Nick Saban Retiring - CONFIRMED

[chuck0303]

Someone should post the meltdown the gumps are having on their website. They do have a website don't they? Probably have to teach them to read first. Yeah, I bet those bama fans are S___ting the bed about right now. LOlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.

 

[volbound1700]

My money is on Kiffen

Kiffin seems like a possibility but I think he will want 1 more year with the team he has at Ole Miss right now. 2024 will be make or break for him.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Other sleazebag candidates: Petrino, Miles, and don't forget the best possible man for the job, Schiano.

Art Briles. He's tanned, he's rested, he's ready.

 

[BUCCnVOLfan]

Amen

We’ve suffered for a long time. It’s their time to be on the decline..

 

[Volos]

This is the chance for Heupel to make up for any roster deficiencies and raid the Bama roster. We can finally pick up a game breaking S like Downs and shore up our OL for the future by getting a guy like Proctor. Coach needs to get on this ASAP, until now, his roster management has been abysmal and we can right the ship in a 2 week span. All in to win it with Nicoooooooo!

 

[MontyPython]

Possibly the most dominant college program ever under his reign.

Kudos.

And buh bye.

Great news for Volnation.

 

[VolBricks]

Nick- “ now that I cannot even beat the B1G it is time to retire”

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Ask yourself this. Do you think he could win at a school like Arkansas or Virginia Tech or a Miss. St?

Yes I do. Would he have won like he has? Maybe not. But he out LSU in the national spotlight. They were in the desert and irrelevant. You don’t win national championships at multiple schools without great coaching abilities.

so what’s your criteria for being a great coach?

 

[Tnphil]

If Alabama wants to win like Saban did over the next 10-15 years you back the truck up to Kirby (don’t think he’s leaving UGA though). Kiffin would be my second choice and would win, just not at the level Kirby would.

IMO if Kirby leaves UGA it will be to the NFL.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

That recruiting class is about to fall apart

I hope so. But had he stayed it wouldn’t. Regardless of NIL.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

There goes Dabo, bet he is the first contact

lol. Bama can do much better.

 

[Hacksaw]

Call me crazy, but I won't miss him.

 

[vavolfan6]

Nick Saban realized the probability of winning another championship is only getting harder with the 12 team CFP. Might as well get ahead of it an retire.

 

[VaBornVol]

I bet the text messages Lane Kiffin is sending to the Alabama AD right now rival those Brady Hoke sent to John Currie…

 

[Orangethumb]

No one wants to be the man to replace the man. Imagine the pressure.

 

[Hyperion]

Ask yourself this. Do you think he could win at a school like Arkansas or Virginia Tech or a Miss. St?

Yes. Saban would have had similar success at Georgia, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, Texas AM and maybe even South Carolina or Arkansas. This is where Alabama fans are wrong. They think their program is naturally stronger and that's just not true. On a balanced playing field they are no better than any of the places I mentioned.

 

[Boston Vol]

Ask yourself this. Do you think he could win at a school like Arkansas or Virginia Tech or a Miss. St?

So Frank Beamer can be successful at Va Tech but Nick Saban can’t?

 

[BleedingOrangeInChatt]

ESPN will run a two-week series on whoever his replacement is and be the new media darling. Brian Kelly will get jealous.

His replacement is basically doomed from the beginning. If whoever it is doesn't win big immediately. They'll be fired.

 

[sami]

Meyer would come back to the SEC?? That heart issue he has/ had at FL would come back into play after his first losing streak..

I think Kiffin, Sarkisian, Dabo (it may the time for him to bolt Clemson). Just for fun, Deion (no way he’d leave Colorado and especially after only 4 wins this past season… but who knows

Kiffin and Sarkisian are definitely in the mix, but my first guess would be Lanning. He's young, and knows the SEC inside and out. Sark is pretty much on the same level at Texas, and has the QB room set for the next few years.

 

[Hyperion]

Kiffin and Sarkisian are definitely in the mix, but my first guess would be Lanning. He's young, and knows the SEC inside and out. Sark is pretty much on the same level at Texas, and has the QB room set for the next few years.

LOL why would Sark leave Texas? All things being equal that's a better job than Alabama.

 

[UTvols#1]

Belichick was making 20 million.

Payton making 18 million.

Most of the top 10 NFL guys are north of 10.

Thanks , I truly had no clue what they made ..They only ever made a big deal out of college coaches ..

 

[BenGrimm]

I do think NIL and the transfer portal probably weighed on his decision. Not because it “evens the playing field” but because the schedule involved is grueling and it’s going to be worse with the expanded playoffs.

Probably exhausted from revolving door of assistants too.

I don’t think he’s scared of anything. He’s 72, has 7 NCs, and nothing left to prove.

 

[25vol]

LOL why would Sark leave Texas? All things being equal that's a better job than Alabama.

All things being equal? No it’s just a straight up better job for him. Who the **** wants to go to Tuscaloosa and get death threats from crazy fans for losing 2 regular season games? That job is the definition of “hard to follow”. Don’t know why everyone seems so sure that it’ll get filled quickly.

 

[Zues1]

So Frank Beamer can be successful at Va Tech but Nick Saban can’t?

I remember when VA Tech was everybody's whipping boy. Yeah I'm that old.

 

[Hyperion]

All things being equal? No it’s just a straight up better job for him. Who the **** wants to go to Tuscaloosa and get death threats from crazy fans for losing 2 regular season games? That job is the definition of “hard to follow”. Don’t know why everyone seems so sure that it’ll get filled quickly.

I completely agree. Texas is a much better job today. I remember how crazy the Gumps fans were with DuBose,coach Fran and Shula. They were acting like Bryant happened yesterday during those times. Well now we are literally after Saban. You're completely correct. Anyone wanting this job right now is certifiably crazy.