Nick Saban reveals 'biggest mistake' of illustrious coaching career

Nick Saban is arguably the top assemblage shot manager of each time, having won six nationalist championships with Alabama and 1 portion helium was astatine LSU.

Saban, who finished his vocation with 292 wins, does not look to transportation a agelong database of regrets implicit the people of his career. He near coaching connected his ain presumption past twelvemonth pursuing an incredibly palmy epoch with the Crimson Tide. 

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He did, however, admit successful a caller interrogation determination was astatine slightest 1 happening helium wished helium could person backmost – jumping from LSU to manager the Miami Dolphins. Saban famously near the Tigers aft winning a nationalist title to manager the Dolphins for 2 seasons. He past claimed helium would not instrumentality the Alabama occupation but yet did truthful anyway.

He said connected "The Pivot" leaving LSU for the NFL was his "biggest mistake."

"I deliberation sometimes you person to larn astir yourself," helium told LSU alumnus Ryan Clark, ex-Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder and erstwhile NFL prima moving backmost Fred Taylor. "And you mightiness deliberation things … When I near LSU, that was astir apt ‘professionally’ the biggest mistake that I ever made," helium admitted.

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"Not due to the fact that we didn't person occurrence successful Miami. I enjoyed coaching successful Miami. I recovered retired successful that acquisition that I similar coaching assemblage better, due to the fact that you tin make players personally, academically, athletically and each that a small much than pro ball, adjacent though I loved the presumption of coaching successful pro shot and the benignant of guys you coach, and you’re coaching successful the champion league against the champion players, I loved each that."

Saban added that his agent, Jimmy Sexton, talked to him astir leaving LSU. Saban said Sexton posed the question, "Do you privation to beryllium Bear Bryant oregon Vince Lombardi successful presumption of his legacy?" Saban said helium answered helium wanted to beryllium much similar Bryant but chose to spell the NFL way anyway.

Saban volition mostly beryllium remembered for his tally astatine Alabama, but his stint successful the NFL whitethorn beryllium the lone blemish connected his resume immoderate shot instrumentality could constituent to.

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