Saban Fan Page Says It All

[madbamahater]

**** what that dude says about anything

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Hadn't seen this posted here-

Nick Saban‘s comments about the Nico situation​

« on: April 16, 2025, 12:50:23 AM »

"It doesn't matter if you yell Go Dawgs, War Eagle, Hook 'Em, Go Irish, or Roll Tide...

No matter the colors you wear or the stadium you call home, every college football fan should be standing with Josh Heupel today.

Because this weekend, he didn't just make a coaching decision — he made a stand.

A stand for what college football used to be, and what it still could be if enough of us care.

He stood up for crisp Saturday mornings in Knoxville, when you're walking into a tailgate with your kids — full of pride, tradition, and orange everywhere you look.

He stood up for late Saturday nights under the lights in Neyland, with your best friends beside you, watching a game that feels bigger than life.

He stood up for the culture this sport has created — one built on loyalty, legacy, and love for something deeper than money.

Guys like Peyton Manning didn't wear the Power T for a paycheck. Hendon Hooker didn't stick around for a bidding war. They played for Tennessee — for what it meant.

And this isn't a criticism of the player, but the system that allows & promotes this behavior. You were warned this was coming. That NIL would tilt the balance. That the game we love would start to lose its soul. And here we are — where the highest bidder can win, and jumping ship is just part of the process.

But this weekend, Josh Heupel said enough.

He drew the line. He chose Tennessee over transactions. Culture over contracts.

So whether you love Tennessee or love to beat them — respect the man who stood up for every fan who's ever poured their heart into this game.

Thank you, Coach Heupel.
For standing tall.
For reminding us why we fell in love with this sport in the first place.

Roll Tide. Go Vols. Go College Football."

Although this speaks truth, I highly doubt Saban said it. What he would say would be more colorful and he certainly wouldn’t say “Go Vols” or talk about Neyland in a positive way

 

[Volsloco]

I smell troll.

There are no villains or martyrs here. There was just a miscalculation by Nico or his handlers. They thought they had more leverage than they did. They didn't think UT would call their bluff. They VASTLY overestimated the worth of a QB who was pretty much average last year playing with some pretty good WRs and who had a run game to take the pressure off.

Nothing personal against Nico but he wasn't worth what he was already getting paid much less more.

K

 

[Chitlin&theDude]

I think it's BS

 

[Cobb-Webb 1989]

I think it's BS

lol

 

[OrangeInKy]

Where did he say this?

The 5th of Never. Not sure how and why people keep falling for these things.

 

[RockyTop140]

Im going to go out on a limb and say nick saban never said any of this.

He didn’t. This was a post from a Nick Saban fan page on facebook

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Sounds like something from a social media feed…

 

[Beartrainer]

Eff that greedy cheer. He and multi million dollar salaries are as much to blame for the mess that college athletics has become as anything.

 

[Hairy Vols]

You aren't wrong but its not analogous.

A coach getting paid $8 million a year signs an elaborate contract. If he jumps ship ten months later for more money, he won't last long in the business.

The players seemingly jump at the chance to make more. And for many of them that probably makes sense as they won't make it to the NFL. So, a good but not great lineman might have a darn good reason to go from A, making $100,000, to B to make $150,000, and to C if he can make $175,000.

Its the stars, the top of the heap as it were, where this seems so greedy, probably because the amounts involved are so far out of the experience of ordinary folks that its hard to rationalize seeking $4 million when we paid you $3 million and next year you are headed to the NFL to make 10 times that.

We will eventually need to get to a stage where players can sign contracts and be paid directly by things other than NILs. It’s going to happen and that has been the final path for a long time.

The reason we are in this mess is because the NCAA’s greed and good ol boy system put a bunch on inept fools in charge who had no business in their current positions.

If we want to fix college football we need to find a way to privatize the organization from the schools while keeping them intact, find a way to pay and sign them with contracts, while finding a balance to keep them in school. I don’t know al the answers but that will be where we end up. It won’t be the end of college football like some might suggest. But with the amount of money these schools rake in this will become the inescapable end result.