Maybe I havent been paying attention, but I am surprised that there hasn't been a bunch of Saban to NFL talk. That seems to be an annual thing.
I don't know what to make of his lack of jumping back to the NFL. I wonder if he's a bit of a coward. You have more control as a college coach (and I think he's addicted to his level of control). Recruiting power can stack your deck, which it does for Bama. He has all these Belichick qualities but refuses to throw his hat back into the NFL ring. I can't help but he feel he's just playing things safe. Which he would have more plausible deniability to deny he plays it safe if he hadn't tried to move up to the NFL before.
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
Yeah, an annual exercise in futility as I can’t imagine Saban returning to the NFL. At Alabama, Saban is more important than the damn governor and is almost as powerful. In the pros, he’d be nothing more than a disposable asset, forced to chafe under the thumb of a general manager, second guessed by the media, demonized by the fans, harangued daily on talk radio, especially in a cauldron like New York. Some college coaches can succeed in the pros and others can’t, I’d put Saban in the latter category.
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
He's got a cushy, winning gig in Bama. He's developed it well.
Why stop now?
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That's definitely what he's concluded. But with an NFL SB win or even a string of deep NFL playoff runs, he could transcend simply being regarded as one of the best college coaches ever. But he's opted for "nah" on that. Why stop what he's got secured already it seems.
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
College coaches can have lifetime job security so long as they keep making one of the umpteen bowl games - championships aren't required.
NFL coaches only have job security so long as they keep winning, one or two down seasons and you might be ousted because the GM wants more power. How many coaches have been on a team for 10 years or more in the NFL?
Currently on the same team? Marvin Lewis, Mike McCarthy, Sean Payton, & Mike Tomlin. And you have Darth Hoodie. Tom Coughlin was with the Giants from 2004-16. Andy Reid was on the Eagles from 1999-2012 and is now on the Chiefs. Harbaugh is coming up on 10 with the Ravens.
If you go back to the 90s, 80s, 70s ... you're gonna find longer runs with coaches. The rotating door has been more of a thing starting in the 80s and has progressively gotten worse.
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Saban has basically said he'll stay at Alabama and likely never jump back to the NFL. He seemed to admit he works better with college kids and getting them ready. Its something that Harbaugh and Petrino both have as issues in a way as well. They are better with young college kids , than older grown men who don't wanna be spoke down to. Saban had that same issue with Miami , its why he went 6-10 that next season. Its why Harbaugh decided to go back to college football.
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- The Carolina Panthers have decided to sign Norv Turner and let him retool that Panthers offense. The team struggled offensively in 2017 and had Newton running the ball (he led the team in rushing) and had a trio of RB's and used a 1st rounder on a RB. Who never gained over 500 yards on the ground.
- Buffalo's GM Bill Beane has said the team will be looking at getting a franchise QB . Meaning the end is near for Tyrod Taylor. The Bills have 2 , 1st round draft picks and could make a push to trade up to draft a QB early. Beane seemed to admit the team should have looked at QB last year but he won't make that same mistake.
- The NFL will be investigating the Raiders for breaking the Rooney Rule. (Its clear they did , they telegraphed it too quick to go after Gruden and should have at least interviewed people..)
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