A recent book excerpt brought some
untimely credibility to the old "Nick Saban to Texas?" rumors with details on how Texas boosters pursued the coach in 2013. While Texas
regents and
boosters were publicly confident that they could land Saban, the book's key claim is that the coach was warm to the idea of rebuilding another traditional powerhouse.
Compare that to trying to maintain expectations at Alabama, where his brilliant run has included three Crimson Tide national championships.
"You come to a crossroads and the expectations get so great, people get spoiled by success and there gets to be a lack of appreciation," his wife, Terry, said in November 2013 when his Alabama contract extension was
still famously unsigned.
A change of scenery would've offered Saban the chance to start over, which he chose to do at Michigan State and LSU and with the Miami Dolphins before taking over the Tide. But it would also have given him a chance to build a defense from scratch to handle modern offenses.
But there remains one other way for the 63-year-old to get his rebuild on. He can rebuild Alabama.
