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Alabama head coach Nick Saban talks with Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) during the New Mexico State game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday September 7, 2019. Uaseason017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Miami Dolphins have not won a playoff game since the 2000 season. During that stretch, they have had 12 head coaches, with only\u00a0<\/span>Dave Wannstedt<\/span>\u00a0stacking three consecutive winning seasons. However, among them, only one is considered one of the greatest to don a headset: Nick Saban. From 2005 to 2006, Saban coached Miami, going 15-17 and making zero postseason appearances before returning to college football joining the Alabama Crimson Tide under the same job title. Saban would win six national titles, two AP Coach of the Year Awards, and post a 206-29 record with Alabama.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Dolphins have gone through eight coaches since his departure, finally landing on their current head coach, Mike McDaniel, in 2022. On Friday, ahead of conference week in college football, Saban reflected on his short tenure coaching in the NFL, with Miami Dolphins fans claiming his inability to land a franchise quarterback as his demise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Miami Dolphins Fans Speak on Nick Saban\u2019s Time with Club<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Nick Saban coached the Miami Dolphins for two years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cIf you take a Head Coaching job in the NFL, you better look at the roster, the salary cap & the Quarterback situation. You have to take all those things into consideration because if you don\u2019t, you can end up in a no-win situation.\u201d ~ Coach Saban\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>#PMSLive<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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On Friday,\u00a0Nick Saban, a seven-time college football national championship-winning coach, spoke on a potential return to the NFL, claiming he will look at the quarterback situation before considering a return to the sidelines. Saban reflected on his two-year stint with the\u00a0Miami Dolphins, stressing that the team had exceeded the salary cap, had an aging roster, and had no\u00a0quarterback, eventually leading to his struggles. Before Saban\u2019s first year, Miami and Saban opted not to sign former San Diego Chargers quarterback Drew Brees following a severe shoulder injury that resulted in surgery.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brees eventually signed with the New Orleans Saints, not the Miami Dolphins, making 12 Pro Bowls, earning MVP votes four times, and leading the team to a Super Bowl victory. Meanwhile, Miami traded for three-time Pro-Bowler\u00a0Daunte Culpepper, with the signal-caller making just four starts with the team. Nevertheless, Miami fans agree with Saban, believing picking Culpepper over Brees and not selecting a sliding Aaron Rodgers in the 2005 NFL Draft led to his failures:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Passed on Rodgers @ #2 and wanted Culpepper over Brees (credit\u00a0@OmarKelly\u00a0)<\/p>\n

Saban wasn\u2019t a bad coach\u2026just made horrible QB decisions with Miami.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amanda B (@BeastGames2024)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Daunte Culpepper over Drew Brees\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u2014 RobEdigital (@RobEdigital)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Saban knows from experience with the Dolphins. Thank you Dolphins for not clearing Drew Brees!<\/p>\n

-All us Bama fans<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kennybigbeard (@bladebiscuits)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Umm you took Ronnie Brown instead of Aaron Rodgers and Culpepper over Brees. Gfy Nick<\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Floyd (@robertfloyd23)\u00a0December 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Drew Brees would not have had the same career with Saban he had with Sean Payton.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Audante Wadley (@wadleyboy21)\u00a0December 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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If Coach Saban takes a chance on Drew Brees he would probably still be in Miami and Denver would still be looking for a coach and New Orleans would be in their 15th straight losing season.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donnie Trump (@jboytjr)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Is that the excuse for not taking Brees over Culpepper? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n

\u2014 Benjamin Cannon (@BenCannon18)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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He had first hand experience with that when he took the Fins job<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paradise President \ud83c\udfdd\ufe0f (@DicePrez)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Dude never takes accountability for what happened with the Dolphins lol<\/p>\n

\u2014 DOLPHINS (@finsup1725)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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All he had to do was sign Brees over Culpepper.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kyle Baldani (@KBal2733)\u00a0December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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