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He’s the Bill Belichick of the college football world, becoming the gold standard of coaching … and the gold standard of curmudgeons. It’s easy to forget that Alabama was merely decent before Saban came in and almost instantly turned the program into a superpower again. With two national titles at two schools, and more titles on the way in the near future, everything is rolling for the Tide and for Saban. The talent is flowing, the wins are coming and it’ll be a shock if the team is out of any preseason top five over the next several years. The only way the fun will stop is if there are sanctions of some sort, and Saban is even ahead of the game on that with complaints about the “pimp” element. No, he’s not quite a legend yet — he still needs another decade of success to be able to file his application to be added to the Mount Rushmore of college football coaches — but he’s on his way.
Hot seat status: They just unveiled a statue of the guy. While he has built up enough points to afford a few clunkers, if he’s not winning big on a regular basis, and if losing to Auburn becomes an annual event, it wouldn’t take too long before the pressure would tighten things up.
When will the change come? In 2021. Turning 60 on Halloween, he still has another decade-plus left in him. Saban isn't leaving Alabama anytime soon. The NFL is out, and what other college gig would he possibly be interested in?
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