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Report: Alabama coach Nick Saban retires after 17 seasons with Crimson Tide
Yahoo ^ | January 10, 2024 | Ryan Young

Posted on 01/10/2024 2:19:58 PM PST by C19fan

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To: C19fan

Not gonna leave champion Mich for Alabama. Same level.


21 posted on 01/10/2024 2:42:24 PM PST by coalminersson (since )
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To: C19fan

I hear Jimbo Fisher has some free time...


22 posted on 01/10/2024 2:43:36 PM PST by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: C19fan

Saban calling it quits does not surprise me at all.

I would not be surprised to see Bama try to snatch Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss.


23 posted on 01/10/2024 2:43:45 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Dr. Sivana
A friend of mine was still working in her 80th year. Her daughter asked her doctor about forcing her to retire and the doctor said bluntly that retiring would kill her.

The family decided that they knew better. They forced her out and she was dead in five months.

24 posted on 01/10/2024 2:49:48 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: devere

Verdi wrote his last opera, Falstaff, when he was 79

Pretty sure Verdi did not have to work in front of 100,000 people every Saturday and have 1/2 million alumni looking over his shoulder.


25 posted on 01/10/2024 2:52:10 PM PST by Jolla
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To: shotgun

LMAO!!! Brings back memories.


26 posted on 01/10/2024 3:06:15 PM PST by C19fan
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To: devere
You don’t need an excuse for not retiring if you love the work you are doing. Verdi wrote his last opera, Falstaff, when he was 79, and it was a great success.

Verdi could set his own hours. football headcoach at that level is extremely demanding. Dick Vermeil didn’t even recognize his own son. College is even worse than the pros with constant recruitment, N-I-L and the transfer portal.
27 posted on 01/10/2024 3:06:44 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: C19fan

Mike Price is the ultimate example of C-O-U-G’d IT!


28 posted on 01/10/2024 3:11:08 PM PST by shotgun
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
A friend of mine was still working in her 80th year. Her daughter asked her doctor about forcing her to retire and the doctor said bluntly that retiring would kill her. The family decided that they knew better. They forced her out and she was dead in five months.

Many people are like that. They need work it gives them an important sense of ... life? Purpose? The social aspect?

29 posted on 01/10/2024 3:13:54 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: C19fan

Great coach. “If you want to make everyone happy, don’t be a leader; sell ice cream.” - Nick Saban


30 posted on 01/10/2024 3:20:30 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: devere

A football coach needs to work long days and work hard. The most successful have been known to sleep 4-6 hours at night. Stay all night in the office, and put that kind of effort into things for about 9 months a year. The rest of the time is scouting, and perusing other players rosters. It is A YOUNG MANS GAME, being a Coach.


31 posted on 01/10/2024 4:00:08 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: C19fan

“It’s rollin’ baby! It’s rollin’!”


32 posted on 01/10/2024 4:01:38 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ought-six

Tennessee fans reactions would be hilarious.


33 posted on 01/10/2024 4:04:19 PM PST by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: nonliberal

Pete Carrol, Nick Saban and Bill Belicheck should all call it a day and move to some place warm.


34 posted on 01/10/2024 4:06:32 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.y out)
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To: Rummyfan
It was her life in her later years.

She started it in her fifties when her children were grown as a little hobby. Something to fill her time. It became her passion. Yes, she still was involved in church and with her grandchildren when they were around but this was something she had built from nothing. Gave her a reason to get up in the morning. When she no longer had that, why bother? Her husband had passed, her mother had passed and all her children lived out of state.

Can I say that was what killed her? Nah. But it did not help matters.

Leave the people who want to work alone to work.

Not all of us want to go fishing every day.

35 posted on 01/10/2024 4:27:00 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

haha. Saban saw the writing on the wall. This year, for example, Texas beat Bama, OU beat Texas. He would never run the SEC table again. May as well retire when #4 is the best you got to look forward to.


36 posted on 01/10/2024 7:58:23 PM PST by 1riot1ranger
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To: 1riot1ranger

So, 3 or 4 loss seasons will be the norm. I don’t think fans will like that.


37 posted on 01/11/2024 5:49:36 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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