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I see Saban is whining about NIL

Posted on 3/7/26 at 9:45 am
Posted by TxAgveteran
Member since Oct 2024
123 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 9:45 am
Some of you will think of him as the greatest coach of all time. I’ll always think of him as the coach who quit once the playing field got leveled with NIL. He could no longer cheat.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
34966 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 9:45 am to
Most of us will just see you as a whiny bitch.
Posted by Lucado
Member since Nov 2023
3856 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 9:47 am to
quote:

Some of you will think of him as the greatest coach of all time. I’ll always think of him as the coach who quit once the playing field got leveled with NIL. He could no longer cheat.


They all know it's true.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27774 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 9:49 am to
Bear Bryant is the GOAT coach...without a doubt
Posted by TxAgveteran
Member since Oct 2024
123 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 10:34 am to
They’re just in denial
Posted by GalvoAg
Galveston TX
Member since Apr 2012
11250 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 10:51 am to
It’s a fact he quit when the going got tuff and the playing field more even.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22065 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:10 am to
quote:

I’ll always think of him as


I’ll always think of you as an idiot.
Posted by Chris ALL Capps
Member since Jan 2024
691 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:17 am to
Careful there dingleberry, you might cut yourself with such "edgy" takes like that.
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
Member since Nov 2015
1112 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:26 am to
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I see Saban is whining about NIL


Good. I hope his voice carries some weight on the topic if it'll help alleviate some the chaos and hopefully create a structure with sensible rules and guidelines.

quote:

Some of you will think of him as the greatest coach of all time.


Maybe. It's arguable. But I generally don't waste my time trying to turn opinions into facts.

quote:

I’ll always think of him as the coach who quit once the playing field got leveled with NIL.


Ok. I certainly won't tell you what to think.

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He could no longer cheat.


I don't know that he did or did not cheat. I have seen no proof either way. So for now, he still has my respect.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
31007 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:44 am to
...and we're suppose to give a f**k about what you "think" of him?...
Posted by Beau Fontenot
Member since Oct 2018
683 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:49 am to
I think he just wasn't up to having to recruit his entire roster every year. It would have been much worse for him at Alabama, because his entire roster was 5 and 4 star guys, many of which weren't playing. They' would have been prime targets for other schools.

He didn't have anything to prove. Good time to retire.
Posted by lefty08
Not in Auburn or Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
6465 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:52 am to
More even? Maybe. Even? Not close
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
10073 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:55 am to
quote:

Some of you will think of him as the greatest coach of all time.


He is! SEVEN natties prove it.

quote:

I’ll always think of him as the coach who quit



Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
26946 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 12:02 pm to
NIL is the worst thing to happen to college football. Saban simply wants it to be controlled. His toenail knows more about college football than you.

In the SEC, we honor our legends. Saban said nothing wrong. Your post is trash.
Posted by El Tigre Grande
Bayou Self
Member since Jan 2006
2653 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 12:14 pm to
quote:

Bear Bryant was a liar and a drunk

fixed
Posted by Tigerwm23
North Louisiana
Member since Oct 2015
853 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 12:53 pm to
He’s the best and probably the one who can help fix this NIL bullshite before they completely frick up college sports forever
Posted by TheScogg
Member since Sep 2025
406 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

Some of you will think of him as the greatest coach of all time. I’ll always think of him as the coach who quit once the playing field got leveled with NIL. He could no longer cheat.


Both can be true. He absolutely IS the greatest coach I've ever seen - in just about any sport. Because the guy took a winning formula - and then changed it up when it didn't win at the highest level.

You can count the number of top tier guys that did that on one finger in my lifetime. Saban and Mike Klaskjdfkasjdlfksdalfjasdlf from Duke.

But Nick Saban shouldn't be given the authority to take tickets at the local cinema. Let alone "fix" college football. He's a tyrant. He's not suitable to be let rule over free men. No different than Mike LKJLAJKASDJL. Or Bobby Knight. Or many others of his ilk.
Posted by BCBAMA
Southeast Alabama
Member since Apr 2016
989 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:20 pm to
Bidding for players and allowing them to transfer in the way currently allowed has no place in college football or any sport. Those who think differently, enjoy it while it lasts.
Posted by TheScogg
Member since Sep 2025
406 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:33 pm to
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Bidding for players and allowing them to transfer in the way currently allowed has no place in college football or any sport. Those who think differently, enjoy it while it lasts.


As opposed to bidding for, and allowing to transfer, your favorite coach ?

Now lets get down to it. In what way do you feel as if you "own" the labor of anyone ? Especially for something as simple as a "scholarship" ? Or how such recipient "owes" you ?

I went to a borderline university / community college on scholarship. At no point did they obligate me to a period of years to stay. Nor did they deny me the opportunity to earn money outside of the small stipend they provided. As a matter of fact - they encouraged doing work within my field of study on the side for money. They called it "interning".

And I don't think I ever made that school a dime. They just wanted to be able to say they had a National Merit Scholar and Valadictorian. So tell me all the restrictions you want to put on a ball-player that is part of the huge money mill that is College Sports Entertainment.
Posted by GetmorewithLes
UK Basketball Fan
Member since Jan 2011
22607 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:50 pm to
quote:

Some of you will think of him as the greatest coach of all time. I’ll always think of him as the coach who quit once the playing field got leveled with NIL. He could no longer cheat.


So you should not retire when you are like 74? Give me a break, you wont make it to 50 before you are calling mom and dad for an advance on your inheritance because you are just too stressed out…
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