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PERFORM AN ABORTION COULD BE CHARGED WITH A FELONY. IT WAS TIME, AND HE REALIZED THAT, AND HE TOOK IT. AND HE DIDN’T WASTE ANY TIME SAYING, YOU KNOW, I’M DONE, AND I’VE DONE ENOUGH BECAUSE HE’S DONE ENOUGH. THERE’S I DON’T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE HE COULD HAVE DONE. WELL, TONIGHT WE’RE HEARING FROM NICK SABAN’S DAUGHTER, KRISTIN, REFLECTING ON HER FAMILY’S LEGACY AFTER HER DAD ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO DURING THEIR TIME ON THE CAPSTONE, THE SABAN’S RESURRECTED THE CRIMSON TIDE PROGRAM AND CREATED ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FOOTBALL DYNASTIES IN HISTORY. �������� 13 RYAN HENNESSY SAT DOWN WITH KRISTIN JUST DAYS AFTER HER FAMILY’S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. RYAN. YEAH, GUYS, AN END OF AN ERA IN TUSCALOOSA MEANS THE START OF A NEW ONE. AFTER TALK WITH NICK SABAN’S DAUGHTER, KRISTIN, YOU REALIZE THE NEXT CHAPTER IS ALL ABOUT FAMILY. BITTERSWEET. IT’S AN END OF AN ERA. UM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD ONE. IT WAS A GOOD RUN. A GOOD RUN FOR THE BEST TO EVER DO IT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. SEVEN NATIONAL TITLES, SIX IN ALABAMA. BUT NOW NICK SABAN HAS MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. IT WAS SAD, BUT BUT I THINK WE’RE AT PEACE WITH IT NOW. YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS ARE ON VACATION AND THEY’RE ENJOYING THEIR TIME. IT WAS 2007. THE NICK SABAN ARRIVED IN TUSCALOOSA A DAY. HIS DAUGHTER, KRISTIN SABAN CITIES WILL NEVER FORGET. I DON’T THINK I KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE CAME IN, LIKE THE DAY THAT WE FLEW IN WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER AND WE GOT OFF THAT PLANE AND WE SAW THAT WHOLE CROWD, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THERE, EXCITED. THAT’S GREAT. UM, BUT HE’S ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED COACH. THE EMOTIONS WERE DIFFERENT FOR KRISTIN WHEN HER DAD CALLED IT A CAREER EARLIER THIS MONTH, BUT THE FEELING OF BEING PROUD NEVER CHANGED. I GOT A TEXT. MESSAGE FROM MY MOM THAT MORNING AND SHE WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN HAVING KIND OF CONVERSATIONS AND WE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S HAPPENING TODAY FOR SURE, BUT I THINK HE’S KIND OF GIVING HIMSELF A TIMELINE. UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, HEADS UP. AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, HE WON’T. BUT SABAN DID. AFTER 17 SEASONS AT ALABAMA. AND 50 PLUS YEARS OF FOOTBALL BEING A PART OF HIS LIFE, IT WAS TIME FOR A NEW STORY TO BE WRITTEN. THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED UP, IT WAS LIKE ANNOUNCING RETIREMENT, AND I WAS LIKE, HEY MOM, I’M ON A PLANE. WHAT’S GOING ON? SO JUST LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WARNED YOU. AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, BUT I DIDN’T THINK THAT IT WAS LIKE ACTUALLY HAPPENING. SO I’M ON A PLANE FINDING OUT AND I’M LIKE, I HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF TO THE BATHROOM. AND I’M JUST SOBBING BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A BITTERSWEET HAPPY MOMENT BECAUSE IT JUST HIT ME AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, HE’S REALLY DOING IT NOW. RETIREMENT. NICK AND TERRY SABAN ARE IN THEIR FLORIDA HOME ON VACATION INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT MISSING A BLOCK OR FIELD GOAL. NOW SABAN HAS TO WORRY ABOUT MISSING THE GREEN OR A FAIRWAY, AND I ACTUALLY GET HIM ON THE PHONE THIS TIME. BEFORE, WHEN HE WAS IN THE OFFICE. I WOULD BE LUCKY IF I WOULD GET HIM BECAUSE 730 THAT’S WHEN TEAM MEETINGS STARTED AND I WOULDN’T HEAR FROM HIM FOR LIKE 8:00 THAT NIGHT. SO NOW I CAN CALL HIM AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND HE PICKS UP, OR IF HE DOESN’T, HE’LL CALL ME BACK IN LIKE 30S, WHICH IS NEVER HAPPENS. SO THAT’S KIND OF NICE. AND I’M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HE’S LIKE, GOING TO GO PLAY GOLF AND MAKING SOME NEW FRIENDS DOWN HERE. WE’RE GOING TO DINNER WITH A NEW FRIEND THAT I MET PLAYING GOLF, SO I’M JUST HAPPY AND EXCITED FOR HIM. HE’S HE’S JUST LIVING HIS LIFE. HOW ABOUT THAT? ALREADY MAKING NEW FRIENDS. APPRECIATE KRISTIN FOR THE CONVERSATION COMING UP IN SPORTS. MORE OF OUR CONVERSATION. WITH SOME OF THE TRADITIONS HER AND HER F