re: Nick Saban Explains the hiring of Lane Kiffin per NBCsports

I'm just thankful as heck that Saban didn't hire Petrino as his OC.

The world would have been fricked if that had happened ... seriously. Bama would have been unbeatable.

At the same time, honestly, Saban is running his program like a business - and the Kiffin hire was strictly a business decision. I've seen one or two men in the corporate world make similar hires in their field of industry - it usually results in a very positive and profitable early return, but bites them in the arse in the long run.

So, knowing Saban is not stupid, I can only conclude that IMHO he's good for a few more years at Bama then he is bailing, probably retiring, and whatever the results of this Kiffin hire may be, his hands will be clean of it and he'll somehow exercise plausible deniability.