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Will Saban Return To Coaching?

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I could absolutely see Saban returning to coaching in the near future. Doubt he goes the NFL route. Miami would be a perfect landing spot for him for a number of reasons. I'm not sure some of the younger fellas are aware of his family ties to the program. He watched his father coach at Miami as a boy.

We would have to have a very bad season for this to be in the cards. I would 100% rather win with Mario. If we don't, Saban is the only thing I could imagine at the moment that would save the program.

If not Miami, where are some other places he may coach out his years?

I really don't see him returning to the SEC.

USC would be a nice spot for him.

What do you goys think?
 
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DireWolf83 said:
If we don't, Saban is the only thing I could imagine at the moment that would save the program.
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IMO Urban Meyer is the better college coach and would be more successful at Miami.

Saban requires unlimited money to win. Meyer was successful at every level of cfb even at programs without resources.

I also think he would be more realistic. Saban went out on top. Meyer’s career ended in utter embarrassment and a destruction of his reputation. I am a little concerned that if UF fires Napier, Meyer would take that job again.
 
He's the same age as Belichick and he's the best college football coach of all-time.

About 90% of the P4 programs in America would sell their souls to hire him.

You guys are ******* looney-tunes if you don't think there'd be a MASSIVE demand for him and he'd instantly be the highest paid coach in the sport.

That being said, I don't think he's coming back. It wouldn't shock me, but my money would be on "no".
 
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I don't see how it happens or a litany of reasons, with the caveat that Kalen DeBoer face-plants or wants out of Alabama and the Crimson Tide find a way to bring him back for a couple years into the house that he built.

Saban will be 74 this fall, so if we're talking about a 2026 head coaching comeback, he's a 75 year old man at that rate—so you have a cap on how long he's hanging around and trying to do this at a high level, which isn't the best investment of a program.

People are also forgetting WHY he stepped away in the first place; not liking the NIL game, the way these kids were now handling the process or the fact that the transfer portal has killed his ability to build a three-deep and just powerhouse teams that reload instead of rebuilding annually.

It was a great era for St. Nick when he gamed the system and could drop bags to get the best players in the game; landing his helicopter on a high school's practice field to go shake some kid's hand as he reeled him in.

Today's players don't care about that; the only thing that matters is green—not legacy or playing for some legendary, militant head coach who wins big.

Why would Saban want to have to start over at 74 years old? Again, if he took Alabama back over somehow, maybe ... but he built that thing up or over 15 years and he stepped away after that Rose Bowl loss to Michigan, partly mentioning that he didn't get how his kids weren't more wrecked after losing CFP game that would've put them in the mix to play for another natty.

It's the dog days of summer and McElroy probably had some passing convo with Saban where he said "never say never" or something to that effect and the story is now growing legs that it doesn't need.


As for Florida State or Florida, against both program have massive buyouts or Norvell ($60M+) and Napier ($25M)—so factor that in when talking about getting rid of either, as well as the $12M+ they'd have to pay Saban annually, money for his staff and money for him to be competitive in the NIL space ... all or a 74-year head coach who could at best give them what, three or four good years?
 
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