Christmas Miracle? Nick Saban retiring?

[oxrageous]

Mike Tomlin is a walking joke. He’d be fired at Bama before completing his first season.

 

[78]

Mike Tomlin in Tuscaloosa, AL? Of course.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Tomlin is all tied into woke culture too. He actually had the team sit in the locker during the anthem 2 seasons ago. One player, a former army ranger, went out into the tunnel and stood with his hand over his heart despite the directive from Tomlin. Tomlin later publicly admonished the act as disrespectful to the team. Yeah, I can totally see him at Bama.

 

[MJMGator]

Butters

 

[rogdochar]

Those Bama idiots would take him over someone like Dabo in a heartbeat.

Bama fans have a heart.?

 

[URGatorBait]

They'll steal Napier from us before we even get started

 

[Theologator]

When Saban retires, I expect he will try to tab a successor/coach in waiting who he thinks will carry on with his system.

If Napier is successful, that will be as worrisome as when Kentucky wanted Billy D.

 

[oxrageous]

When Saban retires, I expect he will try to tab a successor/coach in waiting who he thinks will carry on with his system.

If Napier is successful, that will be as worrisome as when Kentucky wanted Billy D.

I don’t think Saban will give a sh!t what happens to Bama when he retires. Him having a “coach in waiting” is laughable.

I’ll bet 10 bucks he just quits with no notice and leaves them in a huge lurch.

 

[lizardbreath]

Dabo will be the first call and they will offer him God money. I'd say it's 50/50 but think he probably says no. The expectations are way too high at Bama. He can continue to be a living legend at Clemson and worshipped by the fan base, keys to the town, all that. Or he can sit in Nick's shadow and have half the fan base perennially calling for his ouster for failing to win another conf and national championship, rinse, wash, repeat every single year he comes up short.

I'm of the mindset Bama has a long hard fall from grace because the top guys will be very hesitant to go there due to that expectation and lose lose type situation. For these reasons my theory is they end up with a dude who's relatively ok with taking a massive payout for 3 seasons and a termination. The standard Saban set is simply too high and no one else will come close to it, thus be branded a loser when they could do the same at a different school and be celebrated.

If they go for an expendable type, Mullen does come to mind. But I can't believe there is any way in hell they'd be dumb enough to hire his goofy ass. What's the ol' Zooker up to these days - talk about your throw-away HCs.

 

[Spurdog98]

This stuff is cracking me up. First, Bama ain't hiring Urb. He is DONE coaching big time CFB and no shot at the NFL. Tomlin was a joke suggestion to begin with so no comment needed. Napier hasn't had the kind of success yet that Bama would require in a pedigree. Kirby has, and certainly Dabo has. Kiffin is a toss up and seems like risky choice. The press would eat Bama alive for even mentioning Urban not too mention he might not be able to recruit as well with the current rumors swirling around about him.

 

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I don’t think Saban will give a sh!t what happens to Bama when he retires. Him having a “coach in waiting” is laughable.

I’ll bet 10 bucks he just quits with no notice and leaves them in a huge lurch.

Wouldn’t that be cool if he just disappeared at halftime of the title game? To quote John Madden, BOOM.

 

[Frozen Gator]

I don’t think Saban will give a sh!t what happens to Bama when he retires. Him having a “coach in waiting” is laughable.

I’ll bet 10 bucks he just quits with no notice and leaves them in a huge lurch.

You can't be in a big lurch when you have the facilities, administration and organization in place. Unfortunately they will be fine.

 

[78]

You can't be in a big lurch when you have the facilities, administration and organization in place. Unfortunately they will be fine.

Not if they finally decide to go with Mike Price.

 

[oxrageous]

You can't be in a big lurch when you have the facilities, administration and organization in place. Unfortunately they will be fine.

Be fine as in winning NC's? No they won't. With a lesser coach, Bama could fall right to the 8-4 pack like everyone else. They have nowhere to go but down and when Saban leaves the dynasty is over.

 

[Theologator]

I don’t think Saban will give a sh!t what happens to Bama when he retires. Him having a “coach in waiting” is laughable.

I’ll bet 10 bucks he just quits with no notice and leaves them in a huge lurch.

Maybe. Lots of CEOs’ egos spur them to try to shape their organization’s future.

Do you think he’ll hang on way too long like Bobby?

 

[oxrageous]

Maybe. Lots of CEOs’ egos spur them to try to shape their organization’s future.

Do you think he’ll hang on way too long like Bobby?

No, I think he'll quit suddenly, like Barry Sanders. Saban isn't the kind of guy that's going to want an announced "swan song" season where everyone can gush and fawn over him. I think he despises that idea.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

I have no concern of Bama poaching Nape if he turns out to be great. He was WR coach there. It's not as if he played or was a coordinator for them. We can be every bit as incentivizing as tht school if we choose to be. Florida doesn't lack for money or fan base support. Just win and its all there for the taking.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

If they go for an expendable type, Mullen does come to mind. But I can't believe there is any way in hell they'd be dumb enough to hire his goofy ass. What's the ol' Zooker up to these days - talk about your throw-away HCs.

what in bamas history makes you think they are after fired garbage former Florida coaches? If anything history says it's the opposite. This post is completely

 

[MJMGator]

I think they’ll struggle to land a good HC. Who dafuq wants to follow Saban? Whoever it is will be fired in 3-4 years.
Very similar to post SOS.

 

[Frozen Gator]

Be fine as in winning NC's? No they won't. With a lesser coach, Bama could fall right to the 8-4 pack like everyone else. They have nowhere to go but down and when Saban leaves the dynasty is over.

I hope you're right!