Listen, Coach Saban:

He ain’t going anywhere, but he doesn’t need to say anything because talk means nothing these days in coaching- FOR ALL OF THEM.

But his daughter is a freshman at Bama and in a sorority. I just think he will stay until she finishes which should be at least 3 more years and by then he will be closing in on 60 and so I think he just stays 3 or 4 more years, until he is near 65 and then he retires to the lake.

Is there some news I haven’t read? Has he said he’s thinking about leaving? ‘Cause otherwise, I don’t think we should be delivering sales pitches to a coach who’s already here, and who’s brought us to where we are: preparing for a national championship game. No offense to you. I obviously understand that you want him to stay.

Also, just as an aside, you never want to say, “I’m not threatening you” when persuading somebody to do something. Just like you wouldn’t say that to a girl you’re trying to pick up. ‘Cause she’d probably think you are threatening her, in spite of your saying “I’m not threatening you.” That’s bad. It leads to a Discomfort Zone. And possibly a restraining order. The last thing we want is for Coach Saban to put a restraining order on us.

Let’s give him the respect he’s earned, and let him do his job without commanding him to listen. It’s only his third year, and we’re Alabama. We don’t have to beg.

what is the m stand for in mncg?

should stay at Alabama, but the fact is that any coach who is at least good can win at Bama. Even a bad coach can win. Mike Dubious (sp intentional) won an SECCG at Bama, for pete’s sake! Bill Curry won 10 games (in an 11 game schedule) and a share of the SEC! A good coach (Stallings, Frank Thomas) can win a NC or two here. A great coach (Bryant, Wade, maybe Saban) can win many. If Franny had stayed, he would likely have won a NC by now. Ears was the only coach who never never did anything here, out of 115 years worth of coaches.

If Saban stays another 10 years, he’ll likely have 3 or 4 NCs by the time he retires and will be considered one of the greatest college coaches of his generation. If he leaves, Bama will be fine, but he’ll have to rebuild somewhere else and may or may not ever win even one more NC.

In short, I agree with you that Alabama is one of the top 2 or 3 college coaching jobs in the country. Sure, you have to deal with rich boosters, high expectations, and the like. But Saban has proven he can handle that. There’s no reason to think he’d be dumb enough to throw it all away for any reason.

And why the F are you listening to LSU fans?

But you know that with the ND job opening up, and the Michigan job not far behind, that some boosters and some university reps are going to be contacting Coach Saban to gauge his interest. I simply wanted to remind CNS that however nice a line they talk, they’ve got nothing better to offer than he already has. Unless he likes surfing.

I probably shouldn’t post drunk again.

Saban is in the Generativity stage of his development which means he’s passing his knowledge on to the team and until he reaches Stagnation in which he no longer is reaching the players and can’t motivate them anymore, will he leave.

IMO

i know it’s late, but Troll.

After he signed the extension and said he and Miss Terry would like to finish his career here.

Saban keeps winning at Alabama. A few national championships, a bunch of SEC championships, and after a while Alabama becomes not the school where Bear Bryant coached, but Nick Saban and the Bear coached. Do you realize how much of an improbable task it is to go to the school with the most revered coach in college football history and end up being put on similar ground with that legend? I think Saban can do it, but it won’t be easy.