Nick Saban's Life In Retirement Sounds Like Hell, Might Need A Welfare Check
Nick Saban sounds like a man who might need a rescue operation conducted to save him.
The legendary Alabama coach has been trying to adjust to life in retirement after he hung up his whistle following this past season. After a total of seven national titles - six with the Tide - Saban decided he'd had enough.
You might think that a guy with his resources and money might spend his days on a boat somewhere sipping margaritas and not doing anything he doesn't want to.
You'd be wrong. It's now the Miss Terry show.
Nick Saban retired after an incredibly successful career. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Nick Saban talks life in retirement.
While Saban might have time to golf every now and then, his wife is cracking the whip to make sure he gets his chores done. Yes, you read that correctly. The greatest college football coach of all time is reduced to now doing household chores like the rest of us.
"I’ve found out if I do my chores, then I can go play golf. So I get up early and get my chores done, and then it's like, now do I have a free pass to do what I want to do," a smiling Nick Saban said during The Masters.
The former Alabama coach further explained, "I make my bed. I take the garbage out. I have to wait for her to eat together, and I have to leave a little food just because it's polite to tell people you thought it was good. Which, I grew up cleaning my plate. So, that's not kosher anymore."
You can watch the full video below, and hit me with your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Saban might be smiling, but I know a hostage video when I see one. Hell, look closely and he might even be blinking Morse code.
Does anyone have a direct line to SEAL Team 6? Someone needs to chopper in, rope rappel down, snatch Saban and fly him straight to Bryant-Denny Stadium so he can get back to coaching.
Taking out the garbage? Making his bed? Is Nick Saban in his 70s or is he eight getting his first taste of responsibility? The man went from coaching in sold out stadiums every Saturday of the fall to now claiming to leave food on his plate as a sign of politeness.
He's practically screaming to be rescued. I hear you, Nick. Loud and clear. Help is on the way.
Nick Saban's life in retirement doesn't sound overly exciting. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
This isn't a man who wants to be retired. This is a man who seems like he made…….the wrong call on walking away. What do we think Nick Saban would rather do with his time: Clean the kitchen or dial up a game plan to eviscerate Auburn?
It's the latter, and we all know it. Also, if this is what Nick Saban is reduced to in retirement, what will happen to the rest of us? I'm not optimistic.
And before anyone reads this and throws an outrage fit, just go ahead and stop right now. I take out the garbage, clean my place and do a bunch of daily chores, but there's a huge difference. I'm not a seven-time national champion. I'm a working class stiff. We are not the same.
For the love of everything righteous and just in this world, find a way to get Saban back on a sideline and save this man's spirit before it is broken beyond repair. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.