If the sports world feels a bit uneasy these days, that certainly makes sense.
Two absolute giants of football coaching ending the most successful tenures of their respective careers within 18 hours of each other just feels unprecedented.
Nick Saban is heading into retirement after winning seven national championship, including six at Alabama. Bill Belichick is departing New England after leading the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles, though it doesn’t seem his time on the sidelines is truly over yet.
Both teams will have a tremendously hard time finding someone to successfully follow these legends. History tells us their immediate replacements are more likely to fail rather quickly. Which begs a question the For The Win staff has been toying with:
Which team is more likely to win their next title first?
Will Alabama keep its momentum and continuing producing 10-win seasons without Saban? Or will new blood in the Patriots’ building revive a dormant AFC East franchise.
We were able to reach a pretty quick consensus.