Legendary Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban would likely return to coaching in the NFL, not college, at least according to On3’s Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman.
“I don't believe that Nick Saban is going to come back to college football until there's a firm set of rules, which is not going to happen before he turns 80, probably,” Staples said.
“This sounds like an NFL discussion to me,” Wasserman said.
Greg McElroy revealed on “McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning” Monday that he heard from a well-trusted source that his former headman at Alabama is “not done” coaching.
“This is a little bit out of left field, but the question was asked of me … a very much in the know person that I have a lot of respect for and have spent a lot of time around and just really, really admire. They seem to think Nick Saban’s not done coaching. I had a similar reaction. He’s pretty adamant that he thinks Nick Saban will be coaching again. … Look, if it wasn’t someone notable, I’d never say a word,” McElroy said.
Paul Finebaum believes Nick Saban is done coaching, NFL is more likely than Alabama, college football
Paul Finebaum doesn’t believe Saban has any desire to return to coaching, considering the life he’s heard the 73-year-old is living.
“Greg, you know Nick Saban better than I do, but I ran into somebody the other day who spends time with Saban in Florida – you can imagine where – and said that he is literally having the time of his life. And why wouldn’t he? I’m much closer to Nick Saban’s age than you are and I can assure you, when you have everything you want and you start playing golf at the best golf clubs in America and you start making friends who belong to even better golf clubs and you make a lot of money for doing very little work on TV, the interest in doing what he walked away from is not very high,” Finebaum said.
“He had a better situation at Alabama the day he left than anywhere he goes, let’s say it’s next year. Now, I don’t know whether it’s college or pros – could he be talked into something in the NFL? I don’t know how, because I don’t know that itch burns anymore, either. But my opinion is Nick Saban is done in coaching.”
Saban currently works for the Alabama Crimson Tide athletic department in an advisor role. He’s been seen on the recruiting trail recently, though Kalen DeBoer is very much still the team’s commander in chief.
Perhaps the former Miami Dolphins head coach can monitor Mike McDaniel’s job security after his poor handling of Tua Tagovailoa’s health.