Bama's offer to Saban

Originally Posted by Samarta

I can see I need to explain a little bit more...UNC didn't offer Doherty the job on an interim basis, but the job was Williams' whenever he decided he was ready to take it. So when he decided he was ready he took it. He struggled with the decision the first time, called the press conference, had 10,000 people at the football stadium expecting him to say he was going to UNC and he said he was staying at Kansas. It was at that point that they were in dire straights and Doherty had had a good year at ND and they went after him.

The most comical thing about this whole thread is your self appointed position of credibility captain. Oh I didn't ask today....How's that search going?

that's just inaccurate information, Samarta
the search is going fine
I'm not the credibility captain
if you want to buy into wrong information, that's fine
what I was trying to do was to provide correct information
on the UA job search, which the Miami Herald, ESPN, and other media outlets
have NOT been doing, and interested fans have been taking it as gossip truth
the reason I'm upset is 1) we have been protrayed unfairly in the national media 2) I had no idea there are so many anti-Bama people out there, it's fine to support your own school, but I refuse to sit by and have people sabtoge my own to a harmful extent of the program 3) and again we hear the tired old "racist state" slurs thrown our way, when the state has done a lot more than many in improving race relations
so my point, to you all, basically is:
those who live in glass houses should not throw stones!

[Samarta]

Originally Posted by BellamyRd.

that's just inaccurate information, Samarta
the search is going fine
I'm not the credibility captain
if you want to buy into wrong information, that's fine
what I was trying to do was to provide correct information
on the UA job search, which the Miami Herald, ESPN, and other media outlets
have NOT been doing, and interested fans have been taking it as gossip truth
the reason I'm upset is 1) we have been protrayed unfairly in the national media 2) I had no idea there are so many anti-Bama people out there, it's fine to support your own school, but I refuse to sit by and have people sabtoge my own to a harmful extent of the program 3) and again we hear the tired old "racist state" slurs thrown our way, when the state has done a lot more than many in improving race relations
so my point, to you all, basically is:
those who live in glass houses should not throw stones!

As far as my information goes on the UNC program that is absolute fact. I'm not going to debate that one anymore, because I have waaaay more credibility on that subject than you realize.

As far as the Alabama situation goes, no one is anti-anything. Hell I admire how loyal their fans are. With that said, I think that loyality minimizes the ability to be objective in a lot of situations. It doesn't matter if it's Alabama or any other school. I have lived all over the country and I have never seen anymore loyal fans than Alabama fans. By the same token, I have never seen anymore delusional fans either. The fact is it's not that attractive of a situation. Period. Had it been, it would have been filled.

As far as playing the race card, I never even threw it out there or commented when it was.

As far as the media portraying UA unfairly, who knows. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinions without ridicule. But I gotta believe that ESPN and all the other outlets aren't totally misinformed.

Originally Posted by Samarta

As far as my information goes on the UNC program that is absolute fact. I'm not going to debate that one anymore, because I have waaaay more credibility on that subject than you realize.

As far as the Alabama situation goes, no one is anti-anything. Hell I admire how loyal their fans are. With that said, I think that loyality minimizes the ability to be objective in a lot of situations. It doesn't matter if it's Alabama or any other school. I have lived all over the country and I have never seen anymore loyal fans than Alabama fans. By the same token, I have never seen anymore delusional fans either. The fact is it's not that attractive of a situation. Period. Had it been, it would have been filled.

As far as playing the race card, I never even threw it out there or commented when it was.

As far as the media portraying UA unfairly, who knows. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinions without ridicule. But I gotta believe that ESPN and all the other outlets aren't totally misinformed.

then tell me why the Miami Herald would use an unnamed source
this ain't the National Enquirer, what a farce!
as far as UNC goes, you know nothing! (Hogan's Heroes)
at UA we are not delusional, we just want to win

[saucon17]

Looks like the Crimson Tide might be opening the checkbook wide
open.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2715745

[timmgirvan]

Saw that link...almost 2x what he's making at Miami....can't see how he doesn't take the job!

[saucon17]

Saban is going to live like King at Bama if he
takes the coaching job

[timmgirvan]

true story!

[Danzig]

saban said last week no way--can bama offer this to make a show for a potential coach candidate, or is this for real?
i guess we'll all know in a few days.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

saban said last week no way--can bama offer this to make a show for a potential coach candidate, or is this for real?
i guess we'll all know in a few days.

I think this is only for Saban....anybody else will get regular money!

[Danzig]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2716394

link to the latest update. tide supposed to make a formal offer later today to saban, who said yesterday that he is committed to the dolphins. gotta wonder at this point--what is alabama thinking? supposedly they have five they are interested in, with saban high above the others on the list. can't say i blame them for wanting nick, but how many times does he have to say 'no'?

Originally Posted by Danzig188

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2716394

link to the latest update. tide supposed to make a formal offer later today to saban, who said yesterday that he is committed to the dolphins. gotta wonder at this point--what is alabama thinking? supposedly they have five they are interested in, with saban high above the others on the list. can't say i blame them for wanting nick, but how many times does he have to say 'no'?

He was under contract during the regular season with the Dolphins. He had to say what he said or face breaching his contract.

Now the ball is in his court and he would be a fool to turn Bama down and stay with the aging Dolphins.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

He was under contract during the regular season with the Dolphins. He had to say what he said or face breaching his contract.

Now the ball is in his court and he would be a fool to turn Bama down and stay with the aging Dolphins.

i'd just hate to see him go right back to college--after all, he was king of the hill with lsu, and left to go pro--why go right back? unless of course the pros isn't what he thought it would be.

[Danzig]

latest update:http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2716394

official offer made, yes or no expected w/in 24 hours. i think saban stays, i think he'll get a raise from the phins, but he reiterated yesterday after the game that he is committed to staying w/ miami.

[SentToStud]

He should take the offer. Can't imagine he won't.

Saban's not a great coach, especially not a very good "game coach." Add to that he's not well-liked by players and his assistants are not allowed to speak to reporters. He's had a free run making all the personnel decisions and he's totally flopped. Last year he started AJ Feeley at QB. He's now 3rd string somewhere. Off season he went for Culpepper over Brees, even when the team Docs advised him against it. He's left now with an aging defense and no QB. They were 6-6 after beating New England and got beat 21-0 by Buffalo. Biggest game of their year and they didn't show up.

Time for Saban to declare victory, withdraw and take the extra $2-3 Mil per year with many, many years tacked on. I think between the annual salary and the length of the contract, it's an extra $20 - $25 million.

What would you tell him to do?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

He should take the offer. Can't imagine he won't.

Saban's not a great coach, especially not a very good "game coach." Add to that he's not well-liked by players and his assistants are not allowed to speak to reporters. He's had a free run making all the personnel decisions and he's totally flopped. Last year he started AJ Feeley at QB. He's now 3rd string somewhere. Off season he went for Culpepper over Brees, even when the team Docs advised him against it. He's left now with an aging defense and no QB. They were 6-6 after beating New England and got beat 21-0 by Buffalo. Biggest game of their year and they didn't show up.

Time for Saban to declare victory, withdraw and take the extra $2-3 Mil per year with many, many years tacked on. I think between the annual salary and the length of the contract, it's an extra $20 - $25 million.

What would you tell him to do?

what would i tell him to do? rewind a couple years and stay at lsu, rather than accept miamis offer!!!
but that is impossible so....what to do? if he really is unhappy, if he feels he's had enough with pros and he feels this is a step forward, then he should go to 'bama. if he wants to finish what he started, and prove that he IS committed to the dolphins as he claimed yesterday, then he should stay where he is.
don't forget, a year before he left the tigers, a lot of people expected him to leave and he stayed. he still felt he had things to do at lsu, and he did them.