decision to retire, but he says that his former coach can finally “relax” after coaching for the past five decades.
“It’s funny, because a lot of people were surprised, but I kinda wasn’t — he is old,” Williams says during a one-on-one
interview while laughing. “He has been doing this for the last 50 years. People don’t understand that Coach Saban
wants to experience life itself instead of just being a coach, recruiting and trying to win a national championship. He gets a chance to just enjoy his family, enjoy
the fruits of his labor, and the different things that he has done over the years. He gets a chance to relax.”
Although Saban won’t be coaching the Crimson Tide moving forward, that doesn’t mean expectations will lessen. Alabama has the powerhouse of college
football over the past 15 years, winning six national championships since 2009. The college football landscape may be different with the College Football
Playoff expanding and the shift in conference realignment, but the expectation will be for the Crimson Tide to win another national title.