“It’s like man I don’t need this….A Darn lineman on the open market now is at least is half a million”   Deion Sanders believes Nick Saban stepped away from coaching because of  this reasons.

Catching Deion Sanders wasn”t easy, but Nick Saban did it. The Alabama coach stunned the sports world when he retired, ending a 28-year streak that saw him win six national titles in 17 seasons with the Crimson Tide and one national title with LSU.

“College football lost its GOAT to retirement,” Sanders wrote.

 

Now in his second season as coach at Colorado, Sanders waits to see who the head coach in Tuscaloosa will be. Deion Sanders was among those caught off guard by Saban”s retirement.

“Happy retirement [GOAT],” Packers running back, and Alabama Kenyan standout Drake wrote, posting a photo of himself working out with Saban watching in Tuscaloosa.

Terry said on the Nick”s Kids Foundation Facebook page,

“We”ve done amazing things at the University of Alabama over the past 17 years and have so many wonderful memories.”

On Alabama”s campus, some Crimson Tide fans began placing oatmeal, cream and Coke at the base of Saban”s statue outside Bryant-Denny Stadium, according to Bama Central”s Mathey Gibson.

 

While many applauded Saban”s performance, some outside of Tuscaloosa were in the mood to celebrate the legendary college football coach”s retirement.

Outkick”s Clay Travis also posted a funny video of his son from Alabama on how the Crimson Tide is doing now that Saban is gone.

Nick Saban, 72, captain of the Alabama Crimson Tide, blows the whistle. Alabama lost what we know to be Saban”s last game 10 days ago, the 2023 College Football Playoff final against Michigan State in the Rose Bowl.

Saban won seven championships, including one at LSU, and six at Bama from 2009 to 2020, tying Bear Bryant”s all-time Championship record.

That”s what happened when Colorado hired Mel Tucker to replace current coach Deion Sanders. Coach Premier and Saban were very close and one of the football players always had a story about one of his head coaches.

Sanders and Saban dabbled in insurance sales this fall and worked in various sports.

“I love, I love, I respect, every time I do business with Coach Saban, it”s a gift. Just being in his presence, listening to him talk, there”s going to be people who want to hear what he has to say,”

Sanders said last year.

The world of college football has changed more in the past three years than in the past 25 years. The game has changed dramatically with the introduction of NILs and shipping portals, and few are better positioned to embrace these new trends than Sanders.

We won”t know how much this will factor into Saban”s decision until he talks about it, but Alabama seems to have been on a downward spiral in recent years.

It doesn’t take reading too much into the Twitter feed to see Sanders’ respect for the game, its history and great statistics — something that often stems from a passion for football.

Iowa”s Kirk Ferentz has been competing with Nick Saban for more than 40 years. He was on the other side of the ball in the mid-1980s, with Ferentz coaching the Hawkeyes” offensive line and Saban leading MSU”s secondary.

Under Bill Belichick, they played their whole 1993–94 season together in Cleveland, when Ferentz was the offensive line coach and Saban was the defensive coordinator.

In 1999, Saban’s MSU team triumphed over Iowa, and in 2005, Saban guided Ferentz’s Hawkeyes to the Capital One Bowl championship game against LSU.

Ferentz remarked, “Nick has been a great coach.” For two years, I shared a room with him at work. Unprecedented in its success, Saban’s Alabama program is regarded as one of the greatest in college football history.

“Most of the schools that are classified as junior high schools are declining,”

Ferentz said.

“But at Alabama before Nick, look where they are. Seeing some of his first bowl games, as I know his first game was the Independence Bowl or something like that. You don”t mind playing with them the first year, but then they start to get better.”

According to Ferentz, another factor contributing to Saban’s outstanding record is his ability to avoid having down seasons. Last Wednesday, news broke that Nick Saban, the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, would be retiring after 20 years of winning seven national titles, shocking college football.

There have been inquiries concerning Saban’s resignation, which came about despite him leading the Crimson Tide to the Rose Bowl and another trip to the College Football Playoffs. Saban is 72 years old.

Deion Sanders, the coach of Colorado and co-star with Nick Saban in the Aflac commercial, released a comment on Saban’s remarks.

 

“There has been a big shift in player autonomy in the college football industry as Saban struggles to maintain a championship team, with the transfer portal and NIL performances as the main drivers.”

However, in a team meeting where he informed the Tide of his plan to retire, Saban reportedly stated that he was resigning due to health and age concerns, according to a report from 247Sports.

It is unclear how Saban’s retirement will affect Alabama in its entirety, considering the team has been the top college football program for the last 17 years.

It’s interesting to note that in Wednesday’s post, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders—Deion’s son—seemed to be advocating for Alabama athletes to transfer to the Buffaloes.

Reactions from college football and other sports have been coming in since Nick Saban announced his retirement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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