At 4 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, Nick Saban began a meeting with his Alabama football team, announcing a decision he’d made just minutes before. At 4:06 p.m., ESPN’s Chris Low tweeted the news to the masses.

One Alabama analyst made a strong judgement on whether or not Crimson Tide football coaching legend Nick Saban made the right decision stepping away a year ago today.

Nick Saban spent his first year of retirement plenty busy. The former Alabama football coach spent his Saturdays in cities from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Columbus, Ohio and Dublin, Ireland, working as a analyst for ESPN's College GameDay.

And despite Kirk Herbstreit and McAfee insisting that Saban loves the banter and was just joking, Gillis felt that Saban grew legitimately angry once he repeated the SEC joke and called the legendary head coach “Alabama Jones.” (Warning: The video contains strong language).

ESPN's 'College GameDay' coverage of the Orange Bowl was hit by an awkward technical blunder as ex-Alabama coach Nick Saban was interrupted by host Rece Davis

Coverage for the highly-anticipated Orange Bowl clash between Notre Dame and Penn State got off to a slightly rocky start on ESPN due to an unfortunate technical issue