🏈 Saban Talks About his Experience in Miami

[SouthernPigskin]

For all of his collegiate success, the way Nick Saban handled his departure from the Miami Dolphins at the end of 2006 earned him widespread criticism.

Nick Saban has coached three national championship teams, including two in the last three years at Alabama.

Saban, the most successful coach in the BCS era, could become the first coach since Tom Osborne to win three titles in a four-year span when Alabama (12-1) faces undefeated Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 7 in South Florida.

Yet for all of his collegiate success, it was the way he handled his departure from the Miami Dolphins organization at the end of the 2006 season that earned him widespread criticism and continued resentment from Dolphins fans.

After denying rumors that he would take the head coaching job at Alabama, Saban eventually became the school's 27th head football coach in January of 2007.

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[252BAMA]

Very classy of Coach Saban to even talk to this guy. Bastard (English definition of the French 'Batard'. I kid you not) was one of the most critical when he left Miami. If he had said of me what he said of Coach Saban, I would not have given him the time of day.

 

[Houndstoothpuller]

I listened to the interview, and Coach Saban was the bigger man. He repeatedly kept his cool and answered everything honestly, even if perfunctorily at times.
The University of Alabama is blessed to have Coach Saban for a while, hopefully a good while longer, too.
He pretty much put to bed the NFL stuff, which for some reason has been all over the radio lately.
There are evidently lots of people who would love to see CNS go somewhere else or stop coaching altogether!!

 

[elldoubleu]

"that earned him widespread criticism and continued resentment from Dolphins fans." That one sentence stands out the most because it's almost if everyone suddenly became a Dolphins fan and felt that they had to get their say-so in about the situation when most of them could have cared less. Pro football fans felt as though they had been wronged because a college coach had tried the professional waters and didn't like it. Any fan other than a Bama fan could see the handwriting on the wall and didn't like CNS returning to college football. This issue is a dead horse but they keep beating it!!!

 

[PhillyGirl]

At the end of the day, he made the best choice for himself and for his family. It all worked out really well for Alabama, too. People need to get over it, and move on. What happened, happened.