Don't disagree. In a position like that he needs to bite his tongue and play the game, Saban did. Just speculating on maybe that hot headed Cajun said screw this. Have no idea but that BLM crap has got to be hard to swallow for anyone.
Not completely unprecedented. Notre Dame did it in '81 with Gerry Faust. Guy had won 5 Ohio state championships and 4 mythical national championships with a Catholic school in Cincinnati, and the Jesuits said, "That's our guy." He beat LSU in his debut game, but in 5 years, his best year was 7-5 and a Liberty Bowl win. LSU vs. #4 Notre Dame - 1981 - YouTube