re: Paul Finebaum on Sportscenter: Alabama officials increasingly nervous

But genro, Trey, and thatdude1985 said it was crazy.....

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The point is that Jimmy Sexton has his job so that Nick Saban does not have to worry about "buyout clauses." The truth is that a buyout clause is pretty irrelevant in most contracts. Have you followed the conference realignment? They almost always get negotiated down to a fraction of the cost because it is better to just let a coach/team out of the contract rather than have a person that doesn't want to be there. They may serve as a little bit of a deterrent when it comes to a team targeting a coach, but any program that has their sights on hiring the best coach in college football is not going to be deterred by one. It just doesn't serve much purpose in a situation like this. With over 22,000 posts, I would think that you would have learned the difference between "then" and "than" by now.

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Listen you little Bama turd, don't come throwing shade my way because Saban is pissing in your Cheerios. FYI, Mack Brown has a buyout clause and UT is paying big bucks to get out of the contract. You don't know jackshit about contracts and if the best insult you can come up with is a "then" instead of a "than", THEN you're about as sharp as your brethren teabagger and tree killer.

So take your shitty attitude away from TIGERdroppings and go console your branchless family tree.

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Maybe you do know the difference. You got it right earlier in the sentence. Maybe you use it both ways just to cover your tracks.

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And stop talking to yourself.

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Listen you little Bama turd, don't come throwing shade my way because Saban is pissing in your Cheerios. FYI, Mack Brown has a buyout clause and UT is paying big bucks to get out of the contract. You don't know jackshit about contracts and if the best insult you can come up with is a "then" instead of a "than", THEN you're about as sharp as your brethren teabagger and tree killer.

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First, I'll forget more about contracts than you will have ever know, guy. Do some research on buyout clauses. Any reasonable buyout clause in this situation would not be enough to deter anybody that already had the dough to be in the picture were there not a buyout clause.

Second, my insult actually pointed to something factual about you. You tried to insult me with some sort of association to people that happen to cheer for the same football team. One of which, maybe the other(I don't know), did not attend or graduate from the institution I graduated from. I'm from the state of Louisiana, so they aren't associated with me in that way either. I'm not sure I'm the one with the shitty attitude when I'm the one talking with logic and reason.

Additionally, I'm not worried about what Saban does. If he goes, he goes. In the event that he goes, and we are able to keep the recruiting class together(which we should for the most part), we'll still be in as good of shape as any other program in the country. I'd actually be especially okay with it if we were able to lure a guy like Jim Harbaugh(I know it would be a longshot) away from the NFL because it could potentially create a long-term solution to a problem that we will inevitably face. Saban will be gone eventually.

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First, I'll forget more about contracts than you will have ever know, guy. Do some research on buyout clauses. Any reasonable buyout clause in this situation would not be enough to deter anybody that already had the dough to be in the picture were there not a buyout clause.

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Just FYI - I've disagreed with the tone of VB's posts and rarely agree with her politically, but I've never seen her post anything In the legal arena that isn't solid. I'm assuming you're new here and not just some alter so just a heads up - disagree with her stance if you feel that way but I wouldn't be condescending concerning her knowledge or credibility. Simply due to her post history, she has more credibility than you as of now.

Would a new coach coming in have the talent to succeed? Absolutely. There are plenty of programs out there with a lot of talent. Saban is a football genius in using that talent to win. There's a difference. And a lot of the talent there is due to his rep as a coach. He leaves and less talent may come in the door next year. Saban isn't a typical coaching change.

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Says the child who posted a Bama student ticket for sale on the Ticket Exchange board.

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You've repeatedly expressed your angst about the Bama posters here. Now you are implying that there aren't any. Which way is it?

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The day you don't need a student ticket to get into football games might, just MIGHT, be the day when you can wear big boy pants and argue contract law with me.

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That would have been all days ever because student tickets are not required. They are a perk for being student of the institution. They are sometimes free or discounted, and that provides a much higher margin when selling them. Additionally, I am no longer a student at Alabama because I graduated; and I am now in LAW school.

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a buyout clause thankfully prevented LSU from hiring a certain former Aubie and has made it damn near impossible for us ever to get rid of Les Miles or vice versa unless he bolts to Michigan, which was the exception in his buyout clause.

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There was a lot of panic about Les leaving for Arkansas last year despite that "ironclad" buyout clause. Also, take a look at what portions of the buyout clauses were paid during conference realignment.

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If you don't understand that the no buyout clause allows Saban to sign his contract with Bama today and sign his contract with Texas tomorrow, without any financial penalty whatsoever, then you really should stick to posting on NickAtNite sites.

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I completely understand that. My contention was that there is not a reasonable buyout clause that makes sense in this situation. What program is Saban going to leave for? Can you name another one other than Texas? What buyout clause that could reasonably be agreed upon between the parties would be enough to deter Texas from seeking Saban if that is the man they wanted for their job?

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So you can tell your gump brethren that if they don't like this or any other board associated with Tigerdroppings, and find speculative posts on a board that was creative to speculate on possible coaching changes objectionable, that there is a place that will welcome them.

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I would say that there is inferred angst in this post, but that isn't really relevant. What is relevant is the acknowledgement that there are other Bama posters here because you tried to imply that I was stupid for trying to sell a Bama ticket on the site even though it would appear that you agree that there are people who may be interested in the ticket.

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A lot of wishful thinking going on in this thread. It very well may happen but I'm not buying yet.

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I doubt many LSU fans are buying it yet, either. I'm certainly not. Just flaming Bama posters.