unsuccessful situation. I firmly believe that Saban learned a lot from his 2 years in Miami and became an even greater coach than the one he was at LSU. He was great at LSU, but even greater at Alabama. He would never, in a million years, do the "Big Al" head type of deal or the Little Debbie ESPN commercials at LSU.

Basically, Saban was wonderful for LSU and LSU was wonderful for Saban. But, he has found a great home for himself in Tuscaloosa and has been fantastic. That's the only reason we don't like him, because he's there. And, he's doing a fantastic job. That's all there is to it.