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Well, here we are again...... :laugh:
The latest buzz I'm hearing is that Nick Saban is strongly considering coming back to the SEC as early as the end of the NFL season in Jan. As I hear more, I'll update this thread....
Remember boys and girls, you heard it here first. :happy: :whistle:
AUChamps
10-26-2006, 10:10 AM
Remember boys and girls, you heard it here first. :happy: :whistle:
SEC eh? As in, a return to LSU? Or 'Bama? Kentucky?(LOL)
WooHawg
10-26-2006, 10:22 AM
Wow, yeah racking my brain here trying to think of where he would end up.
Wow, yeah racking my brain here trying to think of where he would end up.
It's not really that hard. Look at the big picture. Here's a list of schools that may have a vacancy at the end of the year....
Ole Miss
MSU
Arkansas (Nutt may take the NCSU job if offered)
Alabama
Kentucky
Hell, with Miles' performance, he may go back to LSU.
goallthewayua
10-26-2006, 10:33 AM
I've heard this before and this one I'll agree with you on, Saban's done at Miami and will be coaching in the NCAA at the end of the season, I've heard FSU if Bowden retires (or forced to retire this season) or he could be a choice for the hurricanes which could open up Butch in bama although I think Shula gets another season. Nutt won't leave the hogs for NC State unless he was forced to. Still I would like to see him in the SEC again just not at LSU.
WooHawg
10-26-2006, 10:48 AM
It's not really that hard. Look at the big picture. Here's a list of schools that may have a vacancy at the end of the year....
Ole Miss
MSU
Arkansas (Nutt may take the NCSU job if offered)
Alabama
Kentucky
Hell, with Miles' performance, he may go back to LSU.
That wasn't the part I was trying to figure out. I was just trying to figure out who Saban would actually choose out of the schools that might have or will have an opening. There is probably a nice group of LSU fans who would welcome Saban back with open arms.
BamaDude06
10-26-2006, 11:01 AM
If he leaves the NFL after this season, I think he might would sit out a season. If he gets a job in Janurary, he has less than a month til signing day whereas he waits a year and gets a job in December, He would have close to two months.
If he leaves the NFL after this season, I think he might would sit out a season. If he gets a job in Janurary, he has less than a month til signing day whereas he waits a year and gets a job in December, He would have close to two months.
Not really...
Look at what Spurrier did for his first recruiting class. Spurrier came onboard in late November/early December and still pulled a Top-25 class in both publications.
It can be done....
scunyon
10-26-2006, 11:46 AM
My magic 8 ball says somewhere between UK and MSU. But then again, the old 8 ball said that Gary Gray would be a Gamecock, so it's known to be wrong sometimes...
AUChamps
10-26-2006, 12:05 PM
My magic 8 ball says somewhere between UK and MSU. But then again, the old 8 ball said that Gary Gray would be a Gamecock, so it's known to be wrong sometimes...
If Saban goes to Kentucky, expect him to give Patrino MAJOR fits in regards to recruiting in-state, and next thing you know we could see the Commonwealth become a major Basketball AND Football area.
azamugg
10-26-2006, 12:18 PM
Saban would not walk into a perennial cellar dwellar.........I don't believe he's gone from Miami so its a moot point
AUChamps
10-26-2006, 12:20 PM
Saban would not walk into a perennial cellar dwellar.........I don't believe he's gone from Miami so its a moot point
You want a bet? GatorNation, please setup a vBookie bet on this.
I'll put 500 on it.
Gator2753
10-26-2006, 12:44 PM
Mark Richt goes to UM next year and Saban to UGA???? :thumbsdow
:joke:
GatorNation
10-26-2006, 02:24 PM
It's not really that hard. Look at the big picture. Here's a list of schools that may have a vacancy at the end of the year....
Ole Miss
MSU
Arkansas (Nutt may take the NCSU job if offered)
Alabama
Kentucky
Hell, with Miles' performance, he may go back to LSU.
Shula's not going anywhere. Neither is Miles.
And the others wouldn't interest Saban, imo.
GeauxTo
10-26-2006, 03:10 PM
An interesting topic!
If Saban comes back into college coaching, you would have to think that scUM or FreeShoesU would have the best crack at him.
If he wants to come only to the SEC, BAMA would likely be his top choice on the potential possibilities. He can win national championships at Bama and Shula is not in a real strong position. It is unlikely that LSU could or would make room for him by getting rid of Miles (I would, but the powers that be won't). Arkansas is not going to run Nutt off, either. And I don't believe Saban would even consider Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Kentucky, or Vanderbilt. He might consider Georgia, because he could also win a national championship there. Tennessee won't run Fulmer off yet, either. So... the BEST scenario for Saban in the SEC is Alabama or maybe Georgia. But, heaven forbid!
Fun to think about though.
azamugg
10-26-2006, 03:15 PM
Shula's not going anywhere. Neither is Miles.
And the others wouldn't interest Saban, imo.
thanks for hitting the nail on the head............this thread is a silly notion, Saban isnt leaving the NFL
thanks for hitting the nail on the head............this thread is a silly notion, Saban isnt leaving the NFL
I think Saban realizes that the NFL isn't as easy as he thought.
Ya know, that's what people said about...
Pete Carroll
Dennis Erickson
Butch Davis
Dave Wennstadt
Lou Holtz
Even your Mike Shula has been somewhat successful at Bama, but sucked in the NFL.
I remember when SOS left for the NFL and a lot of people said he wasn't coming back either.
The pro game is a wayyy different beast, but I'm sure you knew that. :whistle: Someone can be absolutely horrible in the NFL, but then come back to college and dominate.
Gator2753
10-26-2006, 03:39 PM
I think Saban realizes that the NFL isn't as easy as he thought.
Ya know, that's what people said about...
Pete Carroll
Dennis Erickson
Butch Davis
Dave Wennstadt
Lou Holtz
Even your Mike Shula has been somewhat successful at Bama, but sucked in the NFL.
I remember when SOS left for the NFL and a lot of people said he wasn't coming back either.
The pro game is a wayyy different beast, but I'm sure you knew that. :whistle: Someone can be absolutely horrible in the NFL, but then come back to college and dominate.
I think you left one out! Steve Spurrier!
:laugh:
Gator2753
10-26-2006, 03:46 PM
I think you left one out! Steve Spurrier!
:laugh:
Ok maybee not.
:glasses2: Dang I need to get my eyes checked
shanksta13
10-26-2006, 06:19 PM
OK Here is my take on Saban:
1. He could very well leave the NFL. If Miami doesn't make another end-of-the-season run like last year, he will most likely be leaving. Just look at the rate that coaching jobs in the NFL turn over on average.
2. The NFL and college are 2 different ballgames, mainly because of Free Agnecy and Recruiting. In college, it is a LOT easier to get the type of players that you want. Saban doesn't have the players to fit his system in Miami. It takes a lot longer to get your players in the NFL because you can't just recruit them like you can in college.
3. In the NFL you are playing a team that can beat you every game. College, you might only play 4 or 5 teams in a season that have a realistic chance of beating you.
4. I could definitely see Saban coming back to the SEC. However, for him to end up at LSU, Miles would have to lose at least 2 more games. The only other SEC Schools he might consider would be Bama and UGA. I don't think Bama will fire Shula unless the Tide has a really poor finish. Unless Mark Richt moves on, Saban won't end up at UGA.
I'm gonna be Capt. Obvious here and say I'll take him back no matter what Miles does.
shanksta13
10-27-2006, 08:02 AM
I'm gonna be Capt. Obvious here and say I'll take him back no matter what Miles does.
Any LSU fan with half a brain would agree with you in a heartbeat. But if you're name isn't Skip Bertman, that won't matter very much.
TigerFanatic
10-27-2006, 01:36 PM
yea, miles will get the duration of his contract despite his performances, i have no doubt in that.
though i would love to have saban back.
fernandomike
10-27-2006, 04:17 PM
Though I think that Saban would love to come back to the conference and any number of teams would love to have him, I just don't see a good position opening up. Bama is not going to fire Shula. They would have to totally tank it the rest of the way for that to happen. He is a Bama boy and they're apt to give him a bit more leeway especially considering the way that he has recruited.
Ole Miss is like Bama in a sense. Orgeron has recruited too well to fire so early. Though he appears to be doing a pretty lousy job with his young team, I do think that he has another year or so to turn things around.
Bobby Johnson is a fine coach and Vandy ain't firing him, and of course, Saban wouldn't go there it they did. He'd be crazy to go to UK or MSU as well if those positions came open.
I don't have a shred of inside information, but it would seem that unless one of the more prominent coaches in the league elected to accept a vacancy at another school, then Saban's return next season is a longshot. I guess stranger things have happened though. Who would think Les Miles would actually be a coach in the SEC?
Saban would not walk into a perennial cellar dwellar.........I don't believe he's gone from Miami so its a moot pointI wouldn't say that.......the guy that could ever possibly turn UK into a strong competitive team year in year out will be like a football god here. Coach's with a big ego love that kind of attention...............
AUChamps
10-30-2006, 06:01 PM
I wouldn't say that.......the guy that could ever possibly turn UK into a strong competitive team year in year out will be like a football god here. Coach's with a big ego love that kind of attention...............
You mean, like Bobby Patrino at Louisville?
And even in Basketball, Rick Patino's done the same sort of thing in elevating Louisville Basketball further.
Ah, the Patrino/Patino Powerhouse. Cardinals are looking good at Papa John's and Assembly Hall for the forseeable future.
azamugg
10-30-2006, 06:03 PM
I wouldn't say that.......the guy that could ever possibly turn UK into a strong competitive team year in year out will be like a football god here. Coach's with a big ego love that kind of attention...............
coaches that have big egos have them from winning and not that they don't like a challenge they will not go to a cellar dwellar unless they are in the twilight of their career or have just been fired and their choices are limited, then and only then would they choose a bottom tier team
azamugg
10-30-2006, 06:04 PM
You mean, like Bobby Patrino at Louisville?
And even in Basketball, Rick Patino's done the same sort of thing in elevating Louisville Basketball further.
Ah, the Patrino/Patino Powerhouse. Cardinals are looking good at Papa John's and Assembly Hall for the forseeable future.
Patrino had never been a head coach and the Cardinals are a traditional powerhouse so Im not sure how you agreed with the previous post w/this post
AUChamps
10-30-2006, 06:05 PM
coaches that have big egos have them from winning and not that they don't like a challenge they will not go to a cellar dwellar unless they are in the twilight of their career or have just been fired and their choices are limited, then and only then would they choose a bottom tier team
Then explain Howard Schnellenberger at Florida Atlantic.
TDArkansasOhmy
10-30-2006, 09:40 PM
Remember boys and girls, you heard it here first. :happy: :whistle:
National Enquirer must have started a sports section.
:icon_lame
AUChamps
10-30-2006, 10:38 PM
Patrino had never been a head coach and the Cardinals are a traditional powerhouse so Im not sure how you agreed with the previous post w/this post
But Louisville is on the map now in both major sports.
It's the whole Patrino/Patino Aora.
Noah.Dreams
10-30-2006, 10:46 PM
It's not really that hard. Look at the big picture. Here's a list of schools that may have a vacancy at the end of the year....
Ole Miss
MSU
Arkansas (Nutt may take the NCSU job if offered)
Alabama
Kentucky
Hell, with Miles' performance, he may go back to LSU.
According to my peeps on the street, USC can expect an early Christmas present in 2006 'cause the ole ball coach is likely to be the first cock on the walk. It seems that Spurrier is fed up with all the applause week end and week out, so he's out walking the street huntin' real fan's with that killer instinct.
So you arm chair quarterbacks can expect Saban to be holdin' his ear to the track and waitin' for the feathers to fly in Columbia after turkey day. You heard it first here, 'cause it was printed here on the internet... in a sports forum... by an expert journalist named Noah something or other.
Let my life serve as a warning to others not to drink and write.
Be a designated writer.
AUChamps
10-30-2006, 10:51 PM
I heard from Mr. X's website that Bagels are old Donuts.
http://www.mrxswebpage.com/
You mean, like Bobby Patrino at Louisville?
And even in Basketball, Rick Patino's done the same sort of thing in elevating Louisville Basketball further.
Ah, the Patrino/Patino Powerhouse. Cardinals are looking good at Papa John's and Assembly Hall for the forseeable future.Unfortunately your right......and the city is building a new downtown arena for basketball use (possible NBA team down the road) but mainly for the Cardinals to play in....plus UL just annouced adding 25,000 seats to Papa John's stadium.
UK had better wake up!
coaches that have big egos have them from winning and not that they don't like a challenge they will not go to a cellar dwellar unless they are in the twilight of their career or have just been fired and their choices are limited, then and only then would they choose a bottom tier teamA bottom tier SEC team that has excellent facilities and will do whatever it takes to produce a winner.........Louisville is a good example..... A very good coach can turn UK into a winner.
Patrino had never been a head coach and the Cardinals are a traditional powerhouse so Im not sure how you agreed with the previous post w/this postLouisville only became a football powerhouse in the past 7 years.......you need to do a bit more studying on where Louisville's football program had been......it was just 8 years ago that UK was spanking them in football.....
Then explain Howard Schnellenberger at Florida Atlantic.Good comeback........he needs to also explain Howard going to Louisville in the early 90's when Louisville's football program was barely D-1A....they sucked when he got there and had never been a winning program.
But Louisville is on the map now in both major sports.
It's the whole Patrino/Patino Aora.Louisville has always been a traditional Basketball powerhouse......Football in the last 7 years.
azamugg
11-01-2006, 12:23 PM
Then explain Howard Schnellenberger at Florida Atlantic.
well obviously your football acumen isnt up to snuff, if you knew ANYTHING, you should know that Schnellenberger has ALWAYS been a guy who wanted a challenge, accepted it and turned them into a winner, example:
Miami............NOTHING before him, Nat'l Champ with him and powerhouse since
Louisville.........people laughed when he took that job because Louisville at that time was the equivalent of Temple but now look at them
now at Florida Atlantic, in his twilight years, he wants to be close to home so he kills two birds with one stone and takes yet another challenge
azamugg
11-01-2006, 12:26 PM
Louisville only became a football powerhouse in the past 7 years.......you need to do a bit more studying on where Louisville's football program had been......it was just 8 years ago that UK was spanking them in football.....
he was talking about Petino turning the cards into a powerhouse, I was talking basketball ....Im not a moron
AUChamps
11-01-2006, 07:39 PM
he was talking about Petino turning the cards into a powerhouse, I was talking basketball ....Im not a moron
And remember, Pitino = Basketball. Petrino = Football.
he was talking about Petino turning the cards into a powerhouse, I was talking basketball ....Im not a moronNot callling or insinuating that your a moron.......I dont believe anyone in here is a moron for stating their opinion. Sorry if it came across as such.
RebNick1
11-05-2006, 03:45 AM
I as an Ole Miss fan would LOVE to have him but I don't think he would take an Ole Miss, MSU or Kentucky job
fernandomike
11-05-2006, 09:31 AM
Though I think that Saban would love to come back to the conference and any number of teams would love to have him, I just don't see a good position opening up. Bama is not going to fire Shula. They would have to totally tank it the rest of the way for that to happen. He is a Bama boy and they're apt to give him a bit more leeway especially considering the way that he has recruited.
Ole Miss is like Bama in a sense. Orgeron has recruited too well to fire so early. Though he appears to be doing a pretty lousy job with his young team, I do think that he has another year or so to turn things around.
Bobby Johnson is a fine coach and Vandy ain't firing him, and of course, Saban wouldn't go there it they did. He'd be crazy to go to UK or MSU as well if those positions came open.
I don't have a shred of inside information, but it would seem that unless one of the more prominent coaches in the league elected to accept a vacancy at another school, then Saban's return next season is a longshot. I guess stranger things have happened though. Who would think Les Miles would actually be a coach in the SEC?
Okay, I am officially stupid. Shula's seat may actually be scorching by the time the season ends, especially if they end with expected losses to Auburn and LSU after that terrible home defeat against Ms State.
Also, Les Miles has a much better plan than our coaches did yesterday so the joke is pretty much on us...uh...or me.
larryt4111
11-05-2006, 01:00 PM
I just hope Saban doesn't end up in the East!!!
AUChamps
08-06-2007, 04:36 PM
Well Neo, you've been vindicated and I want to bump this thread to make an example of the fact that we can't predict what's gonna happen unless our name on here is Neo.
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