Saban quit on coaching the Dolphins. I hate how he lied with one foot on the plane for Alabama.
We can crap on the guy all day long but I do believe Saban that the sorry ass QB situation with Culpepper was the reason he bailed. Reports were that Brees to Miami was a done deal. No one anticipated Brees turning into the all time passing leader and Culpepper’s knee obviously did not heal right. I‘m sure most of us were pissed by that season’s end too.
All he’s done since is turn Alabama into THE national FBS powerhouse, won multiple national champions, become the farm system for cranking out well coached players for the NFL draft, and is arguably the greatest college coach ever.
Let’s be sensible, the dude can coach and can build winning programs. He just didn’t care to build it in the NFL that players could physically threaten him because he got their panties in a bunch or get overruled by his medical team.