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Quote: Originally Posted by JohnDoh

Ok... gotta come to Saban's defense here. Saban started at Toledo and did ok... got a chance to coach ata bigger school with MSU... did pretty good there, and then got an offer to play at a national powerhouse in LSU and took that opportunity and did outstanding... and THEN he got offered his dream and that is to coach football in the NFL. He did that and soon realized that he did not have the influence over his players (because they're paid and not influencial students) and decided he wanted to go back to where he can be most effective. The Alabama job was open.. not Toledo, MSU or LSU... so he took it. the guy traveled a path to his dream... and once he got there, he realized it is not what he expected. So now he is back where he belongs in college football... with a powerhouse school. Saban will be there for a long, long time my friends and you can bet on that. You're not going to find a school out there that has as much potential as a team in the sEC. The SEC is where it is at and every coach in the country knows that. No disrespect to the Big 10 or PAC-10 or ACC, but on average, the SEC represents the highest rated teams in the country more often than any other conference... sometimes combined. Anyway, Nick is back in college football not because he was bored of previous teams, but because he has realized where is the most effective and is at the controls (complete control, actually) of one of the highest prestige schools in the land. He will make "The Bear" proud one day... RTR!

If the SEC is "where it's at", and "everyone knows that", then why did Saban leave LSU? Saban knew what the NFL was all about. He spent time with the Houston Oilers and the Cleveland Browns under Bill Belichick. He wasn't the wide eyed, innocent coach with an NFL pipe dream, only to be rudely awakened to the difficulties of dealing with pro athletes, as you make him out to be.

I hate to say it my friend, but I can almost guarantee he will leave Alabama as soon as he becomes bored with the school. Like I said in my article- the guy views real life like we view NCAA Football. It's only a matter of time before he ends up somewhere else.

I once thought like youdid about him at MSU, and countless others defended him at LSU until he left. Like I said, it's only a matter of time.

Anyone else a NCAA Coaching mercenary out there, or are you all loyalists?