Such news is worth my temp-visiting.
Comment 1: I wouldn't be surprised if he stays one more year due to players begging him to as happened with Urban. Perhaps promising to send him off with one more natty.
Comment 2: I got a sneaking suspicion that the rise of both Kirby and Kiffin is a factor in this as well. Might also be the harbinger of UT first half with a weaker team telling him we're coming. He did last year moan and groan at the UT being on his permanent opponent schedule.
Comment 3: Without a doubt, the NIL has dented his pay to play scheme, so he can't continue to have a monopoly on buying top recruits.
Comment 4: The man is filthy rich, got nothing more to prove. Has a house in flooding Florida (should have picked Idaho, Wyoming, or one of the Dakotas for peace and quiet) so he sort of already said goodbye.
Comment 5: Replacement candidates? The dog said it is a toss up between Kirby, Kiffin, and James Franklin . disagree, sorry dog. I think it will be ( go ahead and laugh) Bill Bilichick, Pete Carroll, or Ron Riveria. As for Saban, well:
There was blood on the saddle and blood all around
And a great big puddle of blood on the ground
A cowboy lay in it all covered with gore
And he never will ride any broncos no more
Oh, pity the cowboy, all bloody and red
For the bronco fell on him and bashed in his head
There was blood on the saddle and blood all around
And a great big puddle of blood on the ground