STEPHEN A. SMITH reacts to Nick Saban's retirement 🗣️ 'I'M SHOCKED!' | SportsCenter 

Man he brought a lot of good memories to us in Alabama, a lot of great men played on that field and worked under him building their own legacy. Proud of his leadership and legendary career. ROLL TIDE 🐘

Saban was the greatest college football coach of all time.Sabans record speaks for itself.Even if you are not a Bama fan if you are honest you know without a doubt Saban was the greatest coach ever.Saban you will truly be missed in college football.

Honestly good for him. Still has his health and cemented his legacy along time ago

This was the best sports commentary I've ever heard from George Jefferson.

The greatest coach of all time. Hands down. Won 7 national titles. Got Alabama and LSU back on the map. Won rosebowls and sugar bowls. 4 Heisman winners. Has left his mark on college football forever and he went out on top. He won the sec championship which is the NFL of college football. His last game was a classic and honestly he should have won. Greatest coach of all time on the best college program of all time. 18 national championships he left Bama as the best college football program ever. It's undeniable. The best.

Saban in my book has been the best college football head coach I've ever watched. I'm a Gator fan but I'm sad to see Saban go 😢

Give flowers 💐 to one of the greatest coaches ever

I'm heartbroken as a big alabama fan who lives in Tuscaloosa its a hard and sad day for us Bama fans 💔

Best coach in the history of College Football

Gonna miss our coach. He came to Tuscaloosa in 08. I came in 09 ready to finish degree Started teaching in 2012 and used to winning. Students sat up anytime I said Saban says. You’re the goat, Coach! Godspeed to you and Miss Terry.

Let this man rest and relax. One of the greatest coaches in college football history. Legend Nick Saban! Go sip some cocktails 🍹 on the beach 🏖️ You deserve it. Roll Tide coach ❤🏈🏆

The GOAT of college football

ALL RESPECT TO THE GOAT NICK SABAN 🫡 ✊🏾 !!!

He’s the reason why the SEC Conference is so dominant over the years of college football. I’m surprised by his decision.

Without a doubt, Nick Saban is the best college football coach of all time. - Signed a Buckeye fan

I'm shocked but you got to do what's best for yourself and your family ❤ thank you for 6 national championships 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 to Alabama. Good luck and Roll Tide 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

Coach Saban !! 🐐🔋🐘 THE GREATEST!!!!

Go out on top. Enjoy life. Love it. Thank you Nick Sabin!

Saban the greatest COLLEGE coach ever...

Legendary irreplaceable wish him truly the best in future and spend family time❤

Iowa fan here! Great coach! Always competed for a national title!

An absolute legend. Roll Tide!

#BAMA2BOULDER Much respect to the LEGEND COACH SABAN 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬

A moment in sports history was made today 😢😢😢

IM LSU, BUT SABAN THE GOAT, THE WIZARD, THE GENIUS, A TRUE LEGEND

As an Auburn fan glad he's gone, but I have to put respect on his name.The greatest coach in my lifetime.🎉

going to be very hard to fit those shoes for Alabama, imagine the team that you always just know will be in the championship game to something else...it's something I don't think I'm ready for, deserving rest and glad to have seen his franchise shine for so long. Love from WVU

He left it all on the field. Rest well Coach.

Saban is so Good that you guys talk about a 12-1 season for him as bad, that's a carrer year for 99.9% of coaches

The new business structure of college football has chased the greatest coach away... that's crazy

He was amazing!!! Have a great retirement!!!

The transfer portal is about to change. Saban has had a great career and I hope he has a wonderful retirement.

The old guard is suddenly gone. Pete forced out of Seattle, bill being forced out of the pats and Nick retiring. Insane

Thank you Stephen A For Keeping It 💯Saban The Greatest 🐐💪🏾

The greatest of all time 7x to prove it records speak for itself the beast I’m heartbroken 💔 he will be sadly missed forever loved and never can be replaced seeing that team come out next year without Nick in front will be sad but I’m a Bama for life just because of Nick farewell job well done🎈❤️🎈

I agree that Nick Saban is the greatest football coach ever...and I'm a UGA fan but I could never hate Alabama when they beat Georgia and I watched every Alabama game just like I watched every Georgia game. Please reconsider Coach Saban and if you don't...thanks for the fun and the memories.

Nick Saban is not only good for college football. He's the best. He believed in hard work. Because it pays off better at the end. He respected the NCAA and NFL. He wasn't a cheater or tried to get over. He worked hard whatever he was doing. Saban did not grow up rich, so he knows what hard work is,and what it takes to become a Champion! He went to Kent State where he played DB 1970-72. The head coach of that team wanted Nick to be a coach. Saban was very intelligent at a young age. He took on tough challenges in his coaching career at a young age. *Saban's career began in 1973 as a graduate assistant at Kent State. *He later made stops as a position coach -- always on defense -- at Syracuse (1977), West Virginia (1978-79), Ohio State (1980-81), Navy (1982), Michigan State (1983-87) and with the Houston Oilers (1988-89) as a DB coach. *He got his first head coaching job in 1990 at Toledo *He spent two seasons with the Cleveland Browns as a defensive coordinator under Bill Belichick from 1991-94. *Nick Saban became the head coach at Michigan State coach 1995-1999. In five seasons with LSU, Saban had a 48-16 record, winning three bowl games, two SEC Championships and 1 National Championship in 2003. *Nick Saban jump back into the NFL as head coach of Miami Dolphins 2005-2006 At Alabama, Nick Saban coached 17 seasons in Tuscaloosa, winning six national championships and 11 SEC championships. He spent 28 seasons as a head coach at the college level. Saban coached Alabama's first four Heisman Trophy winners He leaves Alabama with an absurd 206-29 record, a winning percentage of .877 and a 16-7 record in bowl games. Thank You Coach Nick Saban for teaching the players in college and in the NFL to always be truthful to themselves and the game they love. Because that alone makes us winners!!!

Thank you Coach Saban.... I love you‼️ #rolltideforever

12 team playoff (should be 6 max), NIL, transfer portal. Saban is smart enough to see the writing on the wall. This would be hard enough for a coach at any age, much less one at 72. College football is about to become the NFL's semi-pro league. If are old enough to remember it in its hay-day then relish in the fact that you were there to see it for yourself.

gg saban from a tarheel fan, you the man

Im a Gator fan, saban is a good man!!

Nick is college football greatest hands down!

The most shocking moment in sports all year. Nothing will top this

One thing i think everyone can agree on is that Alabama won’t be the same next year

Shocked? He’s 72 dude.

When Nick Saban was hired by Alabama, I thought for sure that he'd return them to prominence just because of all the money that ESPN reported that Alabama was investing in the program. I never thought it'd be 6 titles, though. Still, my favorite title of his remains the 2003 national championship at LSU because Saban wasn't well-known outside of the Big Ten and SEC, and LSU had never been a great football team. Also, America was on his side because Oklahoma did not belong in the Sugar Bowl and caused national outrage. That game put him on the coaching map and set up his career for the next 20 years, from the Dolphins to Bama.

Gotta love the media just completely ignoring Saban being a complete dud in Miami and quitting on the organization. Glad he's retiring TBH

No one can deny Saban built an empire! #Respect😤

Thank you Stephen A smith coach saban enjoy your retirement always a bama fan 4Life RTR L.A.N.K

He doesn’t want to have to compete in the modern era with NIL. He knows the next 10 years of his career won’t be the same.

What is amazing is Paterno has been gone for many years and he is still second on the list for getting players to the pros, shows just how great he was

The landscape has changed and when you add in his age, you understand why.

He always hit the best players. You don’t need to be a great coach. Spread the love around and then see how great a coach is. Anyway, I hope he enjoys doing what he wasn’t able to do .❤❤❤

GO BLUE!!! happy retirement Sir. You're the greatest.

Roll tide gone miss Saint Nick

I remember when I started watching college football, Alabama was the only team I like, Ever since Nick Saban became the winning head coach to lead the roll tide to victory, they will never be a coach like him, We're going miss you😔

Kids start getting paid for their NIL, Saban retires. The playing field is leveled now. He doesn’t have a chokehold on the best players in the country, so he calls it quit.

Excellent Stephen A discussion

Dawg fan here. Saban is the goat. Sad day in college football. Go Dawgs

The rumors were out there. I thought he was going to wait until next year, though. Roll Tide, Nick; Roll Tide 👏🏾

Greatest coach in all of football? All time? Stephen A is tripping. Saban was a great recruiter and but he won because most of the time Bama had the most talent. Thats why he flamed out as a NFL coach. You never can have ALL the talent in the NFL.

He is the 🐐! But as an LSU fan I'm happy to see him go real talk. No disrespect at all, but we could never get to the playoffs through Alabama 😂😂😂😂

i really hate this news, but I'm not surprised because it has gotten too hard and complicated to build a team now. You get them, then they enter the transfer portal. NIL & the transfer portal basically helped make his decision. It's going to be really hard having to adjust to not seeing Coach Saban as a part of the Alabama Crimson Tide. This one hurts man.. Thank you Coach Saban!! & Good Luck as a retired Champion.

I'm surprised he didn't make it a nice round 30 years, that would've been a nice bow to put on it - as well see him coach in the new era that's about to take place.

I agree that it's harder to be successful for so long in college football. In the NFL you are building a team around a few certain players, especially QB. In college football the turnover rate is what makes it harder to keep winning and stay on top. So Saban is the greatest

Great college coach ever! But come on you can’t pick him over a NFL coach when the skill gap jump to NFL is astronomical and lack of parity and competitiveness in college football

Been a great ride

Amen Stephen A. !

Was only a matter of time...between the NIL and the transfer portal he knew it wouldn't be the same for him going forward to just cherry pick EVERY player he wanted anymore. The SEC is about to look different...💯.

Bout time. Lets go Ga!!!!!!!!

Greatest college coach ever yes it’s harder to win in the nfl Bill is the goat

Am not shocked it had to come to an end sometime.

Greatest FOOTBALL COACH of all time!

The stat that blew my mind was the one that said every class under Saban never went all 4 years of college without winning a national championship

Steven A just be talking. .Bill's meal ticket was his defense on the Giants team...it was down hill from there

If I was Disney/ABC/ESPN I would offer Saban anything he wanted to keep him from going to Fox Sports. I would go to war with them over him.

Didn't see this coming. Without a doubt a great coach even though he did LSU dirty and then ran from the NFL. But I know he's beloved by all the doinks in Tuscaloosa ....ROLLL GREEN WAVE

Accomplished a lot (collegiately). More than free to walk away on his own terms given his age etc-but he can no longer compete & get all the BEST players so he called it quits

I think he was satisfied with ending it by dominating the sec.. undefeated in the sec and dethroned Georgia..

Greatest football coach ever in all of football, I’m not willing to go that far Stephen A

As a Miami fan and college football fan, he is the greatest! No doubt about it. Absolute respect! BUT thank god he’s gone! Now who’s gonna take the reign as Supreme in this sport? I don’t think Alabama will be quite the same without him but time will tell.

I personally think College Football Coaching and NFL coaching are too different to really compare and say if Saban or Belichick are better, but either way Saban definitely Greatest of All Time in CFB History. Roll Tide.

I would love to see Pete Carroll at Bama

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Coaches today are expected to be able to retool every year. Imagine the stress….

It wasn't a week ago, it was Tuesday after the national championship game you guys talk about it!

So he retired because now college football is more level playing field because in the past he Nick Saban had no issues when he was taking all the top recruits. Now that’s is more balanced he can’t handle it? Also Stephen A it doesn’t matter if Alabama was up 7 . The game wasn’t over yet Georgia was also up against Alabama how did that end.

Saban did not look happy about that Gatorade bath lmao 😆

😢Sad day in College football.

the only shocking thing is that the media is shocked. man is 72 years old and has won a record 7 national titles at 'bama plus 1 with l.s.u. too bad dabo at clemson won't be in the running to replace with that $90 mill buyout hanging around crimson tide's neck. fans should expect a return back to earth at tuscaloosa

Man I'm going to miss this coach but he is 72 years old and you have to retire one day and I guess he is probably comfortable with his decision on deciding to retire right now.Enjoy your retirement coach because you have definitely earned it

As a Georgia fan, I have my full respect for Nick Saban. But it's finally time to let my Dawgs take over the SEC with an iron fist! I want Georgia to be the next Patriots of College Football!

Coaching was getting harder when you can't get the best players by paying them under the table.

Nick Saban is the greatest football coach of all time and it’s not even close.

Now that NIL made the playing field the same for everyone, Nick bolts....lol.

Not winning in the nfl I think definitely hurts you in the conversation for goat coaches. Jimmy Johnson and Pete Carroll would have something to say about that.

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Let’s all be greatful that he retired a hero instead of staying long enough to see himself become the villain

SEC fans cannot deny their massive talent advantage prior to the NIL environment. Nowadays ANY team can buy talent. One or two schools cannot stockpile all the best players. The SEC dynasties are over.

Now come to the Buckeyes 😵‍💫🤣🤣🐐