🏈 Saban keeps focus on the immediate

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When Saban talks about the next challenge, an air of uneasiness creeps in for Alabama fans, which is understandable. The idea of losing Saban to the NFL is their worst fear.But for Saban, the next challenge is what's right in front of him.


"You're never satisfied," he said. "Now, that doesn't mean I'm not happy. We're very happy here at Alabama, even though I keep hearing that I don't necessarily look happy.


"When you're in this profession, the fun is in the winning … not all the other stuff."


And the more Saban wins, the louder the chatter becomes that he might be tempted to give the NFL another shot.


That's despite his insistence that there are no other horizons for him in coaching and that he's dug in at Alabama. The reality is that there are a lot of people in college football -- at least those not of the crimson persuasion -- who'd love nothing more than to see Saban back in the NFL.


"I don't know where all this stuff [about the NFL] comes from," Saban said. "When I say I'm looking for the next challenge, it's the next challenge here and the next challenge with our team next year here. This is where we want to be and what we're happy doing.


"It's to the point now that anything you say about this, nobody believes. So it's almost like, 'What the hell?'"


Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, in his own way, offers the best insight on why Saban isn't planning to go anywhere.


"I always mess with him," McCarron quipped. "Mrs. Terry [Saban's wife] is happy here, so …


"And she runs that family."

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