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esplanade91

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The team he's been rumored to be tied to for a while now (Colts) fired their coach, and he was just good enough where I don't think they would have fired him unless Irsay had something up his sleeve.

Saban is quoted somewhere as saying a reason he thinks he failed in the NFL was because he lacked a QB (Indy has the best young QB in the league), he's feeling unappreciated at Alabama, and there's nothing left to win. He also lost his top assistant.

A coach told me that at these coaching clinics it burns Saban that he sits in the back and has less respect than whoever the ****** coach is at the Browns that given season.

Please, for the love of God, let this happen.
 
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The Colts are expected to make a run at Saban and Sean Payton.

It's a great job. Those type of positions hardly ever come open. You have a franchise QB, some play makers on offense, a weak division. It's as good as it gets as far as NFL openings are concerned.
 
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NCDawg said:
Even if he does leave, which he's not, Alabama will hire Dabo Swinney and won't miss a beat.
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Most likely true. You know who would be a good fit in Clemson, where they baptize players in the football stadium? Hugh Freeze.
 
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NCDawg said:
Even if he does leave, which he's not, Alabama will hire Dabo Swinney and won't miss a beat.
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I'd say there is about a 5-10% chance Saban leaves for the NFL, but you are 100% correct. Dabo would hitch his belongings to a couple of donkeys and walk to Tuscaloosa for that job. And there may not be a more elite recruiter in the country than Dabo Swinney. Bama is sitting pretty for the rest of the Saban tenure and Swinney's thereafter.
 
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Oh well. Saban is arguably the greatest CFB coach of all time, Dabo isn't even the best in his conference.
 
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Freeze really will not be going anywhere...he's right where he wants to be. Only way he leaves is if he gets canned.
 
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57stratdawg said:
Oh well. Saban is arguably the greatest CFB coach of all time, Dabo isn't even the best in his conference.
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Lol. Dabo Swinney has turned CLEMSON into a national powerhouse that ROUTINELY pulls top top recruits from Florida, Georgia, and wherever in the Carolinas he wants. Fisher has had a pretty good run at FSU, but for the most part, he ran unopposed for top Florida recruits with Miami and Florida being miserable the past four or five years. Clemson is a considerably harder job than FSU, and Swinney has passed them and he aint looking back.
 
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think they'd have Payton higher on their list.
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You're RIGHT on the cusp of having a Super Bowl quality team, why would you send away a great player(s) and/or picks?

I don't disagree. Sean Payton is the highest paid coach in all of football for a reason, but he's going to come at a huge cost for whoever gets him.

I think Saban wants to go back to the NFL and he's almost to the age where it won't happen, so with him pleading his case and Payton's cost, I think Saban is your next coach of the Colts.
 
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When did Luck become a Franchise QB... That fool pisses the ball away about as much if not more than any other QB in the league. That roster is a LONG way from being a Super Bowl challenger.
 
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was21 said:
Freeze really will not be going anywhere...he's right where he wants to be. Only way he leaves is if he gets canned.
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Agree. I've read that his folks and his wife's family all live within 40 miles of Oxford. He and his staff love it there. And with ESPN money, OM can counter any offer, as they did last year with Florida. He's most likely there for the long haul.
 
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Your two post in this thread tell me you don't watch college or professional football.
 
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esplanade91 said:
Do you watch NFL football?
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I watch enough to know that Andrew Luck's TD/INT ratio is 2:1 and he only completes 55% of his passes....... In the WORST DIVISION IN FOOTBALL. And they have a defense probably in the bottom 10 in the NFL. But hey, dont let me stand in the way of your pipe dream.
 
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Just like we were a national powerhouse a year ago? One year doesn't mean you've arrived. Also Clemson does have some modern era success with a natty in the early 80s. Sure it's not a BCS NC but it's not like an OM mythical title. Clemson has always recruited pretty well and has a decent metropolitan area next to it. It's not like he's pulled Temple into the national spotlight or something.
 
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RBDawg said:
When did Luck become a Franchise QB... That fool pisses the ball away about as much if not more than any other QB in the league. That roster is a LONG way from being a Super Bowl challenger.
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The roster literally lost the AFC championship game in New England last year. What does it take to be a Super Bowl Challenger?
 
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NCDawg said:
Even if he does leave, which he's not, Alabama will hire Dabo Swinney and won't miss a beat.
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Saban has gone 55-5 the last 5 regular seasons. I don't care who they hire, maintaining that is difficult and unlikely.

They won't start going 7-5 anytime soon if they hire Dabo, but I would expect the occasional 9-3 type season, which is more of a window than you get today with Saban. You basically have to beat Bama to have a shot to win the West, and even with that, you can't lose more than one other game in the SEC.

I don't think that standard EVERY year is maintanable without Saban around.
 
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Yep. Dabo would do fine in Tuscaloosa, but it's unlikely he'd be as dominant there as Saban has been.
 
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RBDawg said:
When did Luck become a Franchise QB... That fool pisses the ball away about as much if not more than any other QB in the league. That roster is a LONG way from being a Super Bowl challenger.
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Everyone certainly has a right to an opinion but I think you'd be in the minority with this opinion. When healthy he's taken the colts to back to back playoffs and an AFC championship game. He's the best young QB in the league right now.
 
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wpmusm said:
Yep. Dabo would do fine in Tuscaloosa, but it's unlikely he'd be as dominant there as Saban has been.
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Dabo has done great at Clemson. He managed to wrest control of the state back from Steve Spurrier which is no small feat considering how Spurrier had been making Clemson his whipping boy. Something just tells me Dabo would be Mike Dubose 2.0 at Bama though (minus the secretary shenanigans).
 
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Saban is not leaving. He's too settled in Tuscaloosa. Why go to the best job where he is good at to the NFL? Because he won't. He's in it for Alabama. His family is really involved in the Tuscaloosa and Birmingham area and even he said it himself. I live in Alabama so I here about this team all the time. Wishful thinking but unfortunately he is there to stay and he will continue to win.
 
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RBDawg said:
And the Texans started 4 different QBs and won the division this year.
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Yes, and their franchise quarterback (the one who took them to the AFC championship) was injured all season, and they started a 40 year old who got injured every other play. Hell they started Josh Freeman this afternoon. It doesn't get much worse than that.

Saying the Colts aren't a good footbal team is like saying the Cowboys aren't a good football team. Both just had bad luck with injuries.
 
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Sutterkane said:
Just like we were a national powerhouse a year ago? One year doesn't mean you've arrived. Also Clemson does have some modern era success with a natty in the early 80s. Sure it's not a BCS NC but it's not like an OM mythical title. Clemson has always recruited pretty well and has a decent metropolitan area next to it. It's not like he's pulled Temple into the national spotlight or something.
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Five 10+ win seasons in a row means you've arrived. Even in the ACC.

And Dabo was a legendary recruiter before he was a head coach.
 
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Yes, and their franchise quarterback (the one who took them to the AFC championship) was injured all season, and they started a 40 year old who got injured every other play. Hell they started Josh Freeman this afternoon. It doesn't get much worse than that.

Saying the Colts aren't a good footbal team is like saying the Cowboys aren't a good football team. Both just had bad luck with injuries.
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The Cowboys are are not a good football team. Give me Luck any day of the week over Romo and twice on Sundays. Weeden set the single season passing % record this year, I believe, and lost.... badly. All the while, like you said, Indy started a 90 year old QB and almost won the division!

The Cowboys this season reminded me the Saints the last couple of seasons. A few big players taking the majority of the money, an ineffective HC, and a roster littered with bad eggs.

On the other side of the 32-team spectrum, the Colts have a ~25 year old superstar at the most important and hardest position to find. The team has no divas, it's an attractive destination for ANY free agent, and it's a few pieces (and a HC... Saban) away from being right back to where they were before this season.

I doubt many people on here listen to NPR, but they have a great sports show. One weekend after the Ole Miss lost they had on the author of Saban's unapproved autobiography and even HE said that after all the digging he's done into his background, after interviewing tons of former colleagues and employers, he expects him to make the jump back into the NFL. He cited that money not being a huge factor anymore, his track record of leaving places after becoming bored, and how he has openly admitted liking building rather than sustaining.
 
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No the Colts aren't a good football team. They signed past-their-prime veterans instead of addressing areas where they really need help. They drafted a slot WR/KR with their 1st round pick. They can't stop the run. Their OL is terrible. Luck is a turnover machine (their offense looked better when Hasselbeck was playing). The Colts made it to the AFC title game for 3 reasons: 1. the rest of their division won 14 games combined. 2. they got to play Andy Dalton at home 3. they got to play Denver with an old and injured Manning. Then they summarily got demolished by New England. Last year was the perfect storm of events, not this year.
 
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If Indy comes open and Saban turns it down then I don't see any way he ever leaves for the NFL
 
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