Former Kent State quarterback Joshua Cribbs (left) is congratulated by former head coach Dean Pees after Cribbs’ jersey was retired in a halftime ceremony during a game vs. Ball State, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at Dix Stadium.

I think maybe the problem isn’t the coaches,” Saban said. “They’ve been through four coaches since [Steve] Spurrier and Urban Meyer, who both created a tremendous culture of winning there. Sometimes the fanbase can just think ‘we can just show up and expect to win’ and not make the commitment to the program that you need to make to be able to continue to make the changes and the investments you need to make to keep up with changing times.

Alabama football offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic noted on Thursday that Nick Saban's retirement caught him a little bit off guard. Kapilovic said that he knew of some people that were doing interviews with Saban for jobs on the staff.