The news shook the college football world to its foundations. Nick Saban, after a 17-year tenure at Alabama, during which he won six national championships, announced his retirement Wednesday.
Rival fans celebrated in the streets while Crimson Tide fans and former players expressed everything from wistful remembrance to desperate sadness on social media.
Perhaps no column of the college football world reacted to the news quite like college coaches. From Saban’s biggest rivals to his former coworkers, Saban’s colleagues in one of our country’s weirdest and wildest professions were nearly unanimous in the respect they had for the coach, who most agree is the greatest in the sport’s history.
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