Ask Nick Saban how trying to kick a field goal with 1 second left in the Baylor game is working out for him. There are plenty of people saying that any other coach would be fired.
Nick Saban can call any number of schools right now and be the highest paid coach in NCAAF. He has a reputation for going for it on 4th down and taking risks. Also, it was Auburn, not Baylor.
That particular outcome had happened less than 5 other times in the history of the modern NCAA. 99/100 times that game ends with either an Alabama win or O.T.
He hardly made a controversial decision.
The bar that I was watching the game in exploded when that happened. You wouldn't believe the number of people calling him all sorts of names for making that call. And, I think it was a good call too. The point is that being risk averse is the right way for a coach to keep his job.