Nick Saban has a great response for those that ask about pending retirement

At 72 years old, Nick Saban has heard both friends and enemies, young and old, bring up the term retirement every off season for years now.

After their season ended after being bounced from the college football playoff by Michigan, coupled with drastic changes in college football like NIL, the chatter of a possible retirement on the horizon for the game's legendary coach is a popular topic once again for radio and TV hosts.

While on the Pat McAfee show, Saban was asked how he deals with that kind of talk, and he revealed a pretty funny approach for how he deals with it when players ask him about whether he'll be coaching them their entire time in Tuscaloosa.

"Look, I ask everyone that asks me that question, are you going to be here for four years?"

"Some player asked me when I'm going to retire, and I look at them and say, 'Well can you guarantee me you're going to be here for four years?'"

"They look at me like, 'Hell no, I'm not making that promise, not when I might get a better deal somewhere else.'"

As someone who has been dealing with talk of retirement for at least a decade in terms ranging from negative recruiting from opponents to talk-show filler, Saban chalks it up to something rather simple.

"I just think it's the way of the world now."