Thank you coach Sabin and Pat. Coach your voice is so important to the game right now. Your retirement has been so timely and allows you to share your insights and opinions at a critical time in the college game. Thank you.
Imagine a mfer who literally made a fortune off a kids who weren’t guaranteed to make the nfl tell the kids who made all that money possible they are selfish. Man f**k nick. This is hypocrisy at its finest.
No it's not. You don't even understand what these packages are. Just because a nil deal says 10 million doesn't mean that's cash. Could be a furnished apartment for a period of time. Access to a house for a period of time,Access to cars,access to jewelry.....or it could be doing commercials/brand deals. Not every nil is the same. It's the wild wild west.
What about when LSU, bama, ole miss, USC, Clemson the list goes on.. were paying players 150,000 for a year? Now that player can make 400k legally at say oregon st, it’s a problem?!?!
Let business/corporations and universities spend their money the way they want to. That’s why we love the free market/capitalism. They can always just recruit 1-3 star players who would love to play for their state school.
Tells you something who set things up for us to then scrutinize and argue over. This environment has been created with intentionality and it clearly has college ball mirroring some of the worst aspects of society
@@stanleyfontaine25 100% agree, players have a limited shelf life. Let them make as much money as they can while it's marketable. The notion that they can't make money for the first 3-4 years is laughable. Saban is a great coach but he's a dinosaur and made his name where he owned the players like indentured servants. Gaslighting about commitment, focus and mental fortitude. Every athlete goes through the uncertainty and anxiety of performance. At least now they can't be held hostage by an antiquated system. Now everyone can spend the money to recruit or portal transfer players. It's not ruining football and in fact it's even more popular. If people want to watch student athletes then force the NFL to have farm teams/leagues and don't force players to put 3 years in college for what an 'education', when they can earn hundreds of thousands to millions right after graduating high school? Not that it will happen but if it did, college football will be as popular as college baseball. If college football wants to continue the gravy train then the players need to be paid. Most people who dislike players making money are romanticizing about an old system where players were held hostage while old people and institutions made all the money.
in truth, it was mercenary for everyone involved. Only the players cannot be? C'mon, you are a Utah fan, Urban Meyer jumped to Florida before y'all could celebrate that Fiesta Bowl in january of 2005
NIck Saban took quite a few jobs before Alabama... each time he did what was BEST for HIM! Players are doing what's best for them! dont be mad because the players are spread out now and not just in the SEC
You stupid for saying that Nick Saban always have been there for them kids and sent more players to the NFL than any other coach in college football history do your research dumb guy!!!!
100k cap at every school you get one transfer 100k not enough money? Go get a real job then !! these players need these colleges as much as college Need's them
@@FlightofFalconbecause their right 2 good years can set you up for life so why waste your time riding behind somebody your jus as good as because the coach likes them more it cuts the politics out a lil bit
5-5 SEC teams are the ultimate bracket busters smh.. they do this every year 😂, they aren’t playing in no bowls but they are going to make sure your team isn’t either.
Players at Alabama lack effort. Milroe threw a pick 6 and he didn't even attempt to make a play after the interception. He just gave up......the entire team looked like they gave up.
@@billyyank5807 I am a lifelong Bama fan and I totally agree. It was so hard to watch. I always worried that NIL would take the fight out of the dog. Nothing to be hungry for anymore if you don’t value team first and school legacy. It certainly changes things, but the money to made in the NFL should still be their primary focus.
The entire league is having those problems…it by NO means is just AL. Even the teams winning are having those same issues. And, Saban retired, because a coach can’t fix something that a force as great as the league itself is promoting. I’m a 2nd gen OSU alumni, and my school is unrecognizable at this point, for the exact same reasons. My father, my wife, and myself all grew up with the same campus….with very little change. Today that school is nothing more than a giant retail outlet for books, and merchandise. Over 100yrs of tradition, all but gone. And, Saban’s right….it’s the culture, that’s led in large part by the leadership of our country (a whole separate conversation). I don’t see this changing until the league itself changes and gets back to playing for the tradition, or program, of the schools.
@@phillamoore157OSU is more talented than ever. Bama is unrecognizable on the other end of the spectrum. Either the ncaa get money or the people going to get degrees do. People just are not used to the constitution being upheld.
@@Mike-sp7zvWatch what happens when Ryan Day and Ohio State part ways (it will happen one day, if course). Other programs get 30 days of unrestricted recruiting of the Ohio State roster. That’s what happened upon Coach Saban’s retirement, and 28 players bailed out. Bama was the first program to go through this under the new portal rules, and the result is a big drop-off on the field. I don’t know what you mean with the “constitution” thing. I’m very familiar with the Constitution, yet I find no reference to football, college football, transfer portal, NIL, nor even uniform color.
@@CantrellMosley1 or at least to talk to the team about the legacy at Alabama and what it means to play there. Would be cool for the young guys to hear how they prepared for the biggest games and how they stayed focused for the ones that weren’t so big too. I love this idea!
So because you're a good player you're a good coach? Most good coaches were avg players People from the south made a big deal about affirmative action now you wanna handout coaching opportunities to former successful players, you can't make this stuff up.
@@jamesharris5416 - you may want to look long and hard at our OL the past few years before you ask that,...but, yes you can have him back. Good man, likable just isn't HC material.
NCAA has made billions exploiting players forever. Now that the rabbits have the guns the privileged Saban types are b1tching. If he can’t exploit free labor to make billions for the university, suddenly he can’t coach, lol.
Be fair and realize they could be fired because 20 yr olds make bad decisions in game or off the field and subject their family to yet another move, etc etc… that’s the other side of the coin
Imagine a mfer who literally made a fortune off a kids who weren’t guaranteed to make the nfl tell the kids who made all that money possible they are selfish. Man f**k nick. This is hypocrisy at its finest.
The adults created this so why blame the players. They're doing what it was created to do. Playing college football has become a job. Perform or go home but we gonna pay you.
Some former players have said the same thing. They used to work so hard and focused on becoming better players because becoming a great player was how you GOT TO the 💰. Now they already have the money so the incentive to get better for most players is greatly reduced.
Which former players would those be? The ones that made it to the league and made 10s if no 100s of millions? How about we ask Tyrone Prothro or some other player that never made it to the league and see what they say.
My roommate in college was the starting linebacker at LSU. He was from a very small Louisiana town and his family was extremely poor. As a freshman he was already getting interest from the NFL. The end of his sophomore year he blows out his knee. He was never the same player after that and by the beginning of his senior year he was out of football. I talk to him from time to time and he says he wished he had the opportunity that these kids have now to have set his family up. To get his mom a house. How is this fair?
"Temporarily committed & self-indulgent" also describes 99% of college football coaches. Where do you think the players learned the behavior from? NIL and the the portal allows the players to have the same rights as the coaches and now the a lot of coaches are throwing a hissy fit about it as if they haven't been leaving jobs for more money and/or a better situation for decades. The only coaches not looking to move up are those with Top-10 jobs and even they jump ship when the seat gets hot enough.
Coaches are entitled to this professional courtesy as they are much more important to the play of the game than any one else. Look at Knute Rockne. One weekend he's coaching ND football, the next he's selling used cars to help pay his rent, and if that's enough he's having to work as a sports reporter for the Chicago Tribune and after he meets his deadline and gets his long from article proof read rushes back to South Bend to coach another Notre Dame Violent Irish football game. Then it's back to the car lot on Monday morning. And if that's not enough he has to take care of his aging mom and special needs little sister on top of raising his own family. And oh yeah, let's not forget that in early fall he's got to be on his family farm for harvestinf season. I think they raised soybeans and corn feed. So you tell me. Maybe the coaches need a union on par with the teamsters. Thanks 😊
Coaches are adults in a job market, college players are young students who play football. Turning college football into a job market is detrimental to the essence of college football. One of the things people love about college football is that it isnt NFL. The closer college gets to NFL the closer it gets to losing its identity.
@@Mr50403I’ve heard this argument so many times, it’s what everyone that wants the NIL always falls back on. It’s virtue signaling. You want to appear to be on the side of right, even though what you think is right is highly questionable. For the rest of the arguement, I defer to Nick Saban. Seriously, if you aren’t goig to listen to what Saban says about it, you are just going to believe what you want to believe. Alabama would definitely pay their players to continue winning, so it’s not like it would necessarily hurt Saban.
My thoughts exactly...look, they're given a free top notch education that most people have to pay for. You get one transfer thats it... you don't like it suck it up or go walk on somewhere else.
Yes. NIL is a problem, but the changing of the transfer rules, is the main problem. It was broken before, that a guy had to sit out a year, so changing that was okay, but definitely should have been one transfer only.
Then collectively bargain with the LABOR and give the labor 1/2 of everything, (concessions, ticket sales, merchandise, media and TV revenue) then we can restrict poor people that are good at football free market and freedom of education, that you enjoy.
Nick Saban is a great politician. As soon as the supreme court said that the NIL was aok. saban went to the congress to say I beg your pardon, and told the other politician there he was right and the supreme court was full of sh*t. He's running in the next election against you guess it , tommy tuberville. He knows ala people will vote for him, because nick has hundreds of millions of dollars tied up with the NCAA. This coach is so ruthless as ever, in it for his power, and not the STUDENT!! Remember his actions speak louder than his words, Saban is a great politician!
The best coach in the limelight! Love listening to coach Saban. Love is life principles and love his commitment to excellence. Sometimes it is a grind. Perseverance
I agree he is the best coach to ever do it. But when he had the chance to make incremental changes to help the students, he sided with the coaches and that has created what you have now.
Once the top 50 to 60 teams leave the NCAA they will implement a salary cap. Division I football does not need the NCAA anymore. Right now the Bryce Underwood pay situation put a jolt in the system and it was a natural extension to the spendola.
All schools have been paying players and their families for years, sat scores ment nothing for years Stop calling them student athletes nothing new. Call it what it is now a job . So now make them sign contracts and pay taxes , enough said .
College football has been the minor leagues for the NFL for several decades now. Why shouldn't they get paid if they can? The NCAA makes billions off of them. They deserve what they can get. However, the transfer portal is what's ridiculous.
Well most guys love the sport!!!..but some just want the money!!!....it's about the money,yea you wanna be a great player,but those college guys see how the league goes,most of them I not all understand there rookie year no money,or little money,vs staying one more year getting a bigger bag!!. ;?BTW iam totally against TRANFERING PERIOD
That's HILARIOUS coming from a coach that bounced around from team to team, in hopes a landing a better situation for himself and his family. Outside of Alabama, Saban was team jumping since the 70s. But now that players are doing it, it's a problem.
So the people that’s doing the ACTUAL labor shouldn’t get payed? You okay with the Networks Coaches and Universities making Millions BUT HEAVEN FORBID THE PLAYERS?????
@@TheOfficialRandomGuy The NCAA has nothing to do with NIL or the portal, this was a court decision that the NCAA lost and was forced on them and now they will be sued for millions.
I remember in high school, once guys signed a LOI they just didn't care about the rest of the season. They didn't want to get injured...blah blah blah. NIL reminded me of this attitude.
Put that behind You! ! going forward how do regulate \ rules . The legality of NIL Title 9 , all the Athletes in every Sport on every level? The Lawyers are rubbing their hands 🙌 just waiting !
Being a Gamecock fan myself I like Saban MUCH better as a retired coach commentator than as an active coach, lol. But you gotta hand it to him, he excels at both.
Change is always difficult. The NCAA ignored players needs for decades now this is what happens. Have patience the schools and businesses and the players will progress through this and make it work
I'm retired army. Not playing in a bowl game/ playoff is like purposely getting out of a deployment while your brothers in arms went to war. 12:20 what coach is saying relates to the military life so much. But then again, they pay soldiers penny's from what they pay theses guys to play a game. College athletes don't know the first thing about real sacrifice
@ASDF84.0 how about you don't say a f'ing word to me. I'm already blessed, so keep your back handed compliments to yourself. I'm gonna be the good guy and tell you don't choke on a turkey bone today
Thank you for all you did for our country. But who is asking these kids to sacrifice anything. All the kids want is fair value for the product they produce. A coach can move from school to school to school to make more and more money, and leave the kids he recruited behind. Who is getting mad at coaches who leave their teams before bowl games. Who is getting mad a coaches who tells their team (and parents) he isn.t leaving for the NFL only to leave a month later? They day they paid Steve Spurrier $1 million dollars to coach Florida was the end of college football.
You are wrong. Billionaire are made off the back of the athletes. Im a vet as well. We got paid pennies in the Military to protect shipping lanes and oil rigs. Tell the truth.
It is a NEW landscape. Players have more freedom, and that is changing the very essence of College Football. Hard to say if it’s bad or good. The players should be compensated for the loads of money they bring in, but now players are incentivized to play coaches and situations for monetary gain, not aspirations for college success from a skill point and draft ranking for the NFL in the league beyond.
1. Saban is the greatest coach and he loves football. 2. Saban was a mercenary coach for many years and abruptly left the NFL during the season. 3. Not mad at these kids getting paid. College football is big business
On your #3. These kids are running from competition. What do they think is gonna happen if/when they get drafted to the pros? They dont walk on and start, they gotta compete for that spot. You can up and leave if you want but them pockets gone be pretty light and word is gonna travel on your work ethic.
@@collegefootballchannel6522one of the main things that made him an effective recruiter was his track record as a coach… and that’s like saying “greatest player developer not coach”… well bud, player development just like recruiting is a MAJOR part of what being a college coach is.
@@collegefootballchannel6522 lol he wanted Brees and the GM gave him Culpepper😂😂 the management wouldn’t give him what he wanted so he went where they actually listened. Look what happened.
Well the coaches 🤔 about the same things too. Where am I gonna coach next , how much more 💰 can make. Coaches getting offers & not coaching Bowl Games. If it's good for the coach it's good for the players..
17-20 year olds who know nothing …. Have the same as coach who is 50 year old…. Well maybe the players should just not have a coach… since they are equal …. God you’re a restart
@@CurbBlurbs Doesn't matter. They are still adults generating a ton of revenue for the school. It's criminal that they haven't been paid (legally) after all of these years.
Whatever. In previous years a conference that ate itself was considered lesser. If you want in … then win. It’s pretty simple. SEC is just average this year.
@ what a dumb comment. And can your daddy beat up my daddy, too? If your not good enough to win your conference then you might not go to the playoffs. Every team plays with that uncertainty and that’s what this conversation is about … not some inane hypothetical that makes you feel better because your team didn’t match your expectations.
@@unclelurk1556 - yet, you refused to answer the question which means you know that Vegas would pick Bama over Indiana or BYU. 12 best TEAMS not 12 best records.
@ it’s not a fact. It’s an opinion. And men smarter than you have said Indiana is the better team … and BYU isn’t. And that’s what your stuck with … a team that didn’t meet your expectations and you’re on the outside looking in. Better look at a “fact” like Saban isn’t there anymore and ask how important he was.
Really appreciate this discussion about players not growing up, not being ready to enter the pros. You can see all the attributes of the cancel culture - centering on personal feelings and immediate pleasure. And like Coach said, we all know where this is leading. Disaster. And it's ruining sports.
Well he was losing control too as it showed the past few years. Would Bama have 3 losses if he was still the coach. I say no but it's happening everywhere. Just look at how the pups are playing. They'll show up for one game and lay an egg in another.
@ oh I agree completely with what you’re saying. I am okay with losing, but I am not okay with a loss that was due to poor strategy/execution and lack of focus. Play hard, give it your all and lose…I am good with that. Overall, I didn’t expect us to have such a good season. Would love to see them beat Auburn this weekend. I know they could use a big win after the loss they suffered vs OK. I will definitely support them either way, win or lose, but man does it feel better to win. RTR!
Also not taking away anything from Oklahoma team. They played a great game of football! Perfectly executed and they pulled off a huge upset. Glad to see the seniors get to go out like that on Senior day. This weekend is Alabama’s senior day too, so of course it would be amazing to see them with the DUB! Roll Tide!
Not everyone is even getting nil deals. So there's that. And personally if you get a nil deal that has any cash value,you should be paying your own way in school, no scholarships.......maybe that will fix some nonsense.
Now that Coach Saban isn't the Alabama coach anymore, everyone agrees with everything he says. I used to tell people, "Listen to Coach Saban, he knows what he is talking about." And I'd get hate and he would get hate.
@nicka-trade8052 Saban was a dictator... He wanted to control everything and when he realized he couldn't anymore, he resigned.... Old school coaching doesn't exist anymore 😂
@@MrAquarius127I love how all the outsiders know why he retired other than the fact that it came out of HIS mouth that it became more difficult to stay at the complex till midnight and be right back at 7AM at 70+ years old not to mention that his family is expanding and he wants to spend more time with his grandchildren. The man was literally working up to the minute he announced his retirement.
@ThreadAndCircuses1 college athlete's have been getting taken advantage of for years and now they can finally be respected and get paid now... No more Pete Carroll, No more Nick Saban and no more Urban Meyer 😂
Saban is a POS when the coaches had all the power and made all the money everything was great! Now the players have some leverage there's a problem when the deals are upfront and not done in secret he has a problem? Good riddance!
So I get Bama, OSU, UGA, etc fans dont like the portal/NIL era and I think there needs to be some caps, transfer contracts- ie either sit out a year, or min 2 years after transfer, etc. And I was against the playoff going to 12 teams (I think it should be 8), but after watching this year I have to admit there are so many more games that matter late in the season. More teams have a chance not only to get in but to win in the playoff. Saban stockpiled 5 stars - not only just to play at Bama, but they couldn't play against him if they were on his sideline. Saban made millions off players.
I’ve been an Alabama fan for 43 years and my dads headstone actually has ROLL TIDE etched into it. This year I’ve cut the tv off 4 times before the game was over because I couldn’t stand watching anymore of this team. Too undisciplined and seem unprepared every game except for the Georgia game
Of course, the rich has a problem with others becoming rich. He's not on the field running for his life while eating Roman noodles for dinner later the day. He's part of wealth class and is afraid of losing that wealth.
So it’s ok for him to make millions but not the players? Of course all of the jealous losers are in the comments agreeing. These young men put their bodies and health on the line every game for your entertainment but they shouldn’t get paid while they generate billions for others?
Yes! Saban finally said what a lot of us have been saying. The “best of the worst”, shouldn’t be getting a bye week (i.e Boise over OSU). NCAA isn’t going to fix these playoff problems if the same people are making the decisions. That just means they’ll make potentially 12 mistakes. This isn’t the NFL. But, they’re doing everything possible to make it like the NFL. *What they’ve done is turn college football into a soul-less, mercenary sport full of entitled kids who are there solely for the paycheck. Now kids are showing up with a “I get paid whether the team wins or not” attitude.* But, I digress…. Base the bracket on the rank, NOT who wins their conference, because the Big 12 is nowhere NEAR the Big 10 or SEC. *As of right now, OSU, TEXAS, OREGON, MIAMI (or GA/TN).*
Something is not right...supposed to be the best teams, like they said last year. But they still put teams with one loss and a weak schedule that hasn't beaten a top 25 team ahead of teams with 2 losses that have a better win resume.
@ Yup…and one of those teams is getting a bye-week over the #2 team. They tried to fix a problem by simply adding more teams, instead of getting rid of the people who were causing these problems with a 4-team CFP. And, with NIL, and the fact that college football is now a mercenary sport….it causes these bi-polar results. A team loses to an unranked team one week, then blows out a top 5 team the next. What are we supposed to do with that…smh.
TEMPORARILY COMMITTED & SELF-INDULGENT!' Just like the coaches used to be! Ain't as much fun when the rabbit got the gun! Pimp theory is over!!! pay them!!!
I will not be surprised if the Aggies beat Texas and Auburn beats Bama. If so the wheels are really going to fall off in Tuscaloosa. Last year Bama needed a miracle to win in Jordan Hare and that was with Saban. Kalen is a monumental failure as the hire. Saban should have been able to hand pick his successor.
that was also in Auburn though, where the Iron Bowl has traditionally been a tough game. the Iron Bowl hasn’t been a close game in Tuscaloosa since 2014
Ya'll Bama fans are sore losers. Lose three games and it's the head coach....not the lack of effort by the players at all. See that pick 6 by Milroy? He didn't even try to make a play afterwards...just gave up. That's Alabama now. Whiners and babies.
So you are telling me that OH St playing 2 easy teams has a harder path to the semifinals than Oregon playing the winner of Georgia/Tenn. You must be delusional
Bama thinking they should win without Nick is disrespectful to him. He isn't easy to replace and just because they have talent doesn't mean they can coach them!
It seems very hypocritical for a coach who spent his time telling kids where they can transfer to and where they cant, left LSU for greener pastures, left his team after telling them he wouldn't leave. Made millions while people I know who played for him that couldn't take his girlfriend on a date. All this on the backs of kids now wants to tell them to be FOR TEAM, when coaches do not have to.
The coaches are the primary draw of the sport. The athletes merely express the intellect of the coaches. The design. The scheme. The strategury. That's the DNA of the coaches' supreme level of excellence. And the fans love ❤️ it. Just ask Nick Saban. The God Father of sport.
@ I’m sure Jimbo Fisher thought the same thing.. where is he now? And Greg Shiano, Mike Gundy, Mike Norvell. Soooo when their good players were gone… are the fans still Lovin It like you say?!??
Looks to me like they both got rings didn’t they? What about those players that signed a 30 million 5 year deal? Should they send money to the coach that’s making 2 million a year?
@ there’s 22-25% that are draft eligible and 30% usually make it to the nfl so your numbers are a little off but I’m sure you knew that. But if they couldn’t get an NIL deal or drafted……..there’s a common denominator in that equation isn’t it? If those players don’t feel the need to put in the effort and work for it nah they don’t deserve a dime. But for the ones that do excel on a team and are standouts, give some to them.
@ but if we are going to go by that logic, if the head football coach makes 2 million dollars a year and his team wins a championship, should the head football coach give money to the baseball players and basketball players too? Because you mention the high percentage of players that don’t go to the NFL but you don’t mention the reason WHY they don’t go……..
We need a discussion on how nil works. Lots of bad information surrounding it. A lot of people thinks its just pay for play....its not. Many think everyone is making millions, they aren't. A majority of players will never see a nil deal. Its a few select players on teams if you're lucky. Its basically the stars. Now think what that does to a Locker room when kids are busting their butts and one dude is getting paid........let's see how long that lasts 😂
You think players didn't know Reggie Bush got a house at USS decades ago. This is nothing new. Doesn't seem to hurt an MFL Lockeroom. A lot of the high paid college QBs take care of their team, especially the O line. Please look at history and do research. Seem like you're just a pessimist.
@billyyank5807 For those players not getting paid, if they get good enough, someone will offer them a bag. Is that not what the American dream is all about.
@conquest_icon-f4w no obviously don't know what the American dream. These players live with no accountability and you can't tell. Players aren't developing at all anymore.
@jeremycremeans1854 so you are a mind reader now. Jaden Daniels, Bo nix, Mayle, Williams, Stroud, Verse, Marvin Harrison Jnr, I can go on and on they all got NIL, and they are fine I do know the American dream, and it has always been about making money, which ever, you can do it as long as you can get away with it
Saban and I are neighbors, so I know college football, 😂. It Definitely seems to be a me 1st, team 2nd attitude out there now. I know they are gone, but I can’t help but to long for the old days.
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Coach Saban is a coaching clinic every time he speaks.....this clip is worth it's weight in gold to young coaches
Wipe your lips you D sucker 🤡
Thank you coach Sabin and Pat. Coach your voice is so important to the game right now. Your retirement has been so timely and allows you to share your insights and opinions at a critical time in the college game. Thank you.
Imagine a mfer who literally made a fortune off a kids who weren’t guaranteed to make the nfl tell the kids who made all that money possible they are selfish. Man f**k nick. This is hypocrisy at its finest.
Don't call it NIL. It's "pay to play." These guys only show up to play about every other week. Look at Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, and LSU.
No it's not. You don't even understand what these packages are. Just because a nil deal says 10 million doesn't mean that's cash. Could be a furnished apartment for a period of time. Access to a house for a period of time,Access to cars,access to jewelry.....or it could be doing commercials/brand deals. Not every nil is the same. It's the wild wild west.
@@patzguitarz Exactly.
What about when LSU, bama, ole miss, USC, Clemson the list goes on.. were paying players 150,000 for a year? Now that player can make 400k legally at say oregon st, it’s a problem?!?!
@@BUCKStrickland-c7t Yu said it best
Saban has a 17-million-dollar home and a 20-million-dollar yacht.
Saban is not wrong. College football has become a mercenary sport.
Let business/corporations and universities spend their money the way they want to. That’s why we love the free market/capitalism.
They can always just recruit 1-3 star players who would love to play for their state school.
Tells you something who set things up for us to then scrutinize and argue over. This environment has been created with intentionality and it clearly has college ball mirroring some of the worst aspects of society
@@stanleyfontaine25 100% agree, players have a limited shelf life. Let them make as much money as they can while it's marketable. The notion that they can't make money for the first 3-4 years is laughable. Saban is a great coach but he's a dinosaur and made his name where he owned the players like indentured servants. Gaslighting about commitment, focus and mental fortitude. Every athlete goes through the uncertainty and anxiety of performance. At least now they can't be held hostage by an antiquated system.
Now everyone can spend the money to recruit or portal transfer players. It's not ruining football and in fact it's even more popular. If people want to watch student athletes then force the NFL to have farm teams/leagues and don't force players to put 3 years in college for what an 'education', when they can earn hundreds of thousands to millions right after graduating high school?
Not that it will happen but if it did, college football will be as popular as college baseball. If college football wants to continue the gravy train then the players need to be paid. Most people who dislike players making money are romanticizing about an old system where players were held hostage while old people and institutions made all the money.
in truth, it was mercenary for everyone involved. Only the players cannot be?
C'mon, you are a Utah fan, Urban Meyer jumped to Florida before y'all could celebrate that Fiesta Bowl in january of 2005
I'm all for it. But we need a cap.
NIck Saban took quite a few jobs before Alabama... each time he did what was BEST for HIM! Players are doing what's best for them! dont be mad because the players are spread out now and not just in the SEC
Difference is Saban was responsible for entire team and University. These kids are feeling that the only thing that counts is themselves.
You stupid for saying that Nick Saban always have been there for them kids and sent more players to the NFL than any other coach in college football history do your research dumb guy!!!!
Uncle stayed at the committed jobs for a least a cup of coffee vs these kids leaving before the coffee is even brewed yo
100k cap at every school you get one transfer 100k not enough money? Go get a real job then !! these players need these colleges as much as college Need's them
@@FlightofFalconbecause their right 2 good years can set you up for life so why waste your time riding behind somebody your jus as good as because the coach likes them more it cuts the politics out a lil bit
5-5 SEC teams are the ultimate bracket busters smh.. they do this every year 😂, they aren’t playing in no bowls but they are going to make sure your team isn’t either.
exactly....THATS THEIR ONLY GOAL their season is done only thing left is to ruin yours.
Sounds like Auburn
It’s about to happen again this weekend i can see it now. Oklahoma, Florida and Auburn are always dangerous lol.
Players at Alabama lack effort. Milroe threw a pick 6 and he didn't even attempt to make a play after the interception. He just gave up......the entire team looked like they gave up.
@@billyyank5807 I am a lifelong Bama fan and I totally agree. It was so hard to watch. I always worried that NIL would take the fight out of the dog. Nothing to be hungry for anymore if you don’t value team first and school legacy. It certainly changes things, but the money to made in the NFL should still be their primary focus.
The entire league is having those problems…it by NO means is just AL. Even the teams winning are having those same issues. And, Saban retired, because a coach can’t fix something that a force as great as the league itself is promoting. I’m a 2nd gen OSU alumni, and my school is unrecognizable at this point, for the exact same reasons. My father, my wife, and myself all grew up with the same campus….with very little change. Today that school is nothing more than a giant retail outlet for books, and merchandise. Over 100yrs of tradition, all but gone. And, Saban’s right….it’s the culture, that’s led in large part by the leadership of our country (a whole separate conversation). I don’t see this changing until the league itself changes and gets back to playing for the tradition, or program, of the schools.
@@phillamoore157OSU is more talented than ever. Bama is unrecognizable on the other end of the spectrum. Either the ncaa get money or the people going to get degrees do. People just are not used to the constitution being upheld.
@@Mike-sp7zvWatch what happens when Ryan Day and Ohio State part ways (it will happen one day, if course). Other programs get 30 days of unrestricted recruiting of the Ohio State roster.
That’s what happened upon Coach Saban’s retirement, and 28 players bailed out.
Bama was the first program to go through this under the new portal rules, and the result is a big drop-off on the field.
I don’t know what you mean with the “constitution” thing. I’m very familiar with the Constitution, yet I find no reference to football, college football, transfer portal, NIL, nor even uniform color.
They went to the strip club the night before
You people are naive if you think schools haven’t been paying players well before NIL anyway.
Coaches, Saban included, have been breaking contracts and switching teams for years. Why should players be treated differently,?
Imagine retiring as one.of.the best.and.highest paid college football coaches and tripling your salary. Saban is brilliant!!!
And still be all in the game of college football and the university really and without out all the responsibilities..
DeBoer should reach out to former Bama players who were successful both in college and the pros and bring them onto the coach staff.
@@CantrellMosley1 or at least to talk to the team about the legacy at Alabama and what it means to play there. Would be cool for the young guys to hear how they prepared for the biggest games and how they stayed focused for the ones that weren’t so big too. I love this idea!
So because you're a good player you're a good coach? Most good coaches were avg players
People from the south made a big deal about affirmative action now you wanna handout
coaching opportunities to former successful players, you can't make this stuff up.
Nah no he don’t
@CantrellMosley1 Saban isn't 'on the coaching staff' kinda guy
I don't think that is all that good of an idea.
uga fan here that could listen to saban all day
im a nole and i like saban talk and he is really knowledgeable about the landscape and situations in college football right now
Hawgfan here and ditto!
@ can we get ourOL coach back?😀
@@jamesharris5416 - you may want to look long and hard at our OL the past few years before you ask that,...but, yes you can have him back. Good man, likable just isn't HC material.
@ honestly his last year with us was far from his best. better than what we got now tho
You mean the era where coaches could abandon promises to recruits and leave for a better job but the kids had to stay or sit a year.
That is wrong too.
NCAA has made billions exploiting players forever. Now that the rabbits have the guns the privileged Saban types are b1tching. If he can’t exploit free labor to make billions for the university, suddenly he can’t coach, lol.
@@cynthia-nn7xt agreed, college age guys worry alot more
Be fair and realize they could be fired because 20 yr olds make bad decisions in game or off the field and subject their family to yet another move, etc etc… that’s the other side of the coin
@@Rebound703so, Saban is right.
The NIL and Transfer Portal has 100% destroyed what the personification of college football used to be, and not in good way.
Rich old white men paying each other for free black labor?
Right! The logic behind some of the people in the comments is so delusional 🙄 it’s sad.
He had absolutely no problem when he plucked Jameson Williams and that RB from Georgia Tech.
Imagine a mfer who literally made a fortune off a kids who weren’t guaranteed to make the nfl tell the kids who made all that money possible they are selfish. Man f**k nick. This is hypocrisy at its finest.
The adults created this so why blame the players.
They're doing what it was created to do.
Playing college football has become a job.
Perform or go home but we gonna pay you.
Some former players have said the same thing. They used to work so hard and focused on becoming better players because becoming a great player was how you GOT TO the 💰. Now they already have the money so the incentive to get better for most players is greatly reduced.
Which former players would those be? The ones that made it to the league and made 10s if no 100s of millions? How about we ask Tyrone Prothro or some other player that never made it to the league and see what they say.
My roommate in college was the starting linebacker at LSU. He was from a very small Louisiana town and his family was extremely poor. As a freshman he was already getting interest from the NFL. The end of his sophomore year he blows out his knee. He was never the same player after that and by the beginning of his senior year he was out of football. I talk to him from time to time and he says he wished he had the opportunity that these kids have now to have set his family up. To get his mom a house. How is this fair?
@@ChautamGancywho's your sorry team that had hardly any players to go to the NFL while you taking shots at Protho
"Temporarily committed & self-indulgent" also describes 99% of college football coaches. Where do you think the players learned the behavior from? NIL and the the portal allows the players to have the same rights as the coaches and now the a lot of coaches are throwing a hissy fit about it as if they haven't been leaving jobs for more money and/or a better situation for decades. The only coaches not looking to move up are those with Top-10 jobs and even they jump ship when the seat gets hot enough.
Coaches are entitled to this professional courtesy as they are much more important to the play of the game than any one else. Look at Knute Rockne. One weekend he's coaching ND football, the next he's selling used cars to help pay his rent, and if that's enough he's having to work as a sports reporter for the Chicago Tribune and after he meets his deadline and gets his long from article proof read rushes back to South Bend to coach another Notre Dame Violent Irish football game. Then it's back to the car lot on Monday morning. And if that's not enough he has to take care of his aging mom and special needs little sister on top of raising his own family. And oh yeah, let's not forget that in early fall he's got to be on his family farm for harvestinf season. I think they raised soybeans and corn feed.
So you tell me. Maybe the coaches need a union on par with the teamsters.
Thanks 😊
@@quantumpotential7639Those days are over. Jimbo is making 10 mil a year sitting at home.
Coaches are adults in a job market, college players are young students who play football. Turning college football into a job market is detrimental to the essence of college football. One of the things people love about college football is that it isnt NFL. The closer college gets to NFL the closer it gets to losing its identity.
@hegemonycricket2182 Grown people make millions off the athletes. Stop.
@@Mr50403I’ve heard this argument so many times, it’s what everyone that wants the NIL always falls back on. It’s virtue signaling. You want to appear to be on the side of right, even though what you think is right is highly questionable.
For the rest of the arguement, I defer to Nick Saban. Seriously, if you aren’t goig to listen to what Saban says about it, you are just going to believe what you want to believe. Alabama would definitely pay their players to continue winning, so it’s not like it would necessarily hurt Saban.
Certainly NIL is a factor, but the players should not be allowed to transfer more than once in their college career.
My thoughts exactly...look, they're given a free top notch education that most people have to pay for. You get one transfer thats it... you don't like it suck it up or go walk on somewhere else.
Tuhs pu!
Yes. NIL is a problem, but the changing of the transfer rules, is the main problem. It was broken before, that a guy had to sit out a year, so changing that was okay, but definitely should have been one transfer only.
The NIL & TP has ruined college sports, it has taken the meaning and definition of team and made it an individual focus on $$$$.
Then collectively bargain with the LABOR and give the labor 1/2 of everything, (concessions, ticket sales, merchandise, media and TV revenue) then we can restrict poor people that are good at football free market and freedom of education, that you enjoy.
Nick Saban is a great politician. As soon as the supreme court said that the NIL was aok. saban went to the congress to say I beg your pardon, and told the other politician there he was right and the supreme court was full of sh*t. He's running in the next election against you guess it , tommy tuberville. He knows ala people will vote for him, because nick has hundreds of millions of dollars tied up with the NCAA. This coach is so ruthless as ever, in it for his power, and not the STUDENT!! Remember his actions speak louder than his words, Saban is a great politician!
Brian Kelley is too.
If his methods provide players with the achievements of winning championships, how is the alternative better?
The best coach in the limelight! Love listening to coach Saban. Love is life principles and love his commitment to excellence. Sometimes it is a grind. Perseverance
I agree he is the best coach to ever do it. But when he had the chance to make incremental changes to help the students, he sided with the coaches and that has created what you have now.
He's exactly right, and I don't blame him one bit for leaving. He saw what was happening.
Yep exactly. College football committee is bought and paid for to allow NIL to be something. Spoils the game and players
We should abolish the NCAA and let Saban run college football, NIL, Conference Alignment, playoffs, all of it.
It’s nearly a trillion dollar industry. Any person that proposes that would be wacked faster than that health care CEO this week.
Once the top 50 to 60 teams leave the NCAA they will implement a salary cap. Division I football does not need the NCAA anymore.
Right now the Bryce Underwood pay situation put a jolt in the system and it was a natural extension to the spendola.
It’s not just football, look at Auburn’s BBall team, all ten are fifth year seniors with one in his sixth year and like 6 of 10 came from the portal.
When you make billions of dollars off teenagers you have to live with the immaturity.
Nick said this back in 2018 but no one listened. Nil and free agency is killing the game
NLS is correct. Believe what you will. Have whatever opinion you will. He is right.
Sure miss our coach❤️✅️🇺🇲💪
Coach is spot on with lack of focus. Where are the disciplined players with resolve? It is a struggle to watch a complete game.
How do NFL players do it?
All schools have been paying players and their families for years, sat scores ment nothing for years Stop calling them student athletes nothing new. Call it what it is now a job . So now make them sign contracts and pay taxes , enough said .
What they expect giving young adults money the hunger doesn’t feel the same. These players don’t have to struggle
The struggle makes the man
your mama makes the man.
College football has been the minor leagues for the NFL for several decades now. Why shouldn't they get paid if they can? The NCAA makes billions off of them. They deserve what they can get. However, the transfer portal is what's ridiculous.
The transfer portal is insanely stupid.
Well most guys love the sport!!!..but some just want the money!!!....it's about the money,yea you wanna be a great player,but those college guys see how the league goes,most of them I not all understand there rookie year no money,or little money,vs staying one more year getting a bigger bag!!. ;?BTW iam totally against TRANFERING PERIOD
they should be limiting how many times a player can transfer. not 3 times like someone did last year.
We will see the answer to your question in the next few seasons. I think it has a negative effect.
People act like every game north of the Mason Dixon line is the Ice Bowl.
Fact is it’s just as likely to be 50 degrees and sunny as an ice bowl.
That's HILARIOUS coming from a coach that bounced around from team to team, in hopes a landing a better situation for himself and his family. Outside of Alabama, Saban was team jumping since the 70s. But now that players are doing it, it's a problem.
NIL has ruined college football for me, players college surf now for the most money, no loyalty, pay to play.
I get so tired of these naysayers, if you don't like college football, then watch something else, being constantly critical of anything is bad
So the people that’s doing the ACTUAL labor shouldn’t get payed? You okay with the Networks Coaches and Universities making Millions BUT HEAVEN FORBID THE PLAYERS?????
@@mikedenman2567so you’re completely fine with everything in college football, And have never criticized the decisions NCAA has made?
Slave owner mentality sir
@@TheOfficialRandomGuy The NCAA has nothing to do with NIL or the portal, this was a court decision that the NCAA lost and was forced on them and now they will be sued for millions.
I remember in high school, once guys signed a LOI they just didn't care about the rest of the season. They didn't want to get injured...blah blah blah. NIL reminded me of this attitude.
Lol what did they cut out @ 14:55 🤣
And NEVER forget, the over demanding 21:47 !! 😂
I was wondering the same thing!
Spot on.
no team should get a bye, playing the higher seeded team is the award. Byes are way to powerful.
as a clemson fan, nic saban saying our game what the only one where he felt he got beat is an honor
Dabos stepping down this year
Gamecocks are destroying clemson Saturday
Nick is a great interview
Alabama and the blue blood teams have been paying players for years. Now the rabbit has the gun it’s not fun.
Put that behind You! ! going forward how do regulate \ rules . The legality of NIL Title 9 , all the Athletes in every Sport on every level? The Lawyers are rubbing their hands 🙌 just waiting !
Stupid Alabama ain't the only one
And the SEC will still win the national championship game this year and it's going to be Georgia and y'all haters going to be sick I can't wait😂
@@TorranceClay-i4bSEC will always get best players paying them or not 😂
Excellent interview!!!!
It actually shows how over paid a lot of these coaches are. Can’t say that on tv 😂
Being a Gamecock fan myself I like Saban MUCH better as a retired coach commentator than as an active coach, lol. But you gotta hand it to him, he excels at both.
Amazing demonstration by Pat showing how to hold a football haha
I was looking for this comment and was going to say it myself 🤣
4::40
Change is always difficult. The NCAA ignored players needs for decades now this is what happens. Have patience the schools and businesses and the players will progress through this and make it work
What is it with all these players rupturing their Achilles Tendons? Diet /Exercise strength of the soleus muscle ? Magnesium deficiency?
The mental breakdown of not having the memories of being a part of a team....this is a total breakdown of an individual in the end.
I'm retired army. Not playing in a bowl game/ playoff is like purposely getting out of a deployment while your brothers in arms went to war. 12:20 what coach is saying relates to the military life so much. But then again, they pay soldiers penny's from what they pay theses guys to play a game. College athletes don't know the first thing about real sacrifice
ima be the good guy and tell you thank for your service sir. god bless you
@ASDF84.0 how about you don't say a f'ing word to me. I'm already blessed, so keep your back handed compliments to yourself. I'm gonna be the good guy and tell you don't choke on a turkey bone today
Thank you for all you did for our country. But who is asking these kids to sacrifice anything. All the kids want is fair value for the product they produce. A coach can move from school to school to school to make more and more money, and leave the kids he recruited behind. Who is getting mad at coaches who leave their teams before bowl games. Who is getting mad a coaches who tells their team (and parents) he isn.t leaving for the NFL only to leave a month later? They day they paid Steve Spurrier $1 million dollars to coach Florida was the end of college football.
You are wrong. Billionaire are made off the back of the athletes. Im a vet as well. We got paid pennies in the Military to protect shipping lanes and oil rigs. Tell the truth.
@Mr50403 you raised your right hand, nobody forced athletes to play. So suck it
It is a NEW landscape.
Players have more freedom, and that is changing the very essence of College Football.
Hard to say if it’s bad or good. The players should be compensated for the loads of money they bring in, but now players are incentivized to play coaches and situations for monetary gain, not aspirations for college success from a skill point and draft ranking for the NFL in the league beyond.
Perhaps NIL should be reserved for sophomore and above not be part of the hs recruitment process.
Good deal.
JR
If players transfer schools....Players need to pay a transfer fee that comes out of their NIL.
1. Saban is the greatest coach and he loves football.
2. Saban was a mercenary coach for many years and abruptly left the NFL during the season.
3. Not mad at these kids getting paid. College football is big business
greatest recruiter. not coach.
@@collegefootballchannel6522greatest coach
On your #3. These kids are running from competition. What do they think is gonna happen if/when they get drafted to the pros? They dont walk on and start, they gotta compete for that spot. You can up and leave if you want but them pockets gone be pretty light and word is gonna travel on your work ethic.
@@collegefootballchannel6522one of the main things that made him an effective recruiter was his track record as a coach… and that’s like saying “greatest player developer not coach”… well bud, player development just like recruiting is a MAJOR part of what being a college coach is.
@@collegefootballchannel6522 lol he wanted Brees and the GM gave him Culpepper😂😂 the management wouldn’t give him what he wanted so he went where they actually listened. Look what happened.
NIL is here to stay, great coaches will adjust. College football revenue and viewership at an all time. The game has changed and will change more.
I wish coach Day would invite coach Saban to speak with the team 🙏 Any fan of the sport could listen to coach Saban talk ball all day long.
2:21 that caught me off guard Coach Saban actually funny
I say it all the time a sec team can be 1-8 and still be dangerous. Cant sleep on anybody. Especially this season
The commitment to the game is nil.
Well the coaches 🤔 about the same things too. Where am I gonna coach next , how much more 💰 can make. Coaches getting offers & not coaching Bowl Games. If it's good for the coach it's good for the players..
17-20 year olds who know nothing …. Have the same as coach who is 50 year old…. Well maybe the players should just not have a coach… since they are equal …. God you’re a restart
@@CurbBlurbs Doesn't matter. They are still adults generating a ton of revenue for the school. It's criminal that they haven't been paid (legally) after all of these years.
@@CurbBlurbs unironically we used to have player-coaches
Needs to be contracts. Nil money nil contracts.
SEC destroys the SEC.
Gotta start using more metrics than records.
SOR, SOS, OOC, AP, Coaches, PowerRanking, etc.
Whatever. In previous years a conference that ate itself was considered lesser. If you want in … then win. It’s pretty simple. SEC is just average this year.
@unclelurk1556 - would you bet your car that Indiana and BYU would beat Bama next Sat?
Whatever makes ya'll feel better 😂
@ what a dumb comment. And can your daddy beat up my daddy, too? If your not good enough to win your conference then you might not go to the playoffs. Every team plays with that uncertainty and that’s what this conversation is about … not some inane hypothetical that makes you feel better because your team didn’t match your expectations.
@@unclelurk1556Alabama lost to Oklahoma and Vanderbilt. Alabama doesn't deserve to play Indiana or anyone else in a playoff game.
I love Coach Saban. He’s the GOAT. Go Irish☘️☘️
Most old men want to live in the past.
Say what you want about Nick, but what he says here is 100% accurate.
Alabama would have 1 or 0 losses with Indiana or BYU's schedule.
Let keep the facts straight.
This is the national college football playoffs, not the SEC playoffs a second time around. Bama wasn’t good enough, ‘nuff said.
@@unclelurk1556 - yet, you refused to answer the question which means you know that Vegas would pick Bama over Indiana or BYU. 12 best TEAMS not 12 best records.
@ it’s not a fact. It’s an opinion. And men smarter than you have said Indiana is the better team … and BYU isn’t. And that’s what your stuck with … a team that didn’t meet your expectations and you’re on the outside looking in. Better look at a “fact” like Saban isn’t there anymore and ask how important he was.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_AmericanAlabama lost to Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.
@@bjc215 - really???
Really appreciate this discussion about players not growing up, not being ready to enter the pros. You can see all the attributes of the cancel culture - centering on personal feelings and immediate pleasure. And like Coach said, we all know where this is leading. Disaster. And it's ruining sports.
Man how I miss this man! Thanks for the interview! It was great! Roll Tide!!
Well he was losing control too as it showed the past few years. Would Bama have 3 losses if he was still the coach. I say no but it's happening everywhere. Just look at how the pups are playing. They'll show up for one game and lay an egg in another.
@ oh I agree completely with what you’re saying. I am okay with losing, but I am not okay with a loss that was due to poor strategy/execution and lack of focus. Play hard, give it your all and lose…I am good with that. Overall, I didn’t expect us to have such a good season. Would love to see them beat Auburn this weekend. I know they could use a big win after the loss they suffered vs OK. I will definitely support them either way, win or lose, but man does it feel better to win. RTR!
Also not taking away anything from Oklahoma team. They played a great game of football! Perfectly executed and they pulled off a huge upset. Glad to see the seniors get to go out like that on Senior day. This weekend is Alabama’s senior day too, so of course it would be amazing to see them with the DUB! Roll Tide!
Hey can we talk about how when Oregon played a close game to Boise State they were ridiculed and Boise State is respected and highly ranked
If you don’t want to pay the players, recruit players who will go to your school and play for their scholarship.. and lose 😂
@@stanleyfontaine25 😂🙌😂🙌
that’s how it used to be, they get a scholarship, kids getting paid a lot and will only be good in college not NFL
Not everyone is even getting nil deals. So there's that.
And personally if you get a nil deal that has any cash value,you should be paying your own way in school, no scholarships.......maybe that will fix some nonsense.
@@wingomadeit You’re right and the beauty of it is, they’ll still will be able to help their families. So it’s a win win for them.
@@billyyank5807 why would a player agree to that if he’s really not there for school. He can then choose to go to a school that will cover both.
Now that Coach Saban isn't the Alabama coach anymore, everyone agrees with everything he says. I used to tell people, "Listen to Coach Saban, he knows what he is talking about." And I'd get hate and he would get hate.
College football is better since he left. We have coach prime now
Well do a normal playoff bracket like every other division of football
Here we go, this should be good.
Saban quit when he realized he wouldn't be able to control his players anymore because of NIL 😂
If it was about control then he wouldn't care about their development. The Crimsontide is already tanking in one with no Saban.
@nicka-trade8052 Saban was a dictator... He wanted to control everything and when he realized he couldn't anymore, he resigned.... Old school coaching doesn't exist anymore 😂
@@MrAquarius127I love how all the outsiders know why he retired other than the fact that it came out of HIS mouth that it became more difficult to stay at the complex till midnight and be right back at 7AM at 70+ years old not to mention that his family is expanding and he wants to spend more time with his grandchildren. The man was literally working up to the minute he announced his retirement.
Nobody can, how do you control a college kid living in a big party house with money and has only online classes?
@ThreadAndCircuses1 college athlete's have been getting taken advantage of for years and now they can finally be respected and get paid now... No more Pete Carroll, No more Nick Saban and no more Urban Meyer 😂
Saban is a POS when the coaches had all the power and made all the money everything was great! Now the players have some leverage there's a problem when the deals are upfront and not done in secret he has a problem? Good riddance!
Love NIL level the playing field get try seeing the same teams every year in the playoffs and playing in the championship game
So I get Bama, OSU, UGA, etc fans dont like the portal/NIL era and I think there needs to be some caps, transfer contracts- ie either sit out a year, or min 2 years after transfer, etc. And I was against the playoff going to 12 teams (I think it should be 8), but after watching this year I have to admit there are so many more games that matter late in the season. More teams have a chance not only to get in but to win in the playoff. Saban stockpiled 5 stars - not only just to play at Bama, but they couldn't play against him if they were on his sideline. Saban made millions off players.
Lucky to have watched this man and be a Bama fan. RTR but man….its getting rough folks. Hope something changes.
I’ve been an Alabama fan for 43 years and my dads headstone actually has ROLL TIDE etched into it. This year I’ve cut the tv off 4 times before the game was over because I couldn’t stand watching anymore of this team. Too undisciplined and seem unprepared every game except for the Georgia game
I made a few dollars in Houston back in the day when they had to go to play in Pittsburg they didn't play well in the snow
There was always "NIL" in the SEC, Coach. I suppose you never ever heard of the Bag Man, right?
I think in every conference there was a “big man” but you might not know anything about Nebraska, SMU, Miami, USC etc…..not just SEC.
Didn't the bagman coach for Saban?
@@shanewoods1980 yea but these programs get fined and scorched when they do it.
You are just a SEC hater man and we are still gone to win the national championship game this year 💯 SEC hater
Of course, the rich has a problem with others becoming rich. He's not on the field running for his life while eating Roman noodles for dinner later the day. He's part of wealth class and is afraid of losing that wealth.
So it’s ok for him to make millions but not the players? Of course all of the jealous losers are in the comments agreeing. These young men put their bodies and health on the line every game for your entertainment but they shouldn’t get paid while they generate billions for others?
Close you eyes and that is Hank Hill talking. 😂
Yes! Saban finally said what a lot of us have been saying. The “best of the worst”, shouldn’t be getting a bye week (i.e Boise over OSU). NCAA isn’t going to fix these playoff problems if the same people are making the decisions. That just means they’ll make potentially 12 mistakes. This isn’t the NFL. But, they’re doing everything possible to make it like the NFL. *What they’ve done is turn college football into a soul-less, mercenary sport full of entitled kids who are there solely for the paycheck. Now kids are showing up with a “I get paid whether the team wins or not” attitude.* But, I digress…. Base the bracket on the rank, NOT who wins their conference, because the Big 12 is nowhere NEAR the Big 10 or SEC. *As of right now, OSU, TEXAS, OREGON, MIAMI (or GA/TN).*
Something is not right...supposed to be the best teams, like they said last year. But they still put teams with one loss and a weak schedule that hasn't beaten a top 25 team ahead of teams with 2 losses that have a better win resume.
@ Yup…and one of those teams is getting a bye-week over the #2 team. They tried to fix a problem by simply adding more teams, instead of getting rid of the people who were causing these problems with a 4-team CFP. And, with NIL, and the fact that college football is now a mercenary sport….it causes these bi-polar results. A team loses to an unranked team one week, then blows out a top 5 team the next. What are we supposed to do with that…smh.
TEMPORARILY COMMITTED & SELF-INDULGENT!' Just like the coaches used to be! Ain't as much fun when the rabbit got the gun! Pimp theory is over!!! pay them!!!
Hey Alabama Coaches, Players, and fans.....Nick is talking directly to US! Get this ishhh together
HE IS!!!
Baseball is huge in the SEC !
I will not be surprised if the Aggies beat Texas and Auburn beats Bama. If so the wheels are really going to fall off in Tuscaloosa. Last year Bama needed a miracle to win in Jordan Hare and that was with Saban. Kalen is a monumental failure as the hire. Saban should have been able to hand pick his successor.
that was also in Auburn though, where the Iron Bowl has traditionally been a tough game. the Iron Bowl hasn’t been a close game in Tuscaloosa since 2014
@ true. Jordan Hare is haunted. Auburn played out of their minds v A&M.. Bama will probably blow them out but Texas is going to lose at Kyle
Lol
Ya'll Bama fans are sore losers. Lose three games and it's the head coach....not the lack of effort by the players at all. See that pick 6 by Milroy? He didn't even try to make a play afterwards...just gave up.
That's Alabama now. Whiners and babies.
@@theNfl_EsqTexas A&M or Longhorns?
Impressed with me saban.
Saban saying what everyone, including the players, won’t say out loud. LANK.
Lank is on life support
LANK doesn't mean what you think it does. Atleast 3 teams doubted Bama and was right!
I don't agree the 1 seed should have easiest path! Disagree with Saban.
So you are telling me that OH St playing 2 easy teams has a harder path to the semifinals than Oregon playing the winner of Georgia/Tenn. You must be delusional
@@hipplel Bingo
Are those his rings in the back 🥶🥶
Bama thinking they should win without Nick is disrespectful to him. He isn't easy to replace and just because they have talent doesn't mean they can coach them!
Drill sergeant told us not to blow on our hands in the cold. Hot breath crates moisture.
It seems very hypocritical for a coach who spent his time telling kids where they can transfer to and where they cant, left LSU for greener pastures, left his team after telling them he wouldn't leave. Made millions while people I know who played for him that couldn't take his girlfriend on a date. All this on the backs of kids now wants to tell them to be FOR TEAM, when coaches do not have to.
The coaches are the primary draw of the sport. The athletes merely express the intellect of the coaches. The design. The scheme. The strategury. That's the DNA of the coaches' supreme level of excellence. And the fans love ❤️ it. Just ask Nick Saban. The God Father of sport.
@ I’m sure Jimbo Fisher thought the same thing.. where is he now? And Greg Shiano, Mike Gundy, Mike Norvell. Soooo when their good players were gone… are the fans still Lovin It like you say?!??
@@quantumpotential7639Its about Jimmy and Joes not Xs and Os.
Words from the GOAT
That’s pretty rich coming from the guy who was/is making millions off of these kids.
Looks to me like they both got rings didn’t they? What about those players that signed a 30 million 5 year deal? Should they send money to the coach that’s making 2 million a year?
Better to be silent and thought a fool, instead of speaking or opening your mouth and remove all doubt
@@shanewoods1980 What about the 99% who didn't make the NFL? Should the $2 million coach pay them?
@ there’s 22-25% that are draft eligible and 30% usually make it to the nfl so your numbers are a little off but I’m sure you knew that. But if they couldn’t get an NIL deal or drafted……..there’s a common denominator in that equation isn’t it? If those players don’t feel the need to put in the effort and work for it nah they don’t deserve a dime. But for the ones that do excel on a team and are standouts, give some to them.
@ but if we are going to go by that logic, if the head football coach makes 2 million dollars a year and his team wins a championship, should the head football coach give money to the baseball players and basketball players too? Because you mention the high percentage of players that don’t go to the NFL but you don’t mention the reason WHY they don’t go……..
He is right I could listen to him no matter what he talking about goat
We need a discussion on how nil works. Lots of bad information surrounding it. A lot of people thinks its just pay for play....its not. Many think everyone is making millions, they aren't. A majority of players will never see a nil deal. Its a few select players on teams if you're lucky. Its basically the stars. Now think what that does to a Locker room when kids are busting their butts and one dude is getting paid........let's see how long that lasts 😂
You think players didn't know Reggie Bush got a house at USS decades ago. This is nothing new. Doesn't seem to hurt an MFL Lockeroom. A lot of the high paid college QBs take care of their team, especially the O line. Please look at history and do research. Seem like you're just a pessimist.
@billyyank5807 For those players not getting paid, if they get good enough, someone will offer them a bag. Is that not what the American dream is all about.
@conquest_icon-f4w no obviously don't know what the American dream. These players live with no accountability and you can't tell. Players aren't developing at all anymore.
@@TChalla007you oversimplified the situation. These players don't have any accountability.
@jeremycremeans1854 so you are a mind reader now. Jaden Daniels, Bo nix, Mayle, Williams, Stroud, Verse, Marvin Harrison Jnr, I can go on and on they all got NIL, and they are fine
I do know the American dream, and it has always been about making money, which ever, you can do it as long as you can get away with it
Saban and I are neighbors, so I know college football, 😂. It Definitely seems to be a me 1st, team 2nd attitude out there now. I know they are gone, but I can’t help but to long for the old days.
What a great tip to ball carriers in cold weather. The goat has spoken. Love Coach Saban