Paul Finebaum pleads with Nick Saban to un-retire, save Alabama from Kalen DeBoer

ESPN’s Paul Finebaum pleaded to bring Nick Saban out of retirement to replace Kalen DeBoer after Week 1 for Alabama. The Crimson Tide lost 31-17 to an unranked Florida State team Saturday.

Is the sky falling in Tuscaloosa? To some fans, it definitely is. It’s only one game, but Finebaum might not be the only one calling for Saban to leave ESPN’s College GameDay and save his former program.

“Bring him back, get him off GameDay, put him out there today,” Finebaum said on Get Up. “Don’t waste a moment. It was that bad. This team is soft, they’re undisciplined. You have a left tackle who’s supposed to be the No. 1 offensive lineman in the country, ge got blown up a couple of times. And just one more thing, Julian Sayin the quarterback, (he’s) at Ohio State. He was on the roster. When Kalen DeBoer got there, Kalen DeBoer mispronounced his name. He was gone. Caleb Downs, remember him? He was on the roster.

“And you wonder why Ohio State is looking so good right now, and Alabama is shaky, and besides, Nick Saban is wasting his time on GameDay, with all due respect to the network … three and a half million people watching. But please bosses down the street, let him go, let him out of the contract. Let him be there Saturday at Nick Saban field.”

Saban, who’s considered the greatest college football coach of all time, is in his second season at ESPN. There have been calls and rumors to him returning to coaching, but as of now, he’s staying where he is. As for DeBoer’s hot seat, it’s not getting any cooler per Finebaum.

“It is scalding hot,” Finebaum said. “I was in Birmingham yesterday, and everywhere you go, people going, ‘what’s wrong? We’re depressed. I don’t want to watch the games. What are we going to do the rest of the season?’ That’s fine. That’s overreaction. The reality Greeny, you got about a $70 million buyout, and I don’t see them buying him out.”