Comments on: Nick Saban, Brian Kelly both downplay NFL interest

By: iammrbinky

iammrbinky — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:45:20 +0000

Saban is a great college coach but his ego wont allow him to succeed with NFL players. Ask Heath Evans.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:52:35 +0000

I hope Kelly knows that in the NFL, if you demand someone go up on a lift in high wind conditions, he has the right to say, “No”, rather than go up and wind up dead.

I also hope Saban knows that if takes an NFL job and doesn’t like it, walking away may be much harder and much more expensive this time. You can bet there will be some provisions for that in his contract should he decide to go back to the level where he failed before.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:46:39 +0000

wheresmyjuice says:

Nice job photographer. Why aren’t they both standing under their respective university logos?
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Because that’s an exceedingly bad PhotoShop job.
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The Prophet says:

I can’t believe there are still NFL teams foolish enough to even consider Nick Saban anymore.
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It only takes one fool, and as in other sports, there’s almost always one fool with a job available.

By: The Prophet

The Prophet — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:29:55 +0000

Haven’t we already learned our lessons with Saban? He wasn’t very good at all in Miami and then he jumped back to college out of nowhere. I can’t believe there are still NFL teams foolish enough to even consider Nick Saban anymore.

By: brassknuckles47

brassknuckles47 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:57:52 +0000

I mean, really…..who cares?

By: texanfan62

texanfan62 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:31:39 +0000

Brian Kelly ain’t going anywhere and Saban isn’t either, except I think Saban will leave eventually for Texas, as they’ll give him the World after getting rid of Mack Brown. They gotta still A&M’S momentum of college recruiting and winning in Texas.

By: skarfacci

skarfacci — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:11:21 +0000

Hey Nick, please come to Cleveland. Everyone know you left Miami b/c of Parcells.

By: mojosmagic

mojosmagic — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:09:39 +0000

One thing we all know for sure, these two can lie with the best of them.

By: eaglesnoles05

eaglesnoles05 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:02:37 +0000

Saban will succeed in the NFL around the same time the eagles win a super bowl. In other words, don’t hold your breath.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:54:41 +0000

Saban didn’t claim he wasn’t going to Alabama right up until he left for Tuscaloosa. Alabama approached his agent while the Dolphins season was still in progress, and Saban said he couldn’t discuss with them until the Dolphins season was over. At that point, no formal offer had been made. I got that from a member of the Alabama Board of Trustees.

The press asked Saban about Alabama at every Dolphins press conference, and he refused to discuss it. Finally, he said he wasn’t going to Alabama. He should have told them to piss off. That was his big mistake. Once the Dolphins season ended, Alabama came back with an offer and he took it. His family was miserable in Miami, and the offer was a pay cut from what he was then making in the NFL. Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga said there were no hard feelings and he didn’t blame Saban for leaving given his family circumstances. That whole situation has been blown ridiculously out of proportion.

As a Bama fan, I’d like him to stay. But if, after the title game, he wants to return to the NFL, he will do so with my blessing.

By: louhudson23

louhudson23 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:33:52 +0000

Saban can’t coach. He just has good players.
I just wanted to see if it felt as stupid to write those words as it does to read them when someone else writes them. It does,and more….

By: ialwayswantedtobeabanker

ialwayswantedtobeabanker — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:32:14 +0000

It’s hard to recall any job Saban has taken that didn’t initially involve his downplaying interest, or even flat out angrily denouncing such talk — calling the inquiries insulting.

Also, Saban tried the NFL ride — and didn’t like it. Saban strongly prefers the big fish/little pond caliber of challenge.

By: wheresmyjuice

wheresmyjuice — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:09:50 +0000

Nice job photographer. Why aren’t they both standing under their respective university logos?

By: jm91rs

jm91rs — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:08:14 +0000

Both of these guys have proven that they are scum. If they say they aren’t leaving it seems like a pretty safe bet they’ll be gone if someone wants them. Why would anyone want Brian Kelly after maybe 3 good years of coaching someone else’s recruits (2 in cincy and one at nd)?

By: beanocook

beanocook — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:02:42 +0000

Doug Marrone, yet another NFL “genius” having his ass handed to him in college is about to go running back to the NFL.

By: ubummer

ubummer — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:50:40 +0000

Saban is afraid of failing in the NFL. Until he wins in the NFL he can never be regarded as a better coach than Pete Carroll who won in college and now is winning in the NFL.

Unless he goes back to the NFL, Saban = Coward

By: wryly1

wryly1 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:08:02 +0000

I believe him. Saban proved to himself and us that he’s a college coach.

By: bender4700

bender4700 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:03:20 +0000

It really feels like the “interest” in Saban is Saban denying NFL interest. That’s it.

I don’t think he’s as highly sought after as he’d like to think. That guy’s ego is a monster, and maybe he’s having a hard time accepting that he really isn’t that high on the list.

Chip Kelly and Bill O’Brien all had more real interest from the NFL. It sounds like the Philly job was Bill’s to accept or turn down, and Chip Kelly has the same option with several teams.

Is it possible all the NFL talk is on Nick’s side of the table, either trying to test the waters with the league, or to maybe increase his image and make his recruiting that much easier?

By: wherezwaldo

wherezwaldo — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:54:32 +0000

Saban cant hack it in the NFL. His bogus “I have nothing to accomplish there” is total bs. Just admit you are not good enough to coach 1 of the 32 teams in this league.

By: dmartin17

dmartin17 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:52:07 +0000

Oh good, the coach who has failed in the NFL and the coach who runs a gimmick offense don’t want to be coaches in the NFL. For that the fans say THANK YOU

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:50:51 +0000

You know they’re lying because their lips are moving.

By: justintuckrule

justintuckrule — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:44:46 +0000

Saban is slime. Who would want that worm?

By: mrconnors

mrconnors — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:44:29 +0000

They’re only doing that so the Bills will leave them alone

By: skinsfan10

skinsfan10 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:43:04 +0000

Go IRISH

By: tsutor88

tsutor88 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:40:54 +0000

The safer bet is in college. They are still getting pro money while coaching those prestigious schools. If I was a coach and I had to pick between bama Notre dame or Philly, I’d be stayin in college

By: kevbubba

kevbubba — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:40:12 +0000

You’re nuts.

By: silverhornet

silverhornet — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:39:23 +0000

moerawn says:
Jan 5, 2013 12:35 PM
Which means Saban signs with San Diego on Tuesday.

I’m sure Nick Saban and Philip Rivers will get along like two peas in a pod.

By: eigglesnosuperbowls

eigglesnosuperbowls — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:38:16 +0000

Chip Kelly set to interview in New England !

By: cwk22

cwk22 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:36:24 +0000

Nick really messed up the Dolphins before he left. He needs to stay at the college level.

By: moerawn

moerawn — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:35:02 +0000

Which means Saban signs with San Diego on Tuesday.