re: Colin Cowherd: "shock the world" rumors swirling

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McPhaul: I’ve been getting catching grief from some folks for saying 3 weeks ago that “I was 100% convinced that Nick Saban was coming to Texas as Mack Brown’s replacement. Consequently, I have my readers continually asking me, “Darrell, has anything changed this week? What are you hearing from your contacts?” That being said, my first question is “has anything changed since we spoke last week?” Is there any reason why I shouldn’t be telling my readers that Saban to Texas is 100%.

Friend of Bevo: Not a thing has changed. Everything is moving forward accordingly. I told you previously that we would be nice and perform a “professional courtesy” in vetting candidates that were of Mack’s liking. I know you heard me because I read your “Thanksgiving Crossfire” and you put it in there. I also told you that we would extend that “professional courtesy” to make him feel good about things but at the end of the day he would have little if any impact on the decision making process. That is just how it is at this point. The decision makers feel like he put this thing in the ditch, and after 4 years he still doesn’t know how to get it out. We’re going in a completely different direction- that ship has sailed.

McPhaul: Alright, I’m going to jump to the next question that everyone has wanted to know about since Chris Davis returned that attempted Field Goal back 109 yards (yes I know it can only be 100 yards in College) for a TD to win the game for Auburn. With Alabama for the time-being being on the outside looking in on the National Championship game, does this impact the Saban hiring time-line?

Friend of Bevo: Did Auburn beating Alabama impact Nick Saban’s time-line on coming to Texas? Is that your question? Son, you know the answer to this already: “Hell yeah it impacted the time-line. It expedited it!” Now we don’t have to continue with these charades and “cloak and dagger” games. We can go thru our process on our agreed-to terms (between Sexton, Saban, & UT decision makers). This allows Saban the ability to come in and get started at his new gig as opposed to having to worry about an SEC Championship & BCS Championship game.

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WHAT WILL SABAN’S COACHING STAFF LOOK LIKE?

McPhaul: Are there any guys on this current staff that are retained by Saban when he comes to Texas?

Friend of Bevo: The Alabama staff or the UT staff?

McPhaul: UT staff.

Friend of Bevo: I would imagine he will want guys that he has a relationship with. Folks that know how to build a program the way he likes a program to be built. Take a look a Patrick Suddes, That kid was with Saban for damned-near 10 years. He was with Saban at LSU. Then with the Dolphins. Then with Bama. The kid knows EXACTLY what Saban wants. He knows how he wants his camps set up. He knows how to filter recruits. He knows how to manage recruit relationships. For years we would hear recruits say, “I haven’t heard from UT in a while.” Well shouldn’t happen with a guy like Suddes. Nothing slips thru the cracks!

McPhaul: Suddes is the Director of Player Personnel, how about the coaches; do any of these guys get to stick around?

Friend of Bevo: Keep in mind, Saban is an SOB to work for. This aint gonna be “Camp Cupcake!” Not only is it going to be a culture shock for the players but for the coaches as well! They may NOT want to be here. Nick is hard on his assistants. That being said, you first have to look at if Nick has any existing relationships with any of these guys. Relationships are key in the coaching community. I would imagine he will want SEC guys and Searels fits the bill. I think Searels coached under Saban for a year at LSU so it would depend on how that relationship went. Bo Davis and Saban had a history at LSU and he thought enough to bring him to Bama later on. Depends on how that relationship played out. Larry Porter seems like an SEC guy to me. Hell of a recruiter while he was at LSU prior to going to Memphis as Head Guy. He might be a keeper. Darrell Wyatt has done a very nice job and is well respected in the coaching community. His knowledge of the Big 12 and recruiting prowess might keep him around as well.

McPhaul: What about Major? Is he a SEC guy? Do you think Saban would keep Major around?

Friend of Bevo: Major had a cup of coffee in the SEC- that doesn’t make him a SEC guy. I don’t really know how their relationship ended after 1 year but I wouldn’t think so.

McPhaul: What about Strength & Conditioning Coaches? Do they survive?

Friend of Bevo: No.

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McPhaul: Finally, what do you think our Athletic Department will look like a month from now?

Friend of Bevo: 30 days from now, or in the month of January?

McPhaul: January

Friend of Bevo: We’ll have a new Head Football Coach.

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Don’t be surprised if Nick Saban is named the head coach at Texas very soon. Rumor is deal is in the works, $12M a year.

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One of the biggest Boosters' planes flew from Lafayette, LA to Austin, TX 2 hours ago

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Many people have had some degree of contact with him or his properties, including former LSU and current Alabama football coach Nick Saban, whose name has surfaced in the Perkins Rowe suit and who also is a 49.5% owner of a Houston apartment complex for which another of Spinosa’s companies has filed for bankruptcy protection. Saban perhaps is the only person who has kept a stricter silence than Spinosa.

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