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Saban to LSU?
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:39 am
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:39 am
Bama grad here, so discount my comments accordingly. A few points, in my opinion:
1. Nick Saban loves LSU and has said so many times. This does not mean he would consider coming out of retirement for LSU or anywhere else.
2. Nick Saban also loves Alabama and has said so many times. But I personally believe that LSU fans tend to forget that Saban did not leave to coach Alabama, but to coach in the pros, something he has admitted was not a good choice for him ultimately. Indeed, he obviously regrets not staying at LSU at the time, and would, I think, have been both happy and successful in Baton Rouge had he done so. That does not mean, however, that he and Miss Terry have not also been exceedingly happy throughout his raging success in Tuscaloosa.
3. There’s nothing Saban has ever done or said to suggest that he ever regretted coaching at Alabama instead of at LSU or anywhere else. Indeed, his entire conduct suggests he greatly appreciates the opportunity he was given. He is rightly proud of his success and legacy in T-town and, I think, is manifestly satisfied with the finality of his extraordinary career; he literally has nothing left to prove and clearly no “need” to ever coach again.
4. Nick Saban “loves” retirement, by all accounts. He has a relatively low-stress but high-paying, high prestige gig on national TV, and is universally regarded as the ultimate guru and wise man of the college football world. This image won’t change even if he never coaches another down. Miss Terry “loves” her new life with Nick, and we know her influence on all things that matter. I don’t doubt the Sabans’ love for Baton Rouge, but they manifestly love Tuscaloosa also, and have maintained a great home life there and on their other properties elsewhere.
5. LSU is a great school, a tremendous college football environment, and will hire a fine coach and will have great future success. LSU, as traditionally, will regularly compete for conference and national championships. It just won’t be Nick Saban who coaches them.
With much respect for the Tigahs . . . . Good luck! (Excepting the next game)
Roll Tide!
1. Nick Saban loves LSU and has said so many times. This does not mean he would consider coming out of retirement for LSU or anywhere else.
2. Nick Saban also loves Alabama and has said so many times. But I personally believe that LSU fans tend to forget that Saban did not leave to coach Alabama, but to coach in the pros, something he has admitted was not a good choice for him ultimately. Indeed, he obviously regrets not staying at LSU at the time, and would, I think, have been both happy and successful in Baton Rouge had he done so. That does not mean, however, that he and Miss Terry have not also been exceedingly happy throughout his raging success in Tuscaloosa.
3. There’s nothing Saban has ever done or said to suggest that he ever regretted coaching at Alabama instead of at LSU or anywhere else. Indeed, his entire conduct suggests he greatly appreciates the opportunity he was given. He is rightly proud of his success and legacy in T-town and, I think, is manifestly satisfied with the finality of his extraordinary career; he literally has nothing left to prove and clearly no “need” to ever coach again.
4. Nick Saban “loves” retirement, by all accounts. He has a relatively low-stress but high-paying, high prestige gig on national TV, and is universally regarded as the ultimate guru and wise man of the college football world. This image won’t change even if he never coaches another down. Miss Terry “loves” her new life with Nick, and we know her influence on all things that matter. I don’t doubt the Sabans’ love for Baton Rouge, but they manifestly love Tuscaloosa also, and have maintained a great home life there and on their other properties elsewhere.
5. LSU is a great school, a tremendous college football environment, and will hire a fine coach and will have great future success. LSU, as traditionally, will regularly compete for conference and national championships. It just won’t be Nick Saban who coaches them.
With much respect for the Tigahs . . . . Good luck! (Excepting the next game)
Roll Tide!
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:41 am to Bama76
Most LSU fans know he is happy in retirement. Some fans think he would be a good AD.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:42 am to Bama76
I think if Nick still wanted to coach, he’d still be at Alabama.
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 9:42 am
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:42 am to Bama76
quote:
I personally believe that LSU fans tend to forget that Saban did not leave to coach Alabama, but to coach in the pros,
No we remember that clearly. Gumps forget that
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:42 am to Bama76
Everyone living in reality knows its not going to happen
But everyone also knows they at least have to ask
But everyone also knows they at least have to ask
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:42 am to Bama76
This sounds like the coping we were doing almost 20 years ago when we first heard of daddy Saban going to Alabama.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:43 am to Bama76
No.
Nick had no reason to leave Alabama other than he didn't like the current landscape of college football. That landscape hasn't changed for the better since then.
LSU has to make the call because of the connections to LSU and Louisiana, but I don't see Saban, at 74, having any desire to get back into the same landscape he left just two years ago.
Nick had no reason to leave Alabama other than he didn't like the current landscape of college football. That landscape hasn't changed for the better since then.
LSU has to make the call because of the connections to LSU and Louisiana, but I don't see Saban, at 74, having any desire to get back into the same landscape he left just two years ago.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:43 am to PSS101
quote:
But I personally believe that LSU fans tend to forget that Saban did not leave to coach Alabama, but to coach in the pros, something he has admitted was not a good choice for him ultimately
Wrong….LSU fans are very aware of this elusive fact, bama fans seem to like to pretend this isn’t true
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:44 am to Bama76
I agree with everything you said. I mentioned in another post, I don't think he's coming back to coach at LSU. However, IF (big if) he genuinely misses coaching football and has a strong itch that needs scratched... it could happen. But he has nothing else to prove, like you said so I don't see him getting that itch.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:48 am to Bama76
I don’t think it’s likely but the call to ask is worth picking his brain on it alone (cue Houston nutt joke)
I believe part of his distaste for the Bama job was also ungrateful fans made him extra miserable. A return here to rebuild the house he built, he’d universally loved for it. It’s obviously not about money for Nick as he’s accumulated generational wealth at this point, this could be the one challenge that intrigues him and further cements him as the goat.
Unlikely but I think it has more of a chance than some think
I believe part of his distaste for the Bama job was also ungrateful fans made him extra miserable. A return here to rebuild the house he built, he’d universally loved for it. It’s obviously not about money for Nick as he’s accumulated generational wealth at this point, this could be the one challenge that intrigues him and further cements him as the goat.
Unlikely but I think it has more of a chance than some think
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:48 am to Bama76
We gotta let that man just live the rest of his life out
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:48 am to Bama76
Is college game day going back there?
That's the only way Saban shows up at LSU....
That's the only way Saban shows up at LSU....
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 9:49 am
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:49 am to PurpleSingularity
Well, I don’t intend to come across as so presumptuous to claim to “know” what LSU fans think. I just sometimes get that impression, is all. I certainly could be mistaken.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:51 am to Bama76
In any post, there should be a limit of one usage of the word "indeed", and one of "manifestly".
That is all.
That is all.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:52 am to Bama76
Nick is living the life right now. The only expanding role in CFB that I could see him in is consulting LSU. That's about it.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:53 am to Fun Bunch
quote:
But everyone also knows they at least have to ask
I just feel like they’re going to ask and use him like a consultant. Probably a nice dinner or two in the process.
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 9:55 am
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:54 am to Bama76
Even though I think it would be hilariously poetic if Saban did return to coach at LSU, I think every reasonable fan knows that's not happening.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:55 am to Bama76
Just because the media is running with this “Saban will talk to LSU” stuff just to get click bait, doesn’t mean LSU fans are falling for it. That’s not happening.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:56 am to Bama76
No one above 75IQ thinks Saban is coming to LSU
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:57 am to Bama76
IMO the only way Saban comes out of retirement to coach would be as a transitional coach - almost Head Coach Emeritus if you will - for a young coordinator HCIW.
An example would be Saban HC, Kelvin Sheppard DC and HCIW. Saban agrees to a 2 year deal with Shep being DC. Shep gets the chance to learn college coaching from the GOAT and then takes over as HC. Saban feels he has healed any hard feelings that might be there from leaving (assuming there are any - I have no idea how he feels about it).
An example would be Saban HC, Kelvin Sheppard DC and HCIW. Saban agrees to a 2 year deal with Shep being DC. Shep gets the chance to learn college coaching from the GOAT and then takes over as HC. Saban feels he has healed any hard feelings that might be there from leaving (assuming there are any - I have no idea how he feels about it).
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