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The old adage goes: where there is smoke, there is fire. And metaphorical smoke fell on the first day of the dry media on Monday around the legend of university football Nick Saban.
Rumors on Saban returning to the sport he left over a year ago has accelerated.
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Alabama coach Nick Saban is arguing with a referee after a call to the fourth quarter against Arkansas. (Robert Sutton / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
The ancient quarter of Alabama Crimson Tide, Greg Mcelroy, brought some of the rumors in the atmosphere during an interview in the radio program “Mac and Cube” in Birmingham.
“A very well known person for whom I have a lot of respect and that I spent a lot of time and I really really admire, they seem to think that Nick Saban did not make a coaching,” said Mcelroy. “It is quite categorical that he thinks that Nick Saban will train again.”
Mcelroy said he believed Saban personally finished during an appearance on ESPN.
“I would be shocked (if he came back). … There are people related to the world of sport who think he has not finished. Now, interpreter that you will do it. People who would be somewhat informed about something like that, yes,” he said.
Alabama coach Nick Saban reacts to the fourth quarter in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday evening September 11, 2010. (Robert Sutton / The Tuscaloosa News)
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Ole Miss Rebels’ head coach, Lane Kiffin said he thought Saban would be back on the sidelines – whether in university football or pros.
“He will not need me to hire him,” said Kiffin, via Clarion Ledger. “I don’t think it was done. I think it will be back. Whether it is the university or the NFL, I think it will be back.”
LSU Tigers head coach Brina Kelly seemed to be for Saban who returned to sport.
“It would be better for university football if Nick Saban trains,” he said via ON3 sports. “Period. There is no one better to develop players and certainly build championship programs.”
Saban left Alabama after several national championships. He suggested the advent of the name, image and resemblance and the anarchy of the transfer portal was the reasons why he moved away from sport.
Nick Saban of Alabama Crimson Tide reacted before a match against Texas Longhorns in Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 09, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, in Alabama. (Images Kevin C. Cox / Getty)
We do not know if Saban would entertain the idea of a return.
