By: Larry Burton
Nick Saban is under contract until 2025 and he may coach beyond that. The truth is, nobody, maybe not even Nick Saban himself, knows the date that he may retire. But when he does, Alabama needs to be reminded of past problems because as the old saying from George Santayana goes, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
The history we want Alabama fans to remember is that part of history when another Alabama coaching legend retired. That man was coach Paul Bear Bryant and when he retired, Alabama fans and school officials were simply not willing to let that era die and insisted that his replacement be “one of Bear’s boys”.