Nick Saban made sure to immediately cut down the talk of him making a jump to the NFL.
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Nick Saban will undoubtedly be a name that’s thrown around in the next few weeks as the NFL head coaching positions become available. Heck, on Tuesday, a New York newspaper already started campaigning for him to become the next head coach of the New York Jets.
Well later in the day on Tuesday, as you would expect, Saban was asked about the notion of heading back to the NFL during his press conference ahead of Thursday’s College Football Playoff match up with Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl.
And also as you would see coming, Saban immediately wanted to shoot down any talk of him leaving Tuscaloosa after this season is over.
“Let’s start with the fact that I’m not really interested in any situation in the NFL. Rex Ryan is a great friend of mine, who I have a tremendous amount of respect for. We’re hopeful that he gets an opportunity that’s helpful to him, in terms of what he wants to do. We have a tremendous amount of respect for the New York Jets,” Saban said, via ESPN.com. “As I’ve talked about before, I think sometimes you’ve got to pick what you want your legacy to be. Where do you get the most positive self-gratification from, what you want to be and where you think you have the best impact on people. We’re extremely happy with being a college coach and what we’ve been able to do as a college coach and the challenges we have in trying to continue to do it.”
Right now under the newest seven-year deal that he has signed, Saban makes nearly $7 million per year and is on track right now to win his fourth national title as the head coach at Alabama, further progressing his god-like status down there.
To get him to go back to the NFL, it truly would have to be the perfect situation from all aspects; the New York Jets are just not that right now.
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