Thoughts on Nick Saban as the New Coach?

[TroyEmmittAndMichael]

I wouldn't mind Jerry interviewing him as well. Garrett was making $6 mil/yr and Saban is making ~$8/yr (extension from Bama last yr). If we wanted him, Jerry would obviously have to pay up, but certainly something that is feasible with no cap implications with a coach's salary.

 

[crashintonickdm]

He sucked in the nfl. No thanks

 

[egn22]

Pass. He won’t have the option to cherry pick the best players in the country to create a dominant team

 

[Carson]

Saban and Dabo aren’t leaving the college ranks

 

[xwalker]

I wouldn't mind Jerry interviewing him as well. Garrett was making $6 mil/yr and Saban is making ~$8/yr (extension from Bama last yr). If we wanted him, Jerry would obviously have to pay up, but certainly something that is feasible with no cap implications with a coach's salary.

Saban failed as an NFL Head Coach.

Coaching millionaires is much different than coaching college kids.

 

[sunalsorises]

I’d be interested in seeing Saban give the NFL another go. He is a god in Alabama, though. I don’t see him wanting to try the NFL again.

 

[Carson]

I’d be interesting in seeing Saban give the NFL another go. He is a god in Alabama, though. I don’t see him wanting to try the NFL again.

You said it yourself. He’s a god in Alabama.

He makes millions on millions. Coaches an elite program, never has to recruit as people want to play there.

Why stress and go to the nfl?

 

[Creeper]

Who are the college coaches, Besides Jimmy Johnson, who have succeeded in the NFL? I am asking because I really do not know - and I am too lazy to do the research myself.

 

[Carson]

Who are the college coaches, Besides Jimmy Johnson, who have succeeded in the NFL? I am asking because I really do not know - and I am too lazy to do the research myself.

Pete Carroll
Tom Coughlin

 

[The Natural]

Im not endorsing Saban per se, but people kill me with this “he failed in the NFL” crap. He had the same winning percentage with Miami that Belichick had during his stint in Cleveland. It doesnt mean he couldnt win more with a different franchise.

 

[egn22]

Pete Carroll
Tom Coughlin

Harbaugh too

 

[RodeoJake]

Pete Carroll
Tom Coughlin

And both of them had NFL experience before becoming college HCs.

 

[Carson]

Harbaugh too

Harbaugh is a tough one to crack. I loved him at SF. Just not a fan of what he’s done at Michigan

 

[egn22]

Wasn’t Rivera a college coach too?

 

[nightrain]

Saban is a King of Kings, he ain't working for Jerry. He already pooped the bed, badly, in the NFL anyway. Big difference between coaching kids you recruited for scholarships and multi-million dollar grown businessmen.

 

[Rayman70]

he's not leaving Bama. He would be nuts to do that.

 

[AbeBeta]

Y'all know Saban is Garrett's mentor, right?

 

[Whyjerry]

Who are the college coaches, Besides Jimmy Johnson, who have succeeded in the NFL? I am asking because I really do not know - and I am too lazy to do the research myself.

Chip Kelly may have invented football

 

[beware_d-ware]

$8 million from Bama vs say $10 million from Jerry doesn't mean squat for Saban. That isn't life-changing money for him.

For example, I'm a Boise State fan, and we had a coordinator leave for UT-Austin a while back. We were paying him something like $500,000 per year, and UT offered him $3 mil. That is life-changing money for him, to where you could bait him out of a job with a paycheck. But what could Saban buy with $10M that he couldn't buy with $8M?

The only way you could bring Saban in with salary is by offering him next-level-of-rich money, say something like $30M-$50M a season, or giving him an ownership stake in the team. Obviously that ain't happening.

 

[john van brocklin]

I wouldn't mind Jerry interviewing him as well. Garrett was making $6 mil/yr and Saban is making ~$8/yr (extension from Bama last yr). If we wanted him, Jerry would obviously have to pay up, but certainly something that is feasible with no cap implications with a coach's salary.

Nooooooooo