Bill Belichick is 60.

Nick Saban is 61.

I don’t think so.

According to a member of our Board of Trustees, Alabama approached Saban’s agent, who told Nick they were interested. Miami’s season was still in progress, and he told the agent to tell them he couldn’t talk to them until the season was over. He said he’d understand if they couldn’t wait.

He was asked at every press conference–which the NFL requires coaches to hold–about Alabama. He said each time that he would only talk about Miami. When they kept hounding him, he finally, said he would not go to Alabama. No, I don’t think he should have said that. I think he should have walked away from the podium when they wouldn’t shut up about Alabama. But he didn’t have a job at Alabama then.

After the Dolphins’ season ended a couple of weeks later, he met with Alabama and accepted the position. The Dolphins’ owner said he was totally cool with the way Nick handled things and he understood why Nick wanted to leave because of his family situation.

If Nick leaves Bama, I wish him well. It’s a job, not a prison. I’ll always be grateful for the great job he did while he’s been there. I really can’t see what the problem is. The folks at Oklahoma State say Les Miles told their players he wasn’t leaving right up until he took off for LSU. Coaches leave their jobs all the time. NO ONE tells a current employer he’s leaving until he’s ready to give notice. That would be stupid.

The attitude of supporters of Notre Dame and a lot of other Catholic schools really appalls me. Imagine what they could accomplish if they put half the energy into improvement of their own that they put into putting others down, particularly public schools, all the while ignoring the rot and filth within their own institutions.

For the record, I’m a grad of a Catholic university–and while I’m no fan of U of A, I took particular pleasure in seeing Alabama hand Invincible Notre Dame and that pious hypocrite Brian Kelly as big an a**-whuppin’ as they’ve taken in years.

When Lombardi crosses my mind, I think of him as an iconic figure. But I certainly don’t think his light shines any brighter than Bear Bryant’s. Neither of them is any greater than the other in my mind. They both reached the pinnacle of their profession. Saban’s too old to have a Lombardi-like impact on pro ball. But he could leave a Bear-like imprint on the college game and on the lives of his players. That’s not lost on him.

Check that…the U needs to be rebuilt;)

Saban has the chance to be the best college coach of all time, period. This doesn’t make me happy as a Gator fan, but I know that if the Gators win an SEC title or a national title, they will have done it against the best talent in college football. This is what drives the SEC pride….iron sharpens iron.

Get over yourself.

I’d be bitter too if my team laid an egg on a national stage, but to insinuate that Alabama football players are dumb as “Bullwinkle” and don’t belong in college is just ignorant. And if they are so dumb, how come they were more disciplined in last nights game?

This is why I can’t stand Notre Dame fans – Holier than thou, do-no-wrong, our-stuff-is-always-better-than-yours attitude. Except it’s not.

Go wear your little “Catholics vs Cousins” and “Golden Domers vs Mobile Homers” shirts out and about and keep that class driven racism alive and well in South Bend.

Fans like you make me ashamed to be Catholic.

BUT, he can stay where he is, build on what he’s already accomplished and possibly retire as the greatest coach in the history of college football.

Uhhhhhh, that seems like a better legacy, no?

Just kidding. Wait – is he going to coach in the nfl now?

No. How about now?