Greg Mcelroy said that former Alabama football coach Nick Saban could return to training

When Nick Saban retired as a football coach in Alabama in January 2024, he seemed to take a clear break against training. Saban started golf more, working for ESPN and seemed to take advantage of his departure from the daily version of university sports in its modern form.

It may not be that simple. During his radio show on Wjox in Birmingham on Monday, the former quarter-arre Crimson Tide Greg Mcelroy said he had heard that Saban could return to the match.

“A very well known person for whom I have a lot of respect and that I spent a lot of time and really, really, really admire, they seem to think that Nick Saban did not do any training,” said Mcelroy about his former coach. “It is quite categorical that he thinks that Nick Saban will train again.”

Mcelroy said he would not have raised speculation “if he was not someone notable”.

Saban, now 73, won an Emmy for her work on the Espn Gameday college last season. He joined the office of the show as an analyst, winning glowing criticism for his work.

Appearing in the show of Mcelroy and Cole Cubelic, Paul Finebaum of ESPN did not agree with the idea that the man who won six national championships in Tuscaloosa could return.

“He had a better situation in Alabama on the day of his departure than he will have everywhere he goes, let’s say next year,” said Finebaum. “I don’t know if it’s a college or pros. Could it be discussed in something in the NFL? I do not know how, because I no longer think that itching burn either, but my opinion is that Nick Saban is made of coaching. ”

Later, appearing on ESPN, Mcelroy also said that he did not really believe in the idea.

“Do you want my personal opinion? I think he was finished,” said Mcelroy. “I would be shocked [if he came back]. … There are people linked to the world of sport who think he did not do. Now interpret that you will do it. People who would be somewhat informed about something like that, yes. »»

Mcelroy said that his source had not said if Saban would consider jobs in college or NFL. Appearing in the same show, Finebaum again threw cold water on a potential return.

“I was with someone the other day, which is a lot around Saban, not in the state of the Alabama, but in Florida, and he described to me what I am sure that you have heard several times … is that he has time of life,” said Finebaum. “He plays in better golf clubs than ever, and that will continue, because everyone wants Nick Saban to be in their golf club. He makes a fortune when he decides that he wants to make a speech. He makes a fortune when he presents himself on ESPN once a week.

“And why would you abandon all this at the age of 74? … It makes no sense, except that Nick Saban is the most competitive human being on the planet.”

The last year of Saban in Alabama, the Crimson Tide made the play football playoffs of four teams, falling in Michigan in its last match. Since retirement, he has mentioned that he did not take advantage of the status quo in university football, with Nile changes and transfer regulations.

However, with more theoretically structure in place after the colony of the house v. NCAA, maybe one of the greatest of all time could be convinced to come back.