I don’t blame Saban. Hell that man didn’t know till about 5 min before he walked in to talk to the team. He was still interviewing DC candidates. No I don’t blame Saban at all. The man busted his arse to put Alabama on top. He had earned the right to go out whenever he wanted too.

I blame the NCAA for allowing a system to be created that has no checks and balances on it and rewards people willing to write big checks rather than rewarding coaches that are willing to work and grind to build a program the good old fashioned way. I’m convinced Saban wanted to coach a few more years. The problem was Saban just burned out. He could not keep up with all the NIL & portal shite plus carry out all the other responsibilities a head coach has on his plate. When it’s at a place like Alabama I’m sure it’s even worse because Bama is so high profile. It’s just sad though that the greatest college coach of all time and a guy that built his reputation by working hard and taking no shortcuts was run out of the business because of a system that encourages taking shortcuts. The system we have also sends a message to players at an impressionable age in life that it’s ok to quit on that player’s current team and go somewhere else if things get a little bumpy and a player doesn’t get his way. It’s also allowing players to make dumb moves that may benefit them in the short term but it may hurt them in the long term just for a few bucks or a car.