They nailed him tonight on NFLN. They read the first paragraph of the Batard article, and asked for comments. Shefter said that about summed it up. Said he left due to fear of failure and had snakes in his head as a result. Said the fault was his, had he not chosen the wrong QB in the spring he has no doubt he would not have left. They played his PC from 13 days earlier when he got testy with the media and finally said "I will not be the coach at Alabama".
Also had an audio quote from Schula saying what we know about Saban at the end of his HC stint is he was a liar.
Hope he got the NFL out of his system, because I have a feeling the NFL is done with him. He went through 2 staffs in 2 seasons and didn't seem to build many lasting relationships there either. He did tell them of his decision by speaker phone. Coward. He's the football version of Rick Pitino