Saban considering Texas?

[orangepassion]

http://tracking.si.com/2013/11/05/alabama-nick-saban-facing-pressure/?sct=hp_t2_a1&eref=sihp

 

[anomander]

i don't see it happening. Bama would tell him to name his price before they let him walk away. I don't know what the special pressure could be? And I definitely don't see much less pressure at UT

 

[leftytg]

and UT would match whatever number Saban named.

I doubt Saban ends up at UT, but I could definitely see it happening. Maybe he wants a new challenge? One thing is for sure - Austin is a helluva lot better place to live than Tuscaloosa.

 

[MadNY3]

and UT would match whatever number Saban named.

I doubt Saban ends up at UT, but I could definitely see it happening. Maybe he wants a new challenge? One thing is for sure - Austin is a helluva lot better place to live than Tuscaloosa.

I totally see that logic.

Saban seems to be somewhat at the mercy of the current success and not having much fun. He is a builder more than a sustainer and one can argue his legacy is furthered if he leaves a Bama and they go down a notch...which inevitably does happen in the cycles of any sport.

 

[HtownOrange]

What should Saban's agent say? "No, we won't listen to any offers." OF course the agent says the right things, "Texas is the ONLY school he will consider." As if Saban would never consider Florida State, Notre Dame, USC (West Coast, not Southeast or NJ), Oklahoma and a few others. Saban goes with the $$. I agree with the above poster that Alabama will match the offer, too. Whoever gets him has to understand that in a few years, he will start the bidding all over again to get a raise. If he is bored with where he is, he will move on.

 

[Eric15]

This begs the question, is there any single coach in all of college or pro sports as valuable as Nick Saban?

Coach K? Urban Meyer? Phil Jackson? Bill Belichick?

 

[texasorange]

If Saban does go he better make sure Mack is out of the picture. Those two egos can't exist in the same city.

 

[will6786]

feel bad for mack as they won 5 in a row and 6-2 5-0 in big 12 ..i would have to say coach k

 

[retro44]

the NCAA may already be on his heels

 

[MadNY3]

I totally see that logic.

Saban seems to be somewhat at the mercy of the current success and not having much fun. He is a builder more than a sustainer and one can argue his legacy is furthered if he leaves a Bama and they go down a notch...which inevitably does happen in the cycles of any sport.

Addendum: Makes me appreciate James A Boeheim that much more.

 

[Upstate]

I'd love to see him get the gig at UT just to see gerg get fired again.

 

[NKR1978]

and UT would match whatever number Saban named.

I doubt Saban ends up at UT, but I could definitely see it happening. Maybe he wants a new challenge? One thing is for sure - Austin is a helluva lot better place to live than Tuscaloosa.

If he wants a challenge he should come to Syracuse.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Saban.

 

[Chip]

What's the magic # going to be that resets the market. $25M per year? Are Texas and Alabama ready to get into a salary war that goes that high?

Texas should save a few bucks and learn from aTm. Hire Briles and get it over with already.

 

[ImperialOrange]

If he wAnts a challenge he should come to Syracuse.

I would have seriously mixed emotions about that. Im not sure we could afford him much less what his players are making.

 

[anomander]

If he wants a challenge he should come to Syracuse.

second that

for the sake of discussion in some alternate universe, say Saban came to Syracuse. What is our potential? I think that would show his worth. I say top perennial top 10

 

[AZOrange]

If he wants a challenge he should come to Syracuse.

There's as much chance of him coming here as there is him leaving Bama for Texas.

 

[Libero2]

I would have seriously mixed emotions about that. Im not sure we could afford him much less what his players are making.

I laughed lol

 

[Libero2]

There's as much chance of him coming here as there is him leaving Bama for Texas.

So you're saying there's a chance?

 

[Crusty]

I wonder if the timing of this story has anything to do with the recruiting season. If the talks took place in January, why did it not make the rounds back then?

 

[HtownOrange]

Saban has yet to prove he can win with players on an even playing field (read salary, he flopped in the NFL!). If he went to any school other than an SEC school, he would already be at a disadvantage as his kids would not be paid or paid as much as they are in the SEC. Can he win with non-paid or underpaid players?

As for coming to Syracuse, assume he did, wouldn't he be gone after 3 or 4 years for his next new "thing"?

 

[SmilinBob]

He'll book as soon as the NCAA actually looks at what is going on there.

 

[Crusty]

He'll book as soon as the NCAA actually looks at what is going on there.

As I have said before: Gambling at Rick's? I'm shocked! (Here are your winnings sir.)

This is just like the mortgage meltdown. Everybody is making too much money to want any oversight - including the NCAA. As somebody said after the Miami decision - NCAA - Not Consistent About Anything.

At some point, the power 5 conferences will reach too far and some senator from CT or NH or ME or DE will have had enough and there will be an investigation that will blow the top off of college football. I just hope I live long enough to see it.

 

[Libero2]

Saban has yet to prove he can win with players on an even playing field (read salary, he flopped in the NFL!). If he went to any school other than an SEC school, he would already be at a disadvantage as his kids would not be paid or paid as much as they are in the SEC. Can he win with non-paid or underpaid players?

As for coming to Syracuse, assume he did, wouldn't he be gone after 3 or 4 years for his next new "thing"?

Well if he did, we would be able to hire another top notch coach as we would be significantly better in 4 years than we are now. So yeah I'd be ok with that