22 million and he’s a old man. He deserves to live his life out in peace.

Matt, he is 72 years old. Those 15-hour days wear you down. NIL, the portal, and everything else has changed football for better or worse. It isn't getting any easier. And what does he have left to prove? As a Tennessee fan, I have nothing but respect for Coach Saban. Never be another one like him. But I figured him buying the home in Jupiter Fla was a damned good clue he was close to hanging up his spurs. Like all of us, he has a family, and I'm sure he would like to spend some time with them. I promise that when you get older, you will understand fully. Bama has had a list of hires to replace him for a while. Stop fretting. Congrats to coach Saban and enjoy every minute of your retirement, sir.

Massive respect to Coach Saban. He brought my LSU Tigers their first national championship in my lifetime. I will never be a Saban hater. #MattBeProudYouHadHim

As a Michigan fan I can say this. Nick Saban is what other coaches aspire to be... A winner on and off the Field!!! Good luck on your retirement enjoy it!!!!

As a Michigan Wolverine fan, it was an honor to play against Nick Saban at the Rose Bowl. Best wishes to him in his endeavors.

I’m not a Bama fan, but I am a huge fan of Saban. I have nothing but respect for him. He’s a legendary coach, and is easily the best to ever do it. I know you’re freaking out, Matt, but surely he deserves to bow out in the way he wants. He probably wants to spend time with his family! It’s a huge loss for college sports, because he was a class act! I started wondering about Saban’s future when he started appearing regularly on the Pat Mcafee show. I just had this feeling he might be thinking of retirement. Still, I was shocked by the news!

Got to give Nick the biggest of props. I thank him for giving Georgia a coach like smart. His impact on college football is huge no doubt

I feel like I've been punched in the gut!!! Don't know whether to cry or throw up!!! I remember during the Shula days, I would pray for just 1 national title in my life, and Coach Saban gave us 6!!! Gonna miss Coach, but he deserves to chill and enjoy his millions!!! I know he won't see this, but from the bottom of my heart, I just wanna say thank you for everything you've done for the University of Alabama!!! Much Love Coach!!!

Saban is 72 and his the best heard coach in college football and he just wanting to enjoy his life it was a great ride

Holy crap. As a UGA dawg fan, I hate this. We're headed to Tuscaloosa next year, and the thrill is gone for me now. Absolute shock to see him bow out while he's still young and vigorous, but he doesn't owe anybody an explanation; he's given college football (and its fans) more than anyone else. Class act, beginning to end.

As a Michigan fan, this guy made we love college football. The way he coached was on point, all ways making great calls.

Nick Saban is shining example of what a college football coach should be. For me as a Michigan fan it was an honor and a privilege to have played against Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide in what was his final game. A Rose Bowl to remember for sure.

As a Georgia fan, I know we talk a lot of smack on each other but, Coach Saban always had this Dawg’s respect. He really is the GOAT & when we won the Natty against him it was so sweet because we beat the BEST! Wishing him much luck & some R&R in retirement. It’s well deserved… ❤️🖤

Man, I agree with basically everything you said in this video. I’m a teenager, and I’ve been a bama fan my whole life. So the Saban era is all I’ve known. Like you said, it still hasn’t hit me yet. We’ll make it through this. RTR 🐘

Kiffin has been dropping hints for months. Lane really wants to come to Bama. We may never know the real reason behind this but I do know Mr. and Mrs. GOAT will be missed.

First, let me say, great job on the videos. As an OU fan I was blindsided a couple of years ago and feel your pain somewhat. With the massive changes in the college football landscape (portals, NIL, realignment, etc.) maybe he felt he couldn’t deal with the changes or didn’t want to deal with them.

I feel like I lost a family member 😢 today is a sad day that I’ll never forget

Emotional day for us bama fans but it was bound to happen . Gotta thank saban for bringing bama back and throwing his heart into this team!

As a Utah fan. Salutes to Nick Saban. He is one of the greatest and I wish him the best of luck.

He's not dying. He's retiring. He doesn't have anything else to prove. Let him retire & enjoy his family. Thanks for everything Mr Saban. It's been a great ride.

Truly the goat. I loved him while he coached at lsu and although I hated that he went to bama I realized the impact he made on the game. Absolute legend.

He is not leaving you high and dry, honor what he has done at your school, I am a LSU fan, but Nick is the goat period. Give the man his due!!

As a Texas longhorn fan I just want to say Matt truly on how good of a head coach, Nick Saban was and how much he impacted the Alabama program. Much love to you Matt and the Alabama fan base. Long live coach Saban‘s legacy!!! #mattbamawillbounceback

Absolute goat. All great things must come to an end 🤘 #SabanForPresident

This was so unexpected. Biggest shoes to fill of all time

I feel ya Matt, this is so tough. Words can’t describe what that man has meant to me. I was born in 01, and seeing that man dominate my entire life has been extraordinary…I’m speechless

As an Ohio State fan, I felt your pain when Jim Trissel parted ways with osu, I thought the osu program was over, we would never see greatness again, and then we got Urban Meyer. When god shuts a door he opens a window. It’s not as bad as your thinking right now. The tide will roll again!

Matt, I dont want to laugh at your pain but your making this Hilarious.

To say “this is bigger than an amber alert” is buck wild . This isn’t bigger than a missing person, child or kidnapper on the loose.

UGA fan here, dang Matt and the games were just starting to get good because we were playing more often for championship opportunities, and now with more regular season games on the horizon. He's unquestionably the GOAT and I'll miss him. Much RESPECT!

Vol Fan here. We both hate each other's teams, but without a doubt, Saban is the best-ever college coach in college football history. In my lifetime, I do not think we will ever see another one like him.

We’ll get through this, RollTide #MattbeHeartBroken

Dude is 72 and accomplished everything someone could. Not really that crazy.

As a UGA fan, it will be a bit sad to see him retire. I have a lot of respect for him. Greatest college football coach of all time.

As a UGA and college football fan this is a sad day for us all.. Salute to the Goat He will become the Next Lee Carso and still entertain us all Go Damn Dawgs !!!!!!!

I've been watching your channel for a while. Love it man. I will say I'm a Tennessee fan born and raised. But I enjoyed the challenge of playing Nick Saban to see where we stood. Going to miss him on the sidelines #thegoat

With all do respect if this is true I wish saban a healthy life and hope he enjoys the rest of his life he will be missed by everyone who cared about college football because there was always two camps when it came to saban you either loved him or you despised him because he was always winning or your team could never beat him. But I wish him the best of luck on his future endeavor

As someone who has rooted against Alabama every game they played since 2009 i feel for you guys. I am still shocked and just cant help feeling sad about it. Someone’s who’s been such a part of college football since I’ve become a huge fan he and Alabama provided that villain that sports needs. What they did for that part of sports was special and something we will never see again. It’s fitting that with the end of the BCS/4 team playoff era comes to an end felt like an era of college football is over. This put the nail in the coffin in it

Respect to coach Saban the greatest of all time!! 🐐

I feel your pain… the same pain I felt when The Bear retired and passed away two weeks later! We had two great goats at Alabama! Good luck coach Saban! Thank you!

YES! Go live later. I live 5 miles from Southern end zone of Bryant Denny stadium, word is he told the team at practice today. I’ve been a Bama fan since I was born. First heard this and couldn’t feel my face. This sucks. Just got out of shocked stage and now I’m sobbing. I agree ~ need a “last season” while we are aware that he is leaving. Saban has officially stolen Michigan’s thunder LOL

LSU fan here. LETS GEAUX TIGERS!!! ive been waiting on this shit since Julio committed to Bama! I can’t wait to see the pain & anguish you guys are about to go through! all jokes aside? we’ve had some great battles over the years… i look forward to many more to come! I won’t believe it until next season starts with a new coach standing on Bama sideline…

Matt we are here for emotional support #Mattbekissinganicksabanposter

He’s 72 years old and probably wants to enjoy spending time with his family. He’s not getting any younger, he’s already proven himself over the decades. He’s earned the right to do whatever he wants.

this is killing me Urban Meyer Anyone????? 🤨

The man is 72 years old. He deserves to be able to live life without the immense stress of college football. It's sad for bama fans, and fans of college football, but I mean hes been coaching all of his life. I'd imagine I'd want to call it quits at some point too if I'd been working that hard for so long.

Nick truly had a hell of a run for sure!!

This so sudden to me I thought Nick Saban had 5 years left in his coaching career.👀

Michigan fan here. Wow, I can't believe it. I don't even know what to think about college football without Nick Saban. But let me say this. Alabama was a great program with Nick Saban but he wasn't the only or even the primary cause of the success. There is a culture of greatness there that will persist. And I doubt that Saban would step away if he had any doubts about that. Best of luck next year, and wouldn't a championship tournament rematch between Bama and Michigan be great?

He’s 70 something! M Let him have a life outside of the daily grind of being a college FB coach. Give him thanks and breathing room to find a life outside of this grind

He'll be missed. Glad I lived to see 17 years of success and museum's worth of bling attributed to him! ROLL TIDE!

I'm not a Bama fan, but Saban is one of a kind and knows how to build a dynasty.

I'm just glad I got to witness the two best college football coaches of all time, coach the game. Nick Saban and Paul "The Bear" Bryant!!! RFT!!!

Alabama fans trying to cope with the realization the dynasty ends with Saban😭 #mattbebald

It’ll be ok buddy. Remember all the wonderful memories he provided ya & be thankful for his time there. He may want to enjoy his family before he’s too old. Either way….welcome back to the uncertainty nearly every other fan has for their school. Have a drink it’ll dull the pain.

As a Michigan fan this makes me sad. Truly an honor to play saban in his last game. Goat! Legend. 🙏

Matt...I just wanna say that thank you for posting! For some reason it helped. Roll Tide

As a big Michigan fan I’m honestly honored to have faced the goat one last time I can honestly say we hadn’t faced them idk if we be ready for the ship but facing him got us so ready I’m so grateful I wish him the best he should try the nfl one more time

The Alabama fan base is selfish. The man has been coaching for 50 years. He’s 72 the man’s let Nick Saban go enjoy life with his family and grandkids

Feeling your pain brother ! Was a rough road after Vince Dooley left UGA 🏈 BUT .... With the transfer portal, it should be less painful for Bamma Fans .✌️

With all do respect he has earned whatever life he wants at this point. He doesn't owe anybody anything and deserves the respect and consideration of his decision. He made his mark and will always be a legend and we should all be thankful we got to see it. I'm not a Bama fan but I respect the hell out of Saban and wish him all the best and hope he can make up as much time he has left for what he's sacrificed coaching.

I hope that Nick Saban has a long happy retirement wishing him nothing but the best

It sort of makes sense. So many changes happening and Saban is not of this new era. With his age and his unrivaled legacy intact it makes sense to retire right as the CFP is expanding and there is massive conference realignment (not to mention NIL and portal insanity). In any event much respect to Saban. The real and true GOAT.

My fisrt time commenting on your page. But when I heard this you were actually the first person I thought about . Feel for you my friend. Great content keep it up.

NIL has changed the game! When a powerhouse program like Bama has guys go in the portal after one season, something's amiss. Usually 4-5 star players go to Bama and know they're gonna sit at least one year. NIL, the portal and instant gratification...

Saban was made aware of the upcoming event and he is making preparations to be with and try to protect his family.

I believe ol Nick feels like all the other college football coaches, this generation of kids are spoiled beyond belief, and they all got money now and that makes them not even have the same passion as the past teams he coached,(probably the reason he even came to college football in the first place) plus they can up and transfer every season now if they want. No coach in college football likes what it has become nowadays and they all want out. This season alone is why he come out of nowhere and leave like this. It’s a sad day here in Bama I tell ya 🤦‍♂️

Matt, how is this so shocking? There were definitely rumors this year of him retiring. Expecting him to coach until 2032 is a little ridiculous, it makes sense- he's 72 and doesn't like where cfb is headed. Saban is the goat and I hope he enjoys retirement!

Nick Saban just entered the portal

We were blind sided here at Oklahoma when Bob Stoops retired! It's nerve wrecking news!

Yeah, I remember when Bear Bryant retired. That was really tough, and this is equally as tough and you're correct, there aren't any other Nick Saban's out there. So, who knows what will happen now. sucks 😞

NIL, portal, expanding conference and playoff, that’s why he’s retiring

This is just the first stage of grief, denial.

As a Michigan fan this is truly a sad day for college football… Nick Saban elevated the competition like no one else and kept up with the evolving sport… legend.

The portal is a big reason. He's fed up with transfers I hear Saban preach on commitment alot and he said players need it for growth. Not only just for coaching reasons

Matt, he probably took a good, hard look at what's going on in college football with the portal, NIL and everything else and just looked in the mirror and asked his alter ego one question: Do I really want to keep doing this? I'm 72 years old, been in coaching for over 50 years, accomplished everything possible and just really want to go fishing. The man's the greatest coach we've seen in college and if he thinks it's time to go, well, I respect that. As a Georgia fan, it's been an honor to watch him work even though his Alabama teams have broken my heart more times than I care to remember. I wish him all the best. LEGEND!!!

I understand it. This is how us Patriots fans felt when Tom Brady left. He was most of our childhoods and I grew up watching him every weekend for my whole life basically. And now with Bill gone it it’s truly the end of an era, Saban was the Bill B of college, yes we were spoiled since our teams were good but we respect everything they did and I’m extremely grateful for them.

NIL and transfer portal without consequence…this is why. Every year, every one of his players becomes an unrestricted free agent. They let the literal convicts take over. Bama needs a leader that can coach a convict. We need Urban Meyer.

We lost Coach Bryant and now we've lost Coach Saban. I hoped we would not have to go through this again in my life time. One hurts as bad as the other. God bless them both. Roll Tide!

I would like for him to do a summer tour seminar with coaches sharing his secrets and mindset make for better competition

MattBeGreat is like your employer, "I know you are 72 y/o and all, but I can squeeze more juice out of you! You cannot retire! Screw your retirement and personal life and health!" Retire when you can and want to regardless of others/employers!

Nick Saban impacted COLLEGE FOOTBALL in every aspect. From coaches, players, and fans. Decades of success and few disappointments. I didn't see this coming. Still trying to process it but I see it is absolutely real. All hail To The GOAT NICK SABAN nothing but respect and love to you. You are the greatest and Thank You for all the greatest moments you created....ROLL TIDE ROLL

Now you know what other teams, recruits, transfers and fans have gone through. It's rough and it sucks, but you'll get past it. Keep your head up! Happy Retirement to Coach Saban!!!

I know Alabama fans have been enjoying the Saben era and you are surprised at the suddenness of the announcement but the man is 72 years old. He probably wants to enjoy his golden years without the pressure of being the head coach of one of the most high-profile programs in college football.

I honestly cannot believe it, tbt it is a blind shot man! The end of a dynasty... Im from Michigan and I cant imagine CFB without Saban!!!

Nick Saban not looking forward to September in Tuscaloosa when the Dawgs be coming to town, so Nick wants to retire! 😂😂

I never thought the day would come, we will never see another Nick Saban, just like there won’t be another Tom Brady or MJ or Wayne Gretzky he’s just that legendary

Im 31. Nick Saban has been the hc for 17 years. I've only ever known Alabama football with Saban. This next year is gonna be wierd for me. Whoever they hire has some mighty big shoes to fill. #MattBeStressed

"We got these great recruits coming in"...Ryan Williams your top recruit says NOT SO FAST BIG FELLA 😂😂😂

The man is 72 years old. He cant coach forever. Be thankful you had him for the past 17 years. All will be fine.

Just be thankful that you had him as long as you did

College football as we've had the pleasure of knowing the game, is over. With the instability brought about by the portal nonsense, players jumping here and there, with the NIL greed, players sitting out bowl games - who in their right mind wants to deal with that each year? And that doesn't factor in the entire woke environment found in most every university today and the NCAA's ridiculous championship game mess. The only thing I think was wrong was someone leaking Saban's plans before he had the chance to make the announcement himself. That's just another example of what's wrong. Whaever "juice" Saban has left in this tank, he wants to spend it on his family and doing what he wants, for a change. Thank you, Coach, for all the great years at Bama. Your legacy, along with Coach Bryant, will be difficult to match, let alone exceed. OSU Buckeye Girl

He's in his 70s. Be happy for the guy. He doesn't have too many years left. Let him enjoy his family.

It's real Matt...but remember..Coach installed The Process...Roll Tide Roll will LANK

Alabama hasn’t been this upset since they had to take those signs off the water fountains in the 60s.

Hearing massive number of decommits around the corner. This is crazy.

Let the man go. He's 70 years old. Average lifespan is 77 years in this country for a male. He gave Alabama fans his heart and soul. Let him enjoy his final years with his wife, children and grandchildren.

50 year Georgia fan and I am sad to hear that Saban is retiring. College football will never be the same without the Goat villan in Tuscaloosa.

Ohio state fan hear. I remember my old roommate Alabama fan was so excited when he came to the team. He showed me the sec and yes they our the toughest div. Alabama program has been the standard for college football for the last 20 years. He was better then the bear. I hope everything works out for Alabama and Goodluck in the future.

Best coach of all time thanks for the memories coach saban #goblue #mattbeshellshocked