re: Josh Pate ranks SEC coaching staffs

Posted on 3/5/24 at 12:39 pm to John Milner

Posted by SidewalkTiger

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Posted on 3/5/24 at 12:39 pm to John Milner

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DeBoer was the choice all along and had already agreed in principle even before the title game.

Why did Saban say he wasn't even sure about retiring until 5 minutes before he actually announced it then?

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Posted by jchamil

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Posted on 3/5/24 at 1:38 pm to SidewalkTiger

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Why did Saban say he wasn't even sure about retiring until 5 minutes before he actually announced it then?

I would guess that he still had reservations about retiring up until the last minute. Both of those things can be true

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Posted by John Milner

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Posted on 3/5/24 at 1:42 pm to SidewalkTiger

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Why did Saban say he wasn't even sure about retiring until 5 minutes before he actually announced it then?

You do realize, of course, that the agreement would have been predicated on Saban’s final decision. Right?

I’ll ask you like I asked the other guy. Do you seriously think that within 4 days a national title game was played, Saban just started considering retirement, the Alabama AD compiled a list of candidates, contacted the agents of those candidates, contacted DeBoer, interviewed DeBoer, and agreed on a contract, then hired him….all within 4 days? It doesn’t happen that way. It damn sure didn’t happen that way when LSU hired Kelly. We were all told that Riley would be hired and dominate the SEC. It definitely took Auburn more than 4 day when Harsin was hired, and more than 4 days whe Sleezy Freeze was hired.

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