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Unfortunately for everyone outside of Tuscaloosa, Saban has no desire to retire
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:37 pm
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There’s a countdown clock for Nick Saban’s retirement across the country. There’s some thought, whether warranted or naive, that the rest of the college football world will have a better chance to win a national championship when the greatest head coach in the game steps down.
Unfortunately for everyone outside of Tuscaloosa, Saban has no desire to retire for some time. He plans to continue to lead Alabama for the foreseeable future.
When he got on the topic of retirement while speaking in front of a group of coaches last month, Saban pointed to the challenges he faces in coaching that keep him going.
“Everybody asks me when I wanna retire. Retire from what?” Saban said. “I’m going to jump into an empty abyss, aight, of what am I going to do? The very challenges that I talk about and the things in our profession that concern me – for you and me both, in your game and our game – that’s what keeps me going. That’s why I get up every day. That’s why I can’t sleep at night sometimes. So why would you quit doing that? I haven’t figured that one out yet.”
Saban, 70, appears to have perfected the craft at coaching at the collegiate level — or as close as anyone can come to it. He’s won 7 national championships, 10 SEC titles, is a 5-time SEC Coach of the Year and 2-time National Coach of the Year.
Despite all the accolades, Saban isn’t showing any interest in slowing down.
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Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:39 pm to paperwasp
That is bad news for LSU’s most obsessed fan. Oh wait, you meant the city, not the poster. Sorry. Carry on.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:46 pm to paperwasp
If Saban continues his decline - he lost to TWO former assistants in one year - he will decide pretty fast his legacy is more important to him than continuing to coach
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:48 pm to LSUgrad88
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Oh wait, you meant the city, not the poster
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:49 pm to paperwasp
Someone start subtly overloading this man's diet with protein so we can at least gout him out of the conference.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:50 pm to DirtyDawg
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Someone start subtly overloading this man's diet with protein so we can at least gout him out of the conference
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:55 pm to paperwasp
Miss Terri has something to do with that i think
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:56 pm to mrbroker
Oh don't worry
We gonna make him quit
We gonna make him quit
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:59 pm to DirtyDawg
Why should we do that? It’s way too much fun beating him. Looking forward to a lot more wins before he finally leaves with his tail tucked between his legs
This post was edited on 2/21/22 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:59 pm to nicholastiger
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We gonna make him quit
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:13 pm to paperwasp
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We gonna make him quit
Most of those that said that are gone now. Lots of coaches in the SEC have left for places outside the SEC or just quit coaching since he has been at Tuscaloosa. How about making a list of them.
Urban Meyers for starters
This post was edited on 2/21/22 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:14 pm to paperwasp
Saban is an average coach anyway but also Alabama is gonna decline to 7-5 every year after he leaves
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:15 pm to paperwasp
After the 2026 season is the earliest he would possibly retire. My money is on the 2029 season as his last, providing good health. He'd still be younger than Bowden and Paterno by a few years even then.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:18 pm to nicholastiger
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:20 pm to paperwasp
Bowlcut abd the NIL broke Saban. The real decline starts next year
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:22 pm to CrunchimusMaximusThe
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Bowlcut abd the NIL broke Saban. The real decline starts next year
Eventually a few of you oatmeal brains will be right, because although he does seem like a cyborg, he is most likely a standard biological human.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:23 pm to Referee
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Lots of coaches in the SEC have left since he has been at Tuscaloosa. How about making a list of them.
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53 coaches have come and gone at 13 SEC schools since January 3, 2007. This number does not include interim coaches which probably adds another half a dozen or so to that total.
Arkansas Razorbacks (6)
Houston Nutt, Bobby Petrino, John L. Smith, Bret Bielema, Chad Morris, Sam Pittman
Auburn Tigers (4)
Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn, Bryan Harsin
Florida Gators (5)
Urban Meyer, Will Muschamp, Jim McElwain, Dan Mullen, Billy Napier
Georgia Bulldogs (2)
Mark Richt, Kirby Smart
Kentucky Wildcats (3)
Rich Brooks, Joker Phillips, Mark Stoops
LSU Tigers (3)
Les Miles, Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly
Mississippi State Bulldogs (4)
Sylvester Croom, Dan Mullen, Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach
Missouri Tigers (3)
Gary Pinkel, Barry Odom, Eli Drinkwitz (joined the SEC in 2012 with Pinkel)
Ole Miss Rebels (5)
Ed Orgeron, Houston Nutt, Hugh Freeze, Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin
South Carolina Gamecocks (3)
Steve Spurrier, Will Muschamp, Shane Beamer
Tennessee Volunteers (6)
Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt, Josh Heupel
Texas A&M Aggies (4)
Dennis Franchione, Mike Sherman, Kevin Sumlin, Jimbo Fisher (joined the SEC in 2012 with Sumlin)
Vanderbilt Commodores (5)
Bobby Johnson, Robbie Caldwell, James Franklin, Derek Mason, Clark Lea
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:28 pm to paperwasp
Listen, I don't want to root for the man to die but he's not giving me a lot of options.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 4:37 pm to paperwasp
Saban is a workaholic driven by his need to be dominant to hide his little man syndrome insecurities.
Things like leisure and family aren’t important to him. He tries to fill a void with more winning and it all rings empty and hollow. I pity his sad soul
Things like leisure and family aren’t important to him. He tries to fill a void with more winning and it all rings empty and hollow. I pity his sad soul
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