You seem to - but if you fumble a post like Grant against MN then own it, take your L, laugh about it, and move on.
Bama fans are losing it and it is so funny.
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No kidding! My gosh.You seem to - but if you fumble a post like Grant against MN then own it, take your L, laugh about it, and move on.
Grant against MN? Where did i mention anything of the sort in any of my posts?You seem to - but if you fumble a post like Grant against MN then own it, take your L, laugh about it, and move on.
that was one hell of a wing dinger. 48-0 and 56-0 vs mn in 89/90 and what relationship does this have to do with BAMA and a L by me? Weirdos.
Saban -- like Dr. Tom -- knew what he was doing when he retired. The writing was on the wall.
We'll see how much damage Bama does to itself in the next 5 years with coaching changes.
We'll see how much damage Bama does to itself in the next 5 years with coaching changes.
I mean, they are more likely to hire a Riley/Frost/Bo type instead of another Saban/TO type.
I think their fans are starting to realize that.
Now that they can't buy all the best players with ease, it has all changed.
It will be interesting to see if coaches can even maintain success year after year, or if the expectations of coaches(including the pay) needs to be lowered. The game is so different than 10 years ago, and roster depth is almost impossible to build, with depth being the most important factor in running the table or winning nearly all games. Historically, if you aren't having 10-11 wins seasons by year 3, you aren't ever going to win anything important, but winning 10-11, doesn't guarantee you keep a decent roster for the next year, as that comes down to transfers and nil. And even the prospect of winning or the nfl doesn't matter if a team can offer 250k to an average player. I can just imagine the bama players say..."it all pays the same" when they lose a game.
The math doesn’t add up to the speculation. IF Bama was paying large sums of money as speculated and can add that to the 20 million plus NIL they should still have a financial advantage.
Would we ever want to admit that Saban was giving excellent coaching and many of their players made it big in the NFL with big pay checks to go with that?
Well, no, because now other schools can/are paying. So now a kid that would have gone to Bama and would get paid 200K under the table can now go to Ole Miss for 400k legally. The under the table stuff is kind of gone now.
It is about other schools taking one or two guys that would have went to Bama...but when that happens say 10-15 times, Bama ends up with less awesome players and that starts to take a toll.
Saban gets all the credit it the world for his coaching and his record but the recruiting, well, that has always been a dirty game.
Do you guys not get @SuperBigFan69 point here. Saban /Alabama were paying the players when there was no NIL / Revenue sharing. Now everyone is paying the players. Yes Saban at the end was still winning at a high percentage but not dominating like he was pre NIL . All OP and others are saying it’s not a coincidence.
Pretty much this
Saban "retired" for a reason. It is not like he retired to go fish and relax. He is on ESPN all the time. He just didn't want to deal with how much harder it is going to be to get the best players.
He retired because he was a hundred and eighty six years old...in CFB years.
He mentioned the NIL/ Portal era as a reason for “retirement “ and being a big headache. Players always asking for a pay raise etc…. . I believe him when he said that’s the reason . As you said he just didn’t want to deal with the fact he just couldn’t hand a kid an envelope and he would sign with Bama . Now everyone has that ability.
Exactly...
He had it on auto-drive. Then there was a HUGE *** wrench tossed into the plan. He had nothing left to prove so why deal with the new stuff that is clearly going to make it harder to win at the level they were at.
No he retired because he was tired of the NIL /Portal he has mentioned it numerous times. Now that being said it matches up with @SuperBigFan69 point of him not wanting to work that hard to get players because everyone has the ability to ( legally) pay players now .
..same thing. If he was 50 and still proving himself he would have dealt with all those things, but since he was 72 with nothing left to prove, he said later tater.
