Comments on: Saban slides onto the NFL coaching radar, again

By: budvw14

budvw14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:16:03 +0000

Pedigreed men? Are you kidding me??? Translates to winning?? Where on Lonbardi’s resume have you seen anything resembling success??? The only reason he’s even linked to these rumors is because his “people” floated them to begin with! The guy is a bum! Talented front office execs don’t work for HBO! Heckert has a hell of a lot better track record! And how the hell do you consider guys like Josh McDaniels pedigreed men? The guy tried to single handedly destroy Denvers franchise! Every party involved in these rumors has shown that they can’t hack it at the top in the NFL! So why exactly would Cleveland want to regress and go through another rebuild with a new staff? Haslam didn’t get to where he is by doing what’s bad for business.

By: chattanola

chattanola — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:45:21 +0000

I think Saban returned to college ball because his style of coaching works at that level and age group. There is far less control a coach can have over a group of “grown” men with fat bank accounts.

But with new CEO Joe Banner at the helm of the Brown’s organization, we’re beginning to hear about more pedigreed men mentioned to fill positions that will translate to winning.

Saban wants to be a winning coach and would need a great deal of control. I’d like to see him take another shot at the NFL in Cleveland.

By: oldcracker

oldcracker — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:44:40 +0000

Didn’t the Browns go through this with Butch Davis?

Very good coach at the college level but such a control freak. That doesn’t seem to transition to the professional level and dealing with MEN.

By: cantonbound13

cantonbound13 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:12:11 +0000

He’s not an NFL coach. Big mistake if you hire him. His success in college is due to his great recruiting ability. Recruiting & drafting are totally different.

By: anarchopurplism

anarchopurplism — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:03:16 +0000

100% BS

At best this is a $ leverage play.

Saban is living the dream with control & success.

By: jikkle49

jikkle49 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:43:48 +0000

Saban is a prototypical college coach and doesn’t have the mindset to be a successful NFL coach.

Saban needs the control and that pedestal you get with being a college coach. He also needs those major advantages you get from the college game in the ability to recruit any player you want from the nation.

Also in the NFL I think it’s more important for a coach to foster relationships with their players since these guys aren’t 3 or 4 years and gone but could be with your team several teams. They are grown men that don’t want to be treated as tools or talk down to as kids.

By: bx1018

bx1018 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:02:29 +0000

I’m pretty sure that Shurmur and Saban are pretty good buddies. Not saying Saban wouldn’t jump for the dollar though. The other rumor that seems to be floating is that if the Nussmeier (current Alabama OC) leaves for a college head coaching job and Shurmur gets fired from Cleveland that Shurmur would be Saban’s #1 choice.

I’m not sold on Shurmur, but I’m glad the guy is actually showing some fire now. Even in losses he seems to be getting at officials, players, and showing some emotion. He seemed like a statue the first year there.

The Browns don’t seem to get it though. Hire coach to a bad team, gain some sort of momentum in the 2nd or 3rd year, then fire the coach. Like Shurmur or not, bringing in another coach almost guarantees another rebuild 4 win season as Joe Thomas, Brandon Weeden, Joe Haden, etc get another year older and closer to free agency.

By: cecil27

cecil27 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:16:46 +0000

“But with a growing war chest of crystal footballs and a two-year run of mediocrity in Miami that surely gnaws at him like a Little Debbie oatmeal creme pie”

Gosh, hard to believe you never made it big as a writer.

By: samapoc

samapoc — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:59:34 +0000

Eventually Nick is going to give this another shot. It’s worth more money, he wants to win at the next level, and some stupid owner is going to give him the control he wants. The guy is a control freak to a fault. And you cannot believe anything he says. So I think this is him floating the idea of trying something new to see if it can get traction.

By: oldbrowndawg

oldbrowndawg — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:44:05 +0000

Anyone who would replace Tom Heckert, after the job he’s done rebuilding the Browns’ 53, with a dude like Lombardi is nuts! And I don’t think Jimmy Haslam is nuts. So, stay tuned and we’ll see what the rest of the Browns season looks like. They’re on a pretty good roll now that they have most of their team back from injury. Except for two drops, this team could easily be 7-6 right now and in the hunt for an AFC wild card. And Haslam knows it!

By: hkdaddyo

hkdaddyo — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:20:48 +0000

That jerk doesn’t belong in the NFL. It’s a man’s league and Saban has shown he’s not a man by lying to all of his players right before taking the Dolphins gig, and then not even saying goodbye to his Dolphins players when he took the Alabama gig. He is not a good enough coach to pull off success in the NFL, and he’s a dirtbag. Sounds like a perfect choice for Oakland.

By: anactualnflowner

anactualnflowner — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:01:56 +0000

This link should read… “As Nick Saban tries to work out a deal for more money and power with Alabama, Nick Saban slides himself into the NFL coaching radar for leverage”

By: hehateme2

hehateme2 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:48:41 +0000

He is a lier and can’t be trusted. Other than that, I don’t think he can cut it dealing with grown men he can’t push around. meh-

By: S.Nevada

S.Nevada — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:24:52 +0000

It’s a trap!!

By: abninf

abninf — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:17:56 +0000

He’ll sign with the worst team in the league the day Johnny Football declares for the draft.

By: sfm073

sfm073 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:53:57 +0000

He’s a good coach but a even better recruiter. Kids go to his program bc of the possibility to play in the NFL. He can’t recruit in the NFL.

By: jgedgar70

jgedgar70 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:43:31 +0000

Dear God,

Please send a sign that this is true. Or a sign that Saban is going anywhere. Don’t really care where, just that he’s going to be anywhere but Tuscaloosa.

Sincerely,
Beaten Auburn Fan

By: thechronicjoker

thechronicjoker — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:02:35 +0000

Saban does not have the mentality to coach in the NFL. He will quit again like he did with the Dolphins. You can’t trust this guy. Nick Saban is a liar.

By: 6ringsandarapist

6ringsandarapist — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:57:36 +0000

it’s the browns…who cares?

By: sethb222

sethb222 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:39:29 +0000

Saban left Miami not because he wanted to be a College coach it was because they didn’t sign Drew Brees. I heard him say it at a coaches clinic on MOF Coverage. (It’s online)

He said he had Drew Brees all signed up and the team Doctor said he felt Brees wasn’t a BIG risk. Ownership agreed and overrode Saban’s choice.

Then he had to spend another year under scrutiny while Brees was dominating for New Orleans.

Thats why he left, ownership screwed up… He wouldn’t have left if he felt Miami was committed to winning…

By: gadzod

gadzod — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:31:12 +0000

I just don’t see it happening. He makes like $5.5M a year as a head coach! Alabama also has enough money to raise it if need be! He’s won 2 titles in 3 years, looking for 3 in 4 and 2 consecutive. He has recruits lining up to be at Alabama, not him trying to find recruits like most schools. Not to mention, he has probably more power than any head coach, college or professional. It’s safe to say that he pretty much runs the University of Alabama. So, unless he gets paid as much as an average QB in this league (around $8-11M), I just don’t see it happening.

By: fanofevilempire

fanofevilempire — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:06:00 +0000

dude likes the college scene, he’s already loaded, he has recruits lined up to win titles, why the heck would he go to the Browns, that is a ulcer waiting to happen.

oh boy

By: dumbpollack

dumbpollack — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:03:46 +0000

Nothing will stop the “grumbling” if they hire that ass clown, Lombardi. I’m open to Saban but we need to keep Heckert.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:58:27 +0000

Lombardi and Saben, two turds in a bowl.

By: clebrowntown

clebrowntown — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:34:13 +0000

Lombardi is an emBAREassment to all the media jerks who perpetuate his crap because of their need to be a part of a story…any story, no matter how ridiculous.
These Lombardi “rumors” are insulting to all the supposedly involved parties, Saban, Banner, Haslam, and yes even Josh McDaniels. All are intelligent men who would not think of any professional association with brown-noser Lombardi.
Put that barking dog down please

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:26:31 +0000

If he was any more of a liar he’d be a Harbaugh.

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:13:10 +0000

Whomever hires Saban, just know that the secomd things get tough for him, he quits. Sure he demands toughness from others; but of himself, none.

And he loves going for two early in games.

Terrible NFL coach.

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:07:48 +0000

and in other news I might buy the winning lottery ticket today if I manage to pick the right ticket. that has the same chance of happening as what you just wrote.

By: dontasemebro

dontasemebro — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:57:58 +0000

I just heard that Bill Cowher bought a house in Cleveland and he’s dating Lombardi’s sister.
See, I can do that too!

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:57:31 +0000

don’t do it, Browns…

signed,
the Phins