Nick Saban would coach in the NFL before taking another college job

The man who once declared “I’m not going to coach Alabama” definitely won’t be coaching Alabama again. Or the coach of any other college football program.

It appears Pivot podcast, Saban said he would choose the NFL over college football at this point.

“I loved coaching pro football, and if I were to coach today, based on the circumstances in college and in the NFL, I would coach in the NFLbecause all those things in college have changed,” Saban said, via Alex Byington of On3.com. “The whole idea of ​​what college was is gone. You used to go to college to develop value for your future. Now people go to college to see how much money they can make. And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that, but you’re changing the whole dynamic of the importance of education and making good decisions and choices about what you do and what you don’t do to create value for your future. You changed that whole dynamic.”

But the dynamic had to change. Everyone made money (especially coaches like Saban) and the players were stuck with just “education,” under a system that was a walking, talking, farting, belching antitrust violation. Sir moved, and Saban decided not to go with him but to move on.

His comments stand in stark contrast to the constant ranting of Bill Belichick adviser Mike Lombardi, who has repeatedly insisted that Belichick is now laughing about what a mess the NFL is. Saban thinks college football is an even bigger mess. If he’s right, his good friend Bill will find out the hard way.