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Nick Saban kicked off his ninth season as Alabama's head coach with a on Saturday, but Saban says he might still be coaching in the NFL today if a key personnel decision had been handled differently when he was with the in 2006."If we'd have had , you know, I might still be in Miami," .Saban, of course, did leave the for Alabama after the '06 season, even after saying he wouldn't take the Alabama job, and took plenty of heat for the move.How could things have been different?Well, Saban is reiterating that he wanted to sign Brees, a free agent at the time, before the '06 season but that the organization decided to pa s on Brees New York Giants Jersey after doctors checked out his injured shoulder. The signed another quarterback coming off of an injury, Daunte Culpepper, instead. Culpepper went on to play in just four games for Miami in '06 and was released after the season. Brees, of course, became an All-Pro and the MVP of XLIV with the .Saban spoke on the topic in a recent , as well."I never really commented a lot about this before, but the scenario really soured me a little bit because, we really wanted to get him. We had him," Saban said. "Circumstances, (the) physical, didn't allow us to have him on our team and then he went on to have tremendous succe s. We didn't have a quarterback that year, so we didn't have succe s. That really, sort of, rubbed me the wrong way and I just felt like I could control my destiny better at Alabama."There you have it. Saban is sticking to his story -- he had similar things to say about . Things have worked out well for both men. The , on the other hand, have made the playoffs only once (2008) in the past 13 seasons.Follow College Football 24/7 on Twitter __. Kayvon Thibodeaux Jersey