The self-proclaimed foremost expert on Alabama coach Nick Saban says he is not leaving Alabama for Texas.
And her credibility is impeccable.
Terry Saban, Nick's wife, recently told the Wall Street Journal that while some aspects of the jobs her husband has are less than ideal, the couple has laid roots in Tuscaloosa.
So when rumors started swirling that Saban might be interested in the Texas job if it were to become available (with Longhorns coach Mack Brown facing scrutiny over his job performance), Terry said they were "rumors with absolutely no foundation."
Which, according to Terry, makes any talk of leaving nonsense.
"We're staying," she told the Journal. "We're not going anywhere."
The Sabans have been at Alabama since 2007, two years longer than any other place at which Nick Saban has coached. The Sabans' kids, Kristen and Nicholas, both are Alabama graduates.
"We feel more like it's home," Terry Saban told the Wall Street Journal, "like we are a part of the community, and pulling up stakes again would be difficult."
She went on to say that she and her husband used to think that rebuilding a program used to be "even more fun than winning" but that was when they were younger. Now the couple (Nick is 62 and Terry is 61) have priorities that are different.
"I say to Nick, 'Why are we doing this?' " Terry told the Journal. " 'It's not to win. You tell your players all the time, it's not about winning; it's about the process. This is about shaping the lives of young men.' "
That doesn't mean, however, that everything is pie in the sky for the Sabans in Tuscaloosa. Terry said some in the community have come to take for granted what her husband has done for the program. Her husband recently criticized fans, and especially students, for leaving games early.
"You come to a crossroads and the expectations get so great, people get spoiled by success and there gets to be a lack of appreciation," Terry Saban said to the Journal. "We're kind of there now."
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