Nick Saban Calls It A Day

[WEDWDW]

He is going to retire making many happy and many sad.

Considered by most the best College Coach ever.

 

[Bamaclan4]

Can’t blame him but he will certainly be missed. And despite what certain people will get on here and say his Record speaks for itself. He and Miss Terry and their charitable work have certainly left a lasting mark on Tuscaloosa. Roll Tide Forever! Love My Tide

 

[CynBeth]

I became a fan of the Crimson Tide within the last 5 years when I got into watching college football on tv. It is bittersweet to hear this news. It is great for him and his family but he will be missed.

 

[SpaceMan5]

I respect what he did on the field and his many accomplishments, no doubt one of the best coaches ever. However, I will say he was very disrespectful to the media. I get the media can be annoying but they are just doing their job nonetheless. Whether you are a coach or an athlete you can get away with a lot if you win.

 

[WEDWDW]

Reports are no one at Alabama saw this coming today.

Saban was working like normal-he was on the SEC Coaches teleconference today, even becoming animated at one point,and did interviews for the vacant Wide Receivers Coach position.

247 Sports is reporting he cited his age and health concerns in the meeting with Players.

If that is accurate he may just be referring to the normal health concerns at his age and nothing specific he is dealing with -who knows.

At any rate,I hope Bama Fans savored every second of the ride with Saban.

I feel sorry for the Freshmen Students at Bama who thought they would have 4 years of Saban.

It could be a ROUGH period for the Tide coming-just one example is 5 Star Ryan Williams who was due to sign with Bama on his Birthday in February decommitted as soon as he got the news.

And Auburn rolled Toomer's Corner!!!!lol

 

[nick p]

Wow talk about ending of an era of great coaches all at the end of the same season

 

[WEDWDW]

FWIW it is being reported that Dan Lanning is in Tuscaloosa.

 

[Bamaclan4]

FWIW it is being reported that Dan Lanning is in Tuscaloosa.

And so it begins

 

[Cadiewampus]

And so it begins

At least he didn't say Mike Shula

 

[MGMmjl]

At least he didn't say Mike Shula

Or Mike Price. Remember that debacle? Lol!

 

[WEDWDW]

First comments from the Retired GOAT in an interview with Chris Low..

"Last season was difficult for me from just a health standpoint, not necessarily having anything major wrong, but just being able to sustain and do things the way I want to do them, the way I've always done them," Saban told Low. "It just got a little bit harder. So you have to decide, 'OK, this is sort of inevitable when you get to my age.'"

Saban has always been known for his ridiculous work ethic and his ability to seldom waste time. At 72, Saban told Low he didn't think it would have been fair to say he would be there four or five more seasons.

"Which I would have been happy to try to do, but I just didn't feel like I could do that and didn't want to get into a year-to-year deal that doesn't help anybody and doesn't help you continue to build and be at the standard that I want to be at and want this program to be at," Saban said.

Saban still plans to have a presence of some type at the University of Alabama, he told Low. Saban is still trying to figure that out, though.

"I want to be there for the players, for the coaches, anything I can do to support them during this transition," Saban said.

There's still a lot he wants to do, and he wanted to do so while he still could, Low wrote.

"There's life after football, but I'm always going to be here for Alabama however they need me," Saban said.

Saban worked up until the very end of his retirement. He was interviewing coaches as late as the day he retired. He was also back in the office Thursday.

"It's the way I've always done things," Saban said. "You keep working right up until it's time to walk away. I think when you get away from doing what you've always done, you're never going to be as effective. And that's just sort of it. I knew it was time."

 

[WEDWDW]

And so it begins

Lanning has called a team meeting announcing he isn't going anywhere by saying "The Grass Is "Darn" Green In Eugene!".

 

[WEDWDW]

Or Mike Price. Remember that debacle? Lol!

It's Rolling Baby!lol

 

[starvenger]

Saban's retired, Pete Carroll is stepping away from coaching, Belichick is no longer with the Patriots...

Quite the week for (American) football coaches.

 

[GAN]

At least he didn't say Mike Shula

It always bothers me when I see comments like this pertaining to Mike Shula. He came in at a pivotal time for Alabama -the program was in tough shape after the DuBose, Franchione, Price trilogy. He was familiar the program and did his best stabilize the mess handed to him. Beyond that, Mike was a classmate of mine and I was fortunate enough to get to know his character and work ethic as a student. He's a First-Class individual who dedicated a lot of time as a student/athlete at Alabama, then as a coach. If you're an Alabama fan(in general), it's wrong to belittle what he's done for the School.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Or Mike Price. Remember that debacle? Lol!

You'd have to win at least two national titles before Alabama would look the other way at strip clubs on the coach's credit card.

 

[NotUrsula]

I called this one 2 games into the season. For the past 2 seasons he just wasn't delivering the way he used to, and the handwriting was on the wall that the boosters were beginning to show dissatisfaction. (They are hugely powerful, and have zero patience when Alabama does not *clearly* dominate the SEC.) At 72 it was time to bow out gracefully before things started getting ugly.

From the standpoint of an LSU alum, it's a good thing, because a lot of very bitter people in Louisiana will finally be able to move on from what they regard as an unforgiveable betrayal that took the university many years to financially recover from. (I'm not talking about the optimistic folks who wishfully thought that LSU could dominate if only Saban was gone; I'm talking about the ones who felt that the integrity of the SEC as a whole was tainted by his continued presence -- and trust me, there are a lot of them.)

He has a large estate in Jupiter, Florida now that was recently purchased, and if past history means anything he'll probably move his residence away from Tuscaloosa pretty soon, but leave his business interests there (the car dealerships, hotel, etc.) intact.

 

[mjkacmom]

Saw some chatter on Clemson social media, hope Dabo stays put.

 

[Cadiewampus]

It always bothers me when I see comments like this pertaining to Mike Shula. He came in at a pivotal time for Alabama -the program was in tough shape after the DuBose, Franchione, Price trilogy. He was familiar the program and did his best stabilize the mess handed to him. Beyond that, Mike was a classmate of mine and I was fortunate enough to get to know his character and work ethic as a student. He's a First-Class individual who dedicated a lot of time as a student/athlete at Alabama, then as a coach. If you're an Alabama fan(in general), it's wrong to belittle what he's done for the school.

Not belittling what he did for the school. Have no idea what he did for the school. Not an Alabama Fan simply going by the win loss record

 

[sam_gordon]

Saw some chatter on Clemson social media, hope Dabo stays put.

Apparently Dabo's buyout to go to Alabama is 150% of what it is for ANY other school. I don't understand that. Why? Yes, the school asked and he agreed to it, but why? I could understand (sort of) if they were rivalry schools (Alabama/Auburn, Kentucky/Louisville, Duke/UNC, etc), but not Clemson/Alabama.