that should quiet the Saban to Tex rumors
I'm glad to see this, but others will point to the no buy out clause and the rumors will keep on coming.
Sorry guys I don't post a lot, but have been visiting this site for years. My source for info on Bama. Will this end already. I'm seeing some talk on the pay sites that just won't let this go away. What is the deal? Tired of getting asked about it at work and rival fans faces beaming when someone mentions TX. Any word today?
The rumors are wishful thinking and intentional lying by rivals who want Nick Saban somewhere, anywhere, other than Alabama. Meanwhile, they're trying to turn recruits and stir angst within the Bama fanbase.
They will continue until Texas replaces Mack Brown, whenever that might happen, with somebody other than Nick Saban.
Then they'll switch to whatever traditional power out there is going through a down time. Michigan and Nebraska would appear to be the immediate alternatives du jour. in a few years, it might be USCw. Or, if B. Kelley repeats this year's struggles, Notre Dame (that would be the second time we've been through the Saban-to-Notre Dame merry go round).
I believe Saban's next stop is retirement to Lake Burton. Don't know when that might be, and have absolutely no inside information. But if forced to guess, I'd say three more years.
After that, I'd see lucrative side gigs doing public speaking, television analysis, and consulting, all largely on his own schedule. Maybe even doing volunteer coaching at a high school near the lake.
I don't see him as Bill Battle's successor. Not because he can't do the job. He most certainly can. But because I don't see him wanting to deal with the (baby?) kissing political aspects.
