What if Nick Saban Stayed in Miami?

Every college and pro football fan knows about the short two-year hiatus Nick Saban took as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins before he moved on to kickstarting one of the most dominant college dynasties in history with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Some say he just wasn't cut out for the rigors of the pro game, while others note the stories surrounding Drew Brees' injury and the odd signing fiasco that went on behind the scenes. But the question has always remained, especially so given Coach Saban's recent retirement: would he have been as good coaching the Dolphins as he was coaching the Crimson Tide? While the likely answer is no, he wouldn't be quite as good, he is still clearly a talented coach, so the Dolphins surely wouldn't be as bad as he had left them... right?

In this video, I try to play around with the idea of what would have happened if Saban was able to sign Brees to his Dolphins team in 2006, and how that would have affected the Dolphins and the rest of the league. It affects just more than wins and losses in Miami---it goes all the way through a new head coach in Tuscaloosa and perhaps the upsetting of the balance of college football as we know it today.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:25 The Setup
8:40 The Diversion Point
12:10 The Butterfly Effect
17:58 Conclusion